There is a slight cahnce that this will work for you if you can get the drain pipe to move enough to line up. Plumb-Rite's Wingtite. "Replace the Drain, Not the Whole Shower

Thank you ballengerb1! I tried and tried, but the pipe just won't move! I only wish the plumb-rite's wingtite could work! What a great idea... but alas... not for me.

I was able to find a plumber rated by the better business beaure who came over yesterday and suggested I take the glass walls out myself (to save money) and they could take out the pan, add a trap, and reuse the same pan which is is great shape. They would pour concrete around the pipe and make sure it doent happen again! I would then do retile only a few rows of tile myself and put the glass walls back up. All for $500! Which I thought was pretty good given I have been quoted anywhere from $800-$3000!
I liked how he gave me chores which I can do myself to save money. He also will give me a one year warranty.
Does this all sound good? It does to me... but then again, I have never had to get so intimate with plumbing before!
Any comments?
Thank you thank you!
Margaret

It sounds perfect Margaret!

Good luck with it!

MARK

Margaret, Since you don't want to attempt the plumbing and the breaking of the slab. This sounds like the way to go. The thing people forget when hiring a plumber is: not only do you hire the expertise, you hire the tools and the fittings. I guarantee that once you start a DIY on plumbing, you will never get the materials needed in a single trip to the hardware store. I have always done my own projects and I promise you that even when I had everything I needed, something would go wrong and back to the store I would go. Good luck with this bathroom. I hope you enjoy the use of it for several decades.

If you do what you are thinking to do - you will have to eventually replace entire shower pan. You need dedicated shower drain that fits through the pan shower drain opening. There is no way of installing such a drain w/o lifting your shower pan.

Milo, yes and no. Since Maragret can't move the pipe over she is stuck but the link I gave her show how to install a drain wothout taking up the pan. Will not work in every situation but it does for many folks, so there is a way.

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Originally Posted by ballengerb1

Milo, yes and no. Since Maragret can't move the pipe over she is stuck but the link I gave her show how to install a drain wothout taking up the pan. Will not work in every situation but it does for many folks, so there is a way.

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Yes, of course, you are correct. This type of drain may fix the problem - if the drain lines up over the shower pan opening. I didn't think of it. Our company doesn't use them . ( Isn't this drain designed for mobile home installation ?) Anyway, Thank you for pointing this out !