Janky plumbing job- help!! (x-posted from bathrooms)
I posted this in the bathrooms forum as well, but we're in urgent need of advice on this so thought I would post here as well. Hope that's ok!
My friends are in the final phase of building their home. They had a beautiful old claw foot tub refinished and wanted wall mounted plumbing. This is what their builder gave them. It seems like the tub may have needed to be closer to the plumbing wall in order to accomplish this? But now she's thinking it may be too late to move the tub. There is a basement bathroom that is located directly below this one, so the plumbing is apparently all tied in together.
As it stands now, there's no way to even turn the shower head on- not to mention that unsightly pipe sticking out from the wall that is supposed to be the faucet??
So now she's in a semi-panic trying to come up with a solution to show her builder. They are supposed to move in this weekend. Thought you guys might have good suggestions? We have an old refinished clawfoot in our bathroom too, but our plumbing in not wall mounted, so I'm unfamiliar with how to advise her, other than that she could purchase a plumbing kit to replace that PVC running to the floor drainage. What would you do to fix this, making it look good and actually be functional? Let me know if I can provide any additional photos/info that would be helpful. Thanks in advance!
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Angela Zuill
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Comments (5)... methinks the seller is right. You have said you have NO access under the slab. Is it a slab on grade? Is it a slab in a condo, and you don't want to break apart your downstairs neighbor's bathroom ceiling? Is is something else? According to the diagram that comes with the tub, the P trap is under the slab. Although it's not shown in the illustration, it is nonetheless obvious to many people. You (or your plumber) need to figure out is where you'll place the P trap, under the slab, which kind of pipe to use (tubular chromed brass, copper DWV, ABS, PVC, etc) and which associated slip joint ("lock nut") to use, and how you'll vent this line if it's being built new or rebuilt in any way -- and all that is a Master Plumber subject, not a tub sales subject. My bet is that your plumber is not a Master Plumber, but a repair kind of guy who knows how to fix faucets and a whole lot more, too. There is nothing to gain by calling the tub people. There is almost no information provided in your diagrams posted above, in terms that would help us know how to advise you on how to connect the tub to the P trap. It does show the slip joint, "lock nut" which may be your key to getting the tub drain secure and watertight --- but only someone on site would know for sure. Now, with no access under the slab, your big Question is how to raise the tub just enough that you'll manage to turn that slip joint shown under the tub and then make that gap look imperceptible later. Remember that you may want to be able to unscrew it one day too. Note that it is wise to be able to test it too -- and with no access underneath, you may be unable to test for leaks. This may be do-able, or maybe not... I think posting a diagram showing the drain lines you have under your slab, including venting, will give the right information for plumbers to know if 1st of all you can hope to just tighten the slip joint shown. hth...See MoreElectrical panel in bathroom - X post from Bathrooms
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Ron Natalie
8 years agolast modified: 8 years ago
cpartist
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8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoAsking for wall mounted shower fixtures was a mistake.
Free standing tubs are not meant to have showers unless it is a hand held shower wand. That configuration is common in Europe. To convert this tub to a fixed overhead shower it is necessary to install an exceedingly clumsy 4 sided shower curtain rod that is hug from the ceiling with a supply pipe or hose from a tub mounted faucet set with a diverter valve. I own one of these horrible things and I wish I had the space to make it a proper tub or a shower stall. It is claustrophobic and provides no way to catch your balance since you are wrapped in plastic coated nylon that tends to cling to you with the shower on and it is necessary to bend very low to adjust the two faucet handles. I can't imagine why anyone would intentionally build one of these things.
The OP's configuration would need a drain in a waterproof floor.
Floor-mounted tub fill and shower wand:
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