Can I omit the tail pipe on a drain kit ?
The drain kit is black plastic material and I a tad smaller then my pvc so, I would have to add an adapter. If I leave the tailpipe on the drain attachment sits higher then the floor. If I omit the tailpipe it is a perfect height.
Can you post a picture of what it looks like?
As long as you can have a p-trap connect to the tub waste and overflow, you should be good. The tailpiece allows you to connect to plumbing that is lower, but as long as you can fit it up, you're good.
Hi Terrell, yes I have a p trap and waste over flow.
Second pi is with the tailpiece, it sits higher then the floor. The very last pic is with no tailpiece and it’s level with the floor.
Hi Terrell, yes I have a p trap and waste over flow.
Second pi is with the tailpiece, it sits higher then the floor. The very last pic is with no tailpiece and it’s level with the floor. View attachment 135991
I was going off what two different plumbers told me. That it’s a below floor installation. They both wanted to rip you my flooring and drop the p trap
And one wanted to redo the waste pipe ??
A trap adapter glued to the p-trap fittings will fix you right up for the connection to the drain tailpiece.
It snugs down with the slip joint nut and washer for the tailpiece.
A trap adapter glued to the p-trap fittings will fix you right up for the connection to the drain tailpiece.
It snugs down with the slip joint nut and washer for the tailpiece.
Have you looked at the tub you're installing and done the measurements? Normally the tub where it connects to the drain is a little higher than the plywood flooring. You have a standard looking installation so far.
I did dry set the tub. I put a 1/4” piece of cardboard under (made plumb w/ surrounding walls) marked the drain location and then removed and did measurements. The drain will align. That why I’m so confused on the extent the plumbers want to go to for the height. I will dry fit again tomorrow with drain kit in p trap to confirm height. I really appreciate your help.
I don’t mind helping the lady out. We set the tub, level it; then install the drain. But that requires access either from under or behind the tub. You can install it before hand. But that is some precision measuring. But it can be done.
Most of my tub installs with remodels means I'm installing the tub drains in the floor first, and then dropping the tub down for the win. It's not hard to do. I almost never have access anyway, it's not like the new construction that I started the trade with.
Terrill
It may not be hard to do, but w/o access how do you guarantee it's not going to leak? There can be leaks from material defect even with a perfect install.
And yet many of the tubs sold by Kohler have slip joint drains. All of the Geberit drains have them. Yes, code wants glued joints, but she's not doing it where I'm inspecting. Will it work? Yes, I did drains with slip joints for decades. You sure worry a lot.
I've been plumbing a long time, yes, looked at their websites yesterday evening and they've added the ones that glue up now. It always felt funny to install the old school on some remodels with a customer supplied tub.
I've been plumbing a long time, yes, looked at their websites yesterday evening and they've added the ones that glue up now. It always felt funny to install the old school on some remodels with a customer supplied tub.
nah. make them toss it, or send it back. only thing that should be slip joint is an exposed, finished tub drain. like on a claw foot or pedestal tub where its external,
When I was doing new construction. We used all glue abs waste and overflows, or if they were brass we used 50/50 solder and soldered them up and screwed the bottom of the tee into a female adaptor. That being said I have installed a lot of slip joint waste and overflows on tubs for repair and remodel.
I keep a Gerber# G0041813 Roman Bath Drain Trip Lever in Chrome on the van along with some other internal tub waste parts. It will fit a large range of tub sizes. It's about as cheap as you can get while still being quality brass with brass nuts. I really like the overflow seal. You can solder all the joints if you don't want to use the slip joint connections.
The only time we install plastic tub wastes is when they are specific to that model with no better alternative. Most tubs these days don't have access panels..... until they leak of course. I would never set a tub on a slip joint that I couldn't tighten after the tub is set.
Wow, your the first plumber I ever heard say that.!!!!!
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