ewehr
10-13-2006, 09:26 AM
Hello All,
Ive been an avid reader of these forums for a while and now I'm ready to post with my project under way. I am putting in a new bathroom where there was previously an empty corner in my basement. I've decided to go the kerdi way after hanging around here a while and purchasing John's books. I am in the early early stages of the shower right now and already come to a few questions. The basement was roughed in for a bathroom when the house was built approx. 12 years ago so I am going with what they left me. I already had an issue with the drain for the shower that I think I remedied but lead to a couple questions. Check out the drain picture to see what I am refering to. Also throwing in a picture of the entire shower to-be area. I replaced a cast iron trap under the slab with a new pvc trap that ties into cast iron pipe. Let me start the ?s....
1. Does the pvc and cast iron connection really only consist of a neoprene fitting that ties them together with no glue or anyting between them? Thats how I have it now but I'm not sure if it's right (it is tight though).
2. None of the pvc is glued together yet so I'm wondering if it's ok to have the trap turned the way it is in the picture? I did that to get it as far towards the middle of the shower as I could without breaking into the slab.
3. I read in a thread around here that the rough-in hole should be filled with sand or gravel to about 4 inches from the top and then cemented, is this correct? Will any ole sand work? Also, when dumping that cement in to fill the hole any suggestions on how I keep enough concrete away from the riser to allow room for the kerdi drain?
I am sure I will have more questions to come but not nearly as many as I had before finding this site and reading the books.
Thanks in advance...
Eric W.
Ive been an avid reader of these forums for a while and now I'm ready to post with my project under way. I am putting in a new bathroom where there was previously an empty corner in my basement. I've decided to go the kerdi way after hanging around here a while and purchasing John's books. I am in the early early stages of the shower right now and already come to a few questions. The basement was roughed in for a bathroom when the house was built approx. 12 years ago so I am going with what they left me. I already had an issue with the drain for the shower that I think I remedied but lead to a couple questions. Check out the drain picture to see what I am refering to. Also throwing in a picture of the entire shower to-be area. I replaced a cast iron trap under the slab with a new pvc trap that ties into cast iron pipe. Let me start the ?s....
1. Does the pvc and cast iron connection really only consist of a neoprene fitting that ties them together with no glue or anyting between them? Thats how I have it now but I'm not sure if it's right (it is tight though).
2. None of the pvc is glued together yet so I'm wondering if it's ok to have the trap turned the way it is in the picture? I did that to get it as far towards the middle of the shower as I could without breaking into the slab.
3. I read in a thread around here that the rough-in hole should be filled with sand or gravel to about 4 inches from the top and then cemented, is this correct? Will any ole sand work? Also, when dumping that cement in to fill the hole any suggestions on how I keep enough concrete away from the riser to allow room for the kerdi drain?
I am sure I will have more questions to come but not nearly as many as I had before finding this site and reading the books.
Thanks in advance...
Eric W.