Toilets, Sinks, Showers, Tubs and Disposals - How easy is it to install a shower stall ?
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Reid
03-08-05, 10:06 AM
Hello again..
I am looking at finishing my basement and putting a bath in. I am fairly handy, but I also know that there are limits to what I can do. My questions are:
1) Is it a very difficult task to install one of the new shower stall units?
2) Do most of the new shower stalls require a elevated cemete base to be created? (or can they just sit on a flat concrete floor)
3) Are there any shower stall manufacturers that make shower units that do sit on a flat surface?
4) As I do have existing rough-ins built into my current basement floor, does the shower drain in the floor have to be exactly in line with the drain hole in the shower base? (or can it be diverted within the shower stall base in any way?)
5) can an average joe install a toilet flange on waste rough-in?
Thanks for all the help..this forum is great !!!!
I am looking at finishing my basement and putting a bath in. I am fairly handy, but I also know that there are limits to what I can do. My questions are:
1) Is it a very difficult task to install one of the new shower stall units?
2) Do most of the new shower stalls require a elevated cemete base to be created? (or can they just sit on a flat concrete floor)
3) Are there any shower stall manufacturers that make shower units that do sit on a flat surface?
4) As I do have existing rough-ins built into my current basement floor, does the shower drain in the floor have to be exactly in line with the drain hole in the shower base? (or can it be diverted within the shower stall base in any way?)
5) can an average joe install a toilet flange on waste rough-in?
Thanks for all the help..this forum is great !!!!
DUNBAR PLUMBER
03-11-05, 06:46 PM
1. Depends entirely on your skills
2. Not elevated, but I would definitely sit the bottom in a bed of mortar
3. E.L. Mustee, Sterling
4. Yes. Most definitely...and you must be exact on that dimension.
5. Yes. Be careful you line up your slots to be where they belong, always pre-drill the floor in the allocated holes and use plastic anchors with stainless steel phillips screws.
You cannot rely only on glued solvent weld joints on closet flanges; you could actually pull the piping up which is easy to do when the piping has pea gravel between the bottom of the slab and the top of the pipe.
2. Not elevated, but I would definitely sit the bottom in a bed of mortar
3. E.L. Mustee, Sterling
4. Yes. Most definitely...and you must be exact on that dimension.
5. Yes. Be careful you line up your slots to be where they belong, always pre-drill the floor in the allocated holes and use plastic anchors with stainless steel phillips screws.
You cannot rely only on glued solvent weld joints on closet flanges; you could actually pull the piping up which is easy to do when the piping has pea gravel between the bottom of the slab and the top of the pipe.