hi everyone,

i recently purchased a shower from home depot. when i installed (no previous experience) according to instruction the drain leaked! i tightened, i re-did, i losened.. always leaked. always leaked around the drain (the abs piping i did was ok, didn't leak, it was the outer shell that was leaking).

so frusturated. this is a "no-caulk" shower base. it has a plastic base premade, with metal support so a mortar bed is not needed. obviously, this shower is made for the "do it yourself" person... but no.. it sucks because it leaks!

anyway, i read this forumn and found much help. i installed the drain according to information found in this forumn and it worked first time. many thanks!

here is what the manufacturer said to do. place rubber gasket ABOVE the base, no caulk, hand tighten only. specifically sais no caulk and hand tighten.



if you do this by manufacturer's instruction it will leak! i gaurantee you!

so instead, follow speedball's direction.

use caulk. put the rubber gasket under base, followed by fiber gasket, followed by large plastic lock nut.

no leak, and your wife think you a hero (thx speedball)

Knucklez
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speedball1

Hey Knuck,

"here is what the manufacturer said to do. place rubber gasket ABOVE the base, no caulk, hand tighten only. specifically sais no caulk and hand tighten."
WRONG!!!
follow speedball's direction, use caulk. put the rubber gasket under base, followed by fiber gasket, followed by large plastic lock nut. (and snug the nut up with a large wrench)
CORRECT!!!

It doesn't take a rocket scientists to see that without a under base seal, (the rubber ring and anti friction fiber washer) you're gonna have a leak.
Of course the people writing directions have never install a shower drain, so ya gotta cut em some slack. But not much when you consider that they are being paid to be correct.

"no leak, and your wife think you a hero (thx speedball)"

Speedball blushes modestly and says, "Thanks"!!

Barry Campbell

Thanks for the detailed drawing. This helps me considerably because I do have to pull my shower drain out and see why it's leaking. Perhaps my installer put that gasket in the wrong place. "Just following directions." -Barry