[harishwadhwani]

How do I stop leakage from FIAT make shower drain attached to a 23-year old tiled shower after replacing a FIAT rubber gasket in the shower drain?

[massplumber2008]

Hmmm... any chance you could post a picture here? Fiat drains are not usually connected with tiled showers.. Unless you have a pre-molded shower floor... is this the case? What rubber gasket did you replace? The donut shapped rubber seal at drain in shower OR at drain under shower? Let me know.

[Knucklez]

Exactly.. need to know if the BASE of your shower is made with mud/tiles or is plastic.

For me, my shower was plastic base. The drain sealing system in a plastic base shower goes like this.

From on TOP of the base, you put a bead of silicon and the plastic grill.

From BELOW the base you put the rubber gasket, then an "anti-friction" gasket (i.e. a thin piece of cardboard like a cereal box cut in the shape of a gasket same dimensions or a little bigger than the rubber basket) and then the last thing is the screw on nut.

Here is the thread where I learned this the hard way...

https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/plumbing/how-not-install-shower-drain-34307.html

Knucklez

[ballengerb1]

We won't get too far until Harish answers Mark's questions. He replaced the gasket because he already had a leak and still hgas a leak. Never know but just maybe he replaced the wrong parts.

[harishwadhwani]

Hmmm... any chance you could post a picture here? Fiat drains are not usually connected with tiled showers...? Unless you have a pre-molded shower floor....is this the case?? What rubber gasket did you replace?? The donut shapped rubber seal at drain in shower OR at drain under shower?? Let me know.

I don't know how to post a picture. The shower floor (base) is pre-molded. The rubber gasket I replaced was donut shaped --at drain (... PFA... DO... BOCA... UPC... 3"ODx2 1/4" IDx1 1/4" H) with FIAT PRODUCTS QUI-2 (3" OD x 2 1/4" ID x 1" H). The old gasket is like new on the inside (touching the 2" PVC pipe) and about 1/2 " H hardened on the outside (touching the metallic drain assembly) with salts from hard water. So, I suspect there is no leakage between the gasket and PVC pipe but there is leakage between the outside of the gasket and the drain,i.e. from the junction of the drain assembly and the PVC pipe... Any help will be appreciated

[massplumber2008]

Harishwadhwani:

I got to figure that you need to remove the donut shaped rubber ring, clean the space between the pipe and the drain real good with screwdriver and rag. Get down into space deep... clean well. Do not be afraid to use a little rubbing alcohol at end to evaporate any remaining moisture and give final cleaning/drying to plastic.

Then install the donut again.. or just get yourself a new donut (never know this one could be defective... maybe? ) and install into drain as instructed.

These are not tough to install... this may just be a fluke type deal.. ok?

Re-install old/new rubber and then tighten using tool they provided you... or just tamp in place (depends on version you have).

See from there. If that fails I have one or two more ideas.. BUT THIS SHOULD FIX YOU UP... let us know... Mark

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[harishwadhwani]

Mark:

You are right. I went and returned the rubber gasket I bought earlier and purchased a better gasket from a helpful sales person at the same store. I cleaned the drain real good and using regular liquid detergent as lubricant inserted the gasket in the drain. It took a little effort to fully 'seat' the gasket in place. I used the old gasket and a mallet to push the new gasket in place.

It works... I see no leakage from the drain... Thanks a bunch. Harish

[massplumber2008]

Good for you Harish.. glad we could help over here. You drop on back and share some of your particular expertise in the future.. ok? We can always use thoughtful people online here. Goodnight... Mark

[handles]

Hello,
I have the same problem. I replaced the gasket also but don't know if it is the correct one. Can you tell me the what the replacement was.
Thanks,
Linda

[Milo Dolezal]

Linda, when we work on shower pans and feel like drain gasket needs to be replaced - we replace entire drain head. Drain head comes with its own gasket. Otherwise it is very hard to guess what type of gasket was used some 20 years ago when the original drain was installed. New drains are inexpensive and depending what type of shower pan you have, they may cost under $20.00.

Hope that helps

Milo

[Johnnybeltway]

All I have the same problem. I hope you guys are still getting alerts on this post. I am having a really hard time getting the gasket out. Any advice on how to get it out/=? I may just have to use a drill and a saw etc. Perhaps Harish, you could provide me guidance?
Thanks,
John

[Milo Dolezal]

JohnyBeltway: This is 8 years old post. Please, start your new thread. Thank you