There are many options when choosing the shower drain for installing a prefabricated shower base. Your choice depends on the shower pan and your situation. The type of pipe you have in your home may help determine which shower drain material you should purchase. Manufacturer's recommendations for both shower pan and drainage may also help to determine which shower drain to buy.
Keep in mind that shower drains are made to fit 2-inch drainage pipes. Two-inch pipes is the recommended pipe ... More Size Because showers have a low threshold for flooding, the 2 "pipe helps to drain water faster than a 1 1/2" pipe, so -If you are converting from a bathtub and shower set to a shower, you will probably have to change the size of the drainage pipe.
Shower type pressure sinks are attached to the home drain pipes with pressure washers and nuts, which are easier to install, generally than glue on the shower drain connections.
When installing a pressure shower strainer, the drain installation is first installed at the shower base.
- The drain pipe should reach about 3/4 "to 1" below the bathroom shower flange. You ... may be more to put the shower base in place to mark the correct height, then remove the pan to cut the pipe.
- Apply plumbing or silicone paste to the upper lip of the shower drain installation, and then insert the drainage hole into the drain hole. Place a cardboard friction ring and a large rubber washer on the tail from underneath the shower base.
- Tighten the shower drain until it is nice and tight, then remove any excess putty or silicone.
- Place the shower base in place and push the rubber gasket into the drainage pipe. You may need to use a screwdriver to push this into place, as it is designed to fit tightly.
- Typically these shower sinks come with a tool to help you tighten the nut from inside the drain. Tighten the nut with this tool.
- Once the nut is tight, your drain is ready for water if you use a putty plumber. If you use silicone, you will have to let the silicone dry before the drain test for leaks.
Glue on shower sinks come in ABS and PVC plastic. If you have a plastic drain tube, be sure to match the shower drain to the plastic type in the drainage system. Such as pressure type-type sinks, this type can be used with steel, fiberglass, plastic shower bases.
With glue-on fittings, it can be difficult to get the right pipe gauge, so be sure to measure carefully and double-check the dry-fit pieces before gluing.
- When cutting the drainage pipe, do not cut the pipe too short, from the beginning. Place the bottom of the strainer on the drain pipe without gluing, then place the shower base in place to check the height of the drain pipe. Make adjustments accordingly.
- Once the drain pipe rises to the right, you can either install the strainer on the shower base first or glue the bottom on the pipe and then tighten the top lip once the base is set in place.
- Use a plumber putty or silicone on top of the shower drain flange. Paper friction washer and rubber washer go on the drain tail from under the base.
Note: Use appropriate glue when pasting drainage into pipes: ABS glue for black plastic, plastic glue for white plastic.
