firsttimerfixer
Dec 2, 2009, 11:02 AM
Hi,
I am renovating a shower and have a drain question.
The old shower had an antique lead shower pan/liner thing. I got as much of it out as possible. If you look in the attached picture, you can see the frayed edges of what is left. It seems to be permanently affixed to the actual drain.
The question is, do I attempt to take this drain out and replace it with a newer one, as in the other picture? If yes, how do I get the old drain out of that black PVC pipe that you can see level with the subfloor? Isn't that drain actually in the PVC? How do you get the drain out so that I can put the new one in?
Or, do I just leave the old drain in place since there really wasn't anything malfunctioning about it? Obviously, I'd have to clean up the frayed edges from the old lead shower pan/liner though...
Thanks for any input you can provide.
I am renovating a shower and have a drain question.
The old shower had an antique lead shower pan/liner thing. I got as much of it out as possible. If you look in the attached picture, you can see the frayed edges of what is left. It seems to be permanently affixed to the actual drain.
The question is, do I attempt to take this drain out and replace it with a newer one, as in the other picture? If yes, how do I get the old drain out of that black PVC pipe that you can see level with the subfloor? Isn't that drain actually in the PVC? How do you get the drain out so that I can put the new one in?
Or, do I just leave the old drain in place since there really wasn't anything malfunctioning about it? Obviously, I'd have to clean up the frayed edges from the old lead shower pan/liner though...
Thanks for any input you can provide.