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    ballengerb1 Posts: 27,378, Reputation: 2280
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    #21

    Jun 18, 2008, 01:09 PM
    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
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    Jun 19, 2008, 11:45 AM
    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
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    #23

    Jun 19, 2008, 03:05 PM
    It sounds perfect Margaret!

    Good luck with it!

    MARK
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    Jun 19, 2008, 03:44 PM
    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.
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    Jun 19, 2008, 11:02 PM
    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.
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    Jun 20, 2008, 09:47 AM
    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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    Jun 20, 2008, 06:26 PM
    Quote 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.
    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 !

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