I am finishing a stubbed in bathroom in my basement. To install the shower drain, it looks as if I need to chip away about an 8" diameter section of concrete around the stubbed in drain pipe to allow the drain to sit level with the floor. (there is a trap already under the floor)

My question, is there any easy way to cut the concrete away and will it come off the stubbed pipe easily? Is there a drain that fits inside the PVC pipe so that so much concrete doesn't have to be removed?

Thanks for your help!

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Originally Posted by dlh

I am finishing a stubbed in bathroom in my basement. To install the shower drain, it looks as if I need to chip away about an 8" diameter section of concrete around the stubbed in drain pipe to allow the drain to sit level with the floor. (there is a trap already under the floor)

My question, is there any easy way to cut the concrete away and will it come off of the stubbed pipe easily? Is there a drain that fits inside the PVC pipe so that so much concrete doesn't have to be removed?

Thanks for your help!

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First off, you should.t have to break up any cement if your planing on adding a tile shower or a manufactured shower enclosure. The only way that you would have to take up the floor, (and then it would be much more then a 8" circle) is if you were going to recess the drain and slope the cement to it in place of a base. Is this what you have planned? Regards, Tom

Thanks for your quick answer. The shower will be tiled, so my plan was to put a membrane liner down on the concrete basement floor. Then I was going to add about 1 1/2" of cement at the drain and slightly higher on the sides to allow for slope towards the drain. When I measure the drain height, it looks like I need to recess the drain into the basement floor to get the 1 1/2" height I was looking for as it is about 4" in height and needs to go over the stand pipe to seal. Hopefully I am overlooking something!

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Originally Posted by dlh

Thanks for your quick answer. The shower will be tiled, so my plan was to put a membrane liner down on the concrete basement floor. Then I was going to add about 1 1/2" of cement at the drain and slightly higher on the sides to allow for slope towards the drain. When I measure the drain height, it looks like I need to recess the drain into the basement floor to get the 1 1/2" height I was looking for as it is about 4" in height and needs to go over the stand pipe to seal. Hopefully I am overlooking something!

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One more time, "you should't have to break up any cement if your planing on adding a tile shower or a manufactured shower enclosure."
I think you're going to need advice from both a plumber and a tile man before you even began this project. It goes like this. A carpenter lays out the frame and threshold. Then we,( the plumbers) come in and install a flange type shower drain, (see image). We then pan the shower with Blue Compiseal, making a seamless pan with 8" lips. We then bolt the top of the flange and drain to the bottom to seal the pan and the tile man takes over from there. I'm sorry but the way you describe what you want to do tells me that you're not familiar with the procedure. Installing a tile shower is major surgery and requires a working knowledge in three trades. So far you haven't shown me that knowledge. My advice ? Get in outside help. Good luck, Tom