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Advice on shower install
Hi, We need to replace a one-piece shower unit in a built in 1978 home. The home is built on a monolithic slab. I'm having trouble figuring out the shower base. We currently have a 1-piece shower. We would like to replace it with a base/3 walls shower kit from a big box store like Home Depot or Lowe's, but I am running into an issue with the drain location. The drain is right-hand oriented, but it is 14 1/2" from the wall instead of the standard 12" that I'm seeing for measurements on the shower kits. Is there any way to make a standard kit fit this drain location, or am I going to have to look at either doing a tiled base or trying to break up the slab and extend the drain? Or, are there custom base options, or options for a "you-cut-the-drain hole" base? With the pipes being cast iron and the solid slab, I'd really like to avoid trying to cut into the slab. I have done floor tile in our kitchen and bathrooms, but that was 15 years and a knee injury ago. If I absolutely had to go with tile, I could probably do it, but I really like the idea of the base and 3 piece wall kit. Thank y'all for any advice! submitted by /u/Tor1996 [link] [comments]
Hi,
We need to replace a one-piece shower unit in a built in 1978 home. The home is built on a monolithic slab. I'm having trouble figuring out the shower base. We currently have a 1-piece shower. We would like to replace it with a base/3 walls shower kit from a big box store like Home Depot or Lowe's, but I am running into an issue with the drain location.
The drain is right-hand oriented, but it is 14 1/2" from the wall instead of the standard 12" that I'm seeing for measurements on the shower kits. Is there any way to make a standard kit fit this drain location, or am I going to have to look at either doing a tiled base or trying to break up the slab and extend the drain? Or, are there custom base options, or options for a "you-cut-the-drain hole" base? With the pipes being cast iron and the solid slab, I'd really like to avoid trying to cut into the slab.
I have done floor tile in our kitchen and bathrooms, but that was 15 years and a knee injury ago. If I absolutely had to go with tile, I could probably do it, but I really like the idea of the base and 3 piece wall kit.
Thank y'all for any advice!
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