Designing Kitchens and Bathrooms - Plumbing a tub, and the associated framing

Hi, I'm new to this forum. I am in the process of framing out my basement rec-room and bathroom and have a question regarding the placement of the tub since the drain pipe doesn't line up exactly with where the tub will be.

I've got a tub that I'm going to be putting in my new basement bathroom. I already have the drain rough-in from the builder. It is 60" from one wall and 13" from the other. The drain on my tub is 14.5" from the framing according to the plans. Will I need to do anything special to make sure that the plumber will be able to make the drain attachment? I guess I was wondering if I should shift the bathtub away from the drain one way or the other? The plans call for the wall where the fixtures are on to be 8 11/32" from the center of the drain. This is the wall I was wondering if I should move to make it easier for the offset drain to be reached.

BTW, the tub in question is the Aqua Glass Eleganza RH (http://www.asbcorp.com/products3.asp?prod=13). Here is the installation manual PDF (http://www.asbcorp.com/manual/39264RInst.pdf).

Thanks for any help you are able to provide.
dave

Tub is in the top left of this diagram. The red circle is the already roughed-in drain pipe. The green circle is the hole in the bath tub that I'm going to be putting into that space. They are off 1.5" What are my options. I've got room to shift the tub left and right if that will help, or I guess I can raise the tub so that a drain pipe can have room to be offset 1.5"?

Or do I really just need to fork out the $$ and have somebody move the stupid pipe 1.5" further from the wall?

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dnuzzo/main/final%20basement-v3.jpg

Hopefully this was a better run-down fo the problem.

Dave

Since you have a plumber coming to make the connection, why net let him move the plumbing to where it needs to be? It'll be money well spent. Easy for me to say right.:D

The choice seems to be "A" or "B"

"A"...Move the drain - which should not be that expensive - considering it's minimal movement.

"B"....Raise the Tub...but to raise the tub, you should raise the surrounding floor to maintain the same access height as before. using ABS will require several inches from floor to bottom of drain assembly to house the offset....

It's a tough choice....My first instinct would be to move the drain and maintain the integrity of the design...but that's me.

Best of luck to you....:)

Thanks for the responses. We are going with "A", move the drain. Still waiting for the estimate for the whole job. I'm sure I'll be in shock, but I hope not. :)

dave