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jacar1113
Feb 27, 2008, 04:52 PM
I installed a fiberglass shower base. The home store told me to install a 2 inch shower drain. When I returned home and tried to install the drain, it would not fit through the hole in the base. The hole measures 1 7/8 inches.The waste line is the standard 2 inches. Do I need a special drain?

massplumber2008
Feb 27, 2008, 06:04 PM
Jacar... unless you bought that shower from an old GROSSMAN'S surplus store... ALL FIBERGLASS SHOWER PANS ACCEPT A 2" SHOWER STRAINER ASSEMBLY... PERIOD!

That shower strainer assembly and the hole in the shower base is like 4 inches across... UNLESS...

Any chance this is a 4 or 5 foot shower base that has drain on one of the ends... not in the middle? Just wondering... that may require a tub waste and overflow assembly!>!>!> BUT do not concern self with this if not a 4 or 5 foot shower base.

A picture would really help... let us know if you need help posting it to the site.. ok?

Anyway, something up here.. get back to me... let's talk.

ballengerb1
Feb 27, 2008, 06:57 PM
I think MASS is referring to a retro fit shower base for swapping out a shower where a tub was installed. I have done several of those by Swanstone and they have a 2" collar for a 2" pipe. You actually have to install a fat black rubber collar to bring them down to 2". That isn't just a hole in the base, there is actually a small sump area under the floor drain, did you remove the screen?