I have a bathroom in my basement with a sink, toilet and shower. The shower is draining in to a floor drain. I want to pull out the shower and put in a Jacuzzi tub, my question is how do I connect to the existing drain?

I'm guessing that just dumping the tub in to the floor drain is a bad idea :eek: , so I will have to break out the concrete around the floor drain but how do I connect to the existing drain pipe?

Then should I fill concrete around this connection and the trap?

Thanks
Jeremy

I have a bathroom in my basement with a sink, toilet and shower. The shower is draining in to a floor drain. I want to pull out the shower and put in a Jacuzzi tub, my question is how do I connect to the existing drain?

I'm guessing that just dumping the tub in to the floor drain is a bad idea :eek: , so I will have to break out the concrete around the floor drain but how do I connect to the existing drain pipe?

Then should I fill concrete around this connection and the trap?

Thanks
Jeremy


Hi Jeremy,

You break out the old floor drain back to the pipe that it's connected to.
Then figure out where the drain for the whirlpool will go and break out a 14 X14 inch tub dapout,(access hole ) for the new trap. You pipe over to the dapout and install a 2"trap. You may patch the cement where you broke out the floor drain and the trench wgere you piped over to the new trap but leave the tub dapout open. Depending on the material the old piping's made of you can convert to PVC using a Fernco Neoprene Coupling. Good luck. Tom

Thanks for the reply Tom :)

Can you cement over the Fernco Neoprene Coupling?

Will leaving dapout open cause water problems with heavy rains?

Thanks
Jeremy

Thanks for the reply Tom :)

Can you cement over the Fernco Neoprene Coupling?

Will leaving dapout open cause water problems with heavy rains?

Thanks
Jeremy
You may cement over the coupling and unless you get water in your basement I wouldn't worry. Cheers, Tom

Cool thanks...

One last set of questions for now :)

The floor drain is sunk 4 inches bellow the floor is this a problem?

How do I remove the floor drain from the pipe below it? Cut it down the side and twist off? Cut it off just below the drain part?

I really appreciate your help :)

Thanks
Jeremy

Cool thanks ...

One last set of questions for now :)

The floor drain is sunk 4 inches bellow the floor is this a problem?

How do I remove the floor drain from the pipe below it? Cut it down the side and twist off? Cut it off just below the drain part?

I really appreciate your help :)

Thanks
Jeremy


Hey Jeremy,

First you break out the cement around the floor drain. Then dig back to where it's connected and disconnect it there. Now pipe over to the new tub dapout using 1/4" to the foot slope and position the trap to pickup the tub. Don't sweat the trap elevation as you will come up out of the trap with a raiser brought to the height needed to connect to the tubs drain. More questions? I'm as close as a click. Tom

Cool Thanks :)

I'm sure I'll have more questions once I break ground.

Thanks Again
Jeremy