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    tootsiechoppin Posts: 5, Reputation: 1
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    Sep 3, 2006, 11:50 AM
    Repairing a basement stall shower
    There is an existing stall shower in the basement, however it isn't hooked up anymore. I want to fix it up and get it going, but I have never done anything like this before... any suggestions?
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    Sep 3, 2006, 03:42 PM
    OK Tootsie,

    Let's get started. First the drainage. Clean the debris from the shower floor and dump a few buckets of water down it. Does it drain away? Back to you Tootsie
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    Sep 4, 2006, 07:36 PM
    Post pictures so we can see what you're starting with. Also, what does "not hooked up" mean? I doubt they cut the plumbing away from the shower...
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