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Speedy Jim

wrote:
How do you *know* this is a drain for a toilet? (Not being smart.)
Does it have a closet flange? Was there a toilet before?

If it turns out to be a "floor drain", you have no assurance
just "where" it terminates.

If you simply want a shower, get a raised base shower stall
which has provision built-in for a 2" drain which can run right
at floor level. (And verify this actually is a sanitary drain.)

Well, it's centered in the room, it has a lid on it that is secured
with a butterfly nut, and the previous homeowners said that it was
isntalled for the purposes of having a toilet there, but they never
finished the project.

We do have a sewage ejector that is used for at least the washer and
dryer which are about 5 feet away at the moment. I'm assuming that
this toilet drain would be connected to that, so if it does have a
connector for a shower, that would probably be the best solution. I
just don't want to make a mistake and end up with sewage coming up out
of my shower drain if I do it wrong.

At a minimum, do a test. Run water into the drain and see
if the ejector runs to dispose of the water. If it does *not*,
that drain might go elsewhere.

Jim