Eric Scantlebury wrote:

Hello All,

I have a question regarding plumbing a shower drain. In my house the
drain to the shower is a typical drain similar to this drain
http://www.faucetdepot.com/faucetdep...liateID=Nextag
except that the threaded portion does not extend right to the bottom.
Instead the bottom half is "smooth" and somewhat tapered to around
slightly less than 3".

The original installation of the plumbing transition from this piece to
the discharged PVC was simply done by having the pvc pushed up against
the bottom of the shower stall around the end of the "coller" and held
up forcably that way by wire. Obviously not the way it is supposed to
be. This never has caused a problem as the shower is hardly ever used
(it is not the main shower) and the amount of water draining out of it
wasn't a problem.

However, the other day I pored about 3 gallons of water into the shower
from a bucket. That, apparenly, was enough water to back up from the
trap and spill over the top of the pvc before it could all drain out.
Leaving a puddle in my basement. That begs the question, how does one
transition from the smooth mettle of the shower drain to pvc? I tried
one of those rubber boot things that has the hose clamps on the top and
the bottom but that wont work because of the "Slight" tapper of the
shower drain (and the extreamly small amount of space available. How is
this done?

TIA.


If the fitting is the one I'm thinking of,
a length of 2" PVC should fit *inside* the
drain fitting. Then, from the top-side,
calking material is tamped down between
the pipe stub and the ID of the fitting.

Jim