svaic00
Mar 2, 2013, 07:45 PM
Hello,
Sorry for the long question, but want to get all the info I can to help with my situation.
I am in the process of finishing our basement. Attached is a plan view of the location of my rough in plumbing, along with a proposed floor plan for the new bathroom. Our rough in plumbing was installed when the house was built. It has the appropriate drain/pipe sizes for the toilet, sink, vent, etc. The dap out is plumbed with a 2” pvc line. My question is in regards to the location for the drain if I want to do a shower.
Right now there is an 8" square hole in our concrete floor slab, tub dap out filled with gravel. If I follow the plan shown on the framing plan, this is good for using a standard size tub, with the drain at the front end of the tub. I believe we want to go with a shower though, but the drain location is right next to a wall. I do not want to break up the concrete and move the drain. I was thinking of doing about a 5' long x 3 or so feet wide shower, with the drain towards the front.
Looking on the internet, I found numerous pre-fabbed drain pans, with the floor already sloped for the drain being towards the front.
Just looking at Lowe's for example they had this pre-fabbed, ready to tile shower floor:
Shop Tile Ready 60-in L x 34-in W Redi Base Fiberglass/Plastic Composite Shower Floor (Drain Included) at Lowes.com (http://www.lowes.com/pd_190839-95269-3460L-PVC_0__?productId=3275671&Ntt=shower+pans+offset+drain&Ns=)
Or one like this:
Shop American Standard 59-7/8-in L x 31-1/4-in W Acrylux White Acrylic Shower Floor at Lowes.com (http://www.lowes.com/ProductDisplay?partNumber=89243-95384-6032Y1ST-L.020&langId=-1&storeId=10151&productId=3149959&catalogId=10051&cmRelshp=req&rel=nofollow&cId=PDIO1)
The first one has a web site called https://www.tileredi.com/ and has hundreds of styles shapes etc (like troughs, ADA roll in, with or w/o curbs, etc.). But the cost of these are like $600 and up. The second link I placed in there is just an American Standard Acrylux White Acrylic Shower Floor (it seems like the same material as an American standard acrylic tub, right?), but the cost is only like $225. This is only looking at Lowe's as an example. But is the Acrylic tub good, is it too cheap, can it eventually crack like a tub could? I thought the $600 price tag was a bit much for it just being a prefabbed floor made of pvc I think.
What are your thoughts, anyone else use other products or brands for a shower floor with offset drain?
Thanks in advance,
Steve
Sorry for the long question, but want to get all the info I can to help with my situation.
I am in the process of finishing our basement. Attached is a plan view of the location of my rough in plumbing, along with a proposed floor plan for the new bathroom. Our rough in plumbing was installed when the house was built. It has the appropriate drain/pipe sizes for the toilet, sink, vent, etc. The dap out is plumbed with a 2” pvc line. My question is in regards to the location for the drain if I want to do a shower.
Right now there is an 8" square hole in our concrete floor slab, tub dap out filled with gravel. If I follow the plan shown on the framing plan, this is good for using a standard size tub, with the drain at the front end of the tub. I believe we want to go with a shower though, but the drain location is right next to a wall. I do not want to break up the concrete and move the drain. I was thinking of doing about a 5' long x 3 or so feet wide shower, with the drain towards the front.
Looking on the internet, I found numerous pre-fabbed drain pans, with the floor already sloped for the drain being towards the front.
Just looking at Lowe's for example they had this pre-fabbed, ready to tile shower floor:
Shop Tile Ready 60-in L x 34-in W Redi Base Fiberglass/Plastic Composite Shower Floor (Drain Included) at Lowes.com (http://www.lowes.com/pd_190839-95269-3460L-PVC_0__?productId=3275671&Ntt=shower+pans+offset+drain&Ns=)
Or one like this:
Shop American Standard 59-7/8-in L x 31-1/4-in W Acrylux White Acrylic Shower Floor at Lowes.com (http://www.lowes.com/ProductDisplay?partNumber=89243-95384-6032Y1ST-L.020&langId=-1&storeId=10151&productId=3149959&catalogId=10051&cmRelshp=req&rel=nofollow&cId=PDIO1)
The first one has a web site called https://www.tileredi.com/ and has hundreds of styles shapes etc (like troughs, ADA roll in, with or w/o curbs, etc.). But the cost of these are like $600 and up. The second link I placed in there is just an American Standard Acrylux White Acrylic Shower Floor (it seems like the same material as an American standard acrylic tub, right?), but the cost is only like $225. This is only looking at Lowe's as an example. But is the Acrylic tub good, is it too cheap, can it eventually crack like a tub could? I thought the $600 price tag was a bit much for it just being a prefabbed floor made of pvc I think.
What are your thoughts, anyone else use other products or brands for a shower floor with offset drain?
Thanks in advance,
Steve