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    Feb 16, 2006, 07:59 PM
    Rough-in Shower Drain
    My house has a roughed in shower drain in the basement, and I am planning to add a shower using the drain. The drain pipe is a 3" that sticks up from the cement floor about 4". The installation plan for the shower base shows about a 6" square cut out in the floor around the pipe. This is so the drain fittings can sit flush with the floor. How do I cut the cement around the pipe? Do I use a cold chisel, jackhammer, or cement saw?

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    I was mistaken - it is a 2" pipe. Let me look at the installation instructions again.
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    Feb 17, 2006, 07:35 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by statoncj
    My house has a roughed in shower drain in the basement, and I am planning to add a shower using the drain. The drain pipe is a 3" that sticks up from the cement floor about 4". The installation plan for the shower base shows about a 6" square cut out in the floor around the pipe. This is so the drain fittings can sit flush with the floor. How do I cut the cement around the pipe? Do I use a cold chisel, jackhammer, or cement saw?

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    Someting's not adding up here. We don't rough in our showers at 3". We rough them in at 2". Shine a light down the 3" pipe. Do you see standing water? No? Then there's no trap and this isn't a shower rough in.

    " The installation plan for the shower base shows about a 6" square cut out in the floor around the pipe. This is so the drain fittings can sit flush with the floor."
    This doesn't make any sense to me either. When we rough for a shower we extend the traps raiser up above the floor line and then the cement guys pour the floor. There's no "cut out" needed since the shower base does not set directly on the floor. Can you give me a link to see the shower base that demands a cut out? Regards, Tom
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