Hi- I'm trying to take out an old shower drain that is rusted out and quite nasty. It's a two piece drain (the shower had a mud pan) and it's metal. I don't think I will be able to get the screws (holding the upper and lower parts together out). And I'm assuming the lower part is glued to the drain pipe which is ABS I think. Do I have to cut out the drain? Will I have to cut the pipe as well? If so, what are the steps to installing the new 2 piece drain?

Thanks so much!

Hey Rudy,

To remove the old ABS flange type shower drain you're going to have to cut the trap raiser and pull the old drain out. Then you must couple and glue on a new raiser that extends above the floor of the new shower . You may then glue the bottom half of the flange type drain and cut the raiser off to grade. After this you may pan your shower out and install the rest of the drain prier to mudding and tiling. Good luck, Tom

Let me see if I understand you correctly-

Cut the 'raiser' (the vertical pipe that extends from the trap up to the drain?). So now you have this stub pipe coming off the trap? THen couple the new raiser to the stub and cut it so that the new drain will sit at the correct height with respect to the floor.

Is that correct?

Thanks so much for your help! I definitely a newbie at this!

"Let me see if I understand you correctly-

Cut the 'raiser' (the vertical pipe that extends from the trap up to the drain?). So now you have this stub pipe coming off the trap? THen couple the new raiser to the stub and cut it so that the new drain will sit at the correct height with respect to the floor."

You got it Rudy! Bring the raiser up a few inches above the floor line, prime and glue in the bottom half of the shower flange and saw the excess raiser off level. You may now pan the shower out. Regards, tom