AntonArcher
Jul 6, 2010, 04:29 PM
Hi Experts.
Thanks so much for looking at my question. I had some water damage on the ceiling one floor below this shower. I found some grout and caulk issues (holes) so I figured that's probably the issue. When I removed the caulk at the bottom edges of the walls, I found standing water below it. So I opened up the drain assembly and this is what I found:
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/299/dsc0088or.jpg
Note the picture is huge so you can zoom in.
The brass parts (AB&A #6420) were screwed together only a small number of turns, presumably to make the drain level with the stones. The rest of the space around it was filled with some decomposing putty (in the bag on the left.) The plastic ring (shown at top) and a fiber ring (in bag on right, decomposed) were installed as if the two brass pieces were going to be screwed together entirely. In other words, they were embedded in the putty and doing nothing. Everything was wet of course since there was nothing stopping the water from settling around the drain (in the putty.)
Having read some of your other discussions, particularly about liners being wedged between two drain pieces, I suspect this installation is nonsense? The brass pieces seem designed to hold liner between them (snug) instead of being used as a spacer.
Also, I can't figure out what the horizontal cut in the PVC pipe is.
Could you please tell me if this install is just something fancy that I don't know about or if it is simply complete nonsense/hack?
Thanks for your time,
Anton
Thanks so much for looking at my question. I had some water damage on the ceiling one floor below this shower. I found some grout and caulk issues (holes) so I figured that's probably the issue. When I removed the caulk at the bottom edges of the walls, I found standing water below it. So I opened up the drain assembly and this is what I found:
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/299/dsc0088or.jpg
Note the picture is huge so you can zoom in.
The brass parts (AB&A #6420) were screwed together only a small number of turns, presumably to make the drain level with the stones. The rest of the space around it was filled with some decomposing putty (in the bag on the left.) The plastic ring (shown at top) and a fiber ring (in bag on right, decomposed) were installed as if the two brass pieces were going to be screwed together entirely. In other words, they were embedded in the putty and doing nothing. Everything was wet of course since there was nothing stopping the water from settling around the drain (in the putty.)
Having read some of your other discussions, particularly about liners being wedged between two drain pieces, I suspect this installation is nonsense? The brass pieces seem designed to hold liner between them (snug) instead of being used as a spacer.
Also, I can't figure out what the horizontal cut in the PVC pipe is.
Could you please tell me if this install is just something fancy that I don't know about or if it is simply complete nonsense/hack?
Thanks for your time,
Anton