Hello,
I have a question with regards to installing a shower base pan. I framed up the walls for the bathroom and was getting ready to install the shower base pan (photo 1). There is a small gap between the face of the studs and the edge of the shower pan along the back wall (photo 2). The gap is around 3/16" wide, tough to get a good photo of the gap, it looks small in the picture. Should i split the difference of the gap between the front and back of the shower, or should i butt it up tight to one wall, and shim the other wall? What type of shims should i get? Do they make 1.5" wide shims that are as tall as the studs, so I can nail it up the wall full height?
Next question is with regards to installing the brass drain, (you can see it in middle of pan in photo 1). The concrete dap out that I have in the basement is shown in photo 3, it was made for a tub, but I am installing shower with right hand drain. The center of the drain line is in the bottom left corner of the dap out, and you can see in photo 4 the orange line I traced on the edge of the concrete, that is the edge of the brass drain, so I need to notch out that little bit of concrete in the corner, about 1/4" thick around that corner. What would be the best way to do that, concrete chisel and a hammer? Dont want to mess with concrete saw if I do not have too.
Thanks in advance,
Steve
I have a question with regards to installing a shower base pan. I framed up the walls for the bathroom and was getting ready to install the shower base pan (photo 1). There is a small gap between the face of the studs and the edge of the shower pan along the back wall (photo 2). The gap is around 3/16" wide, tough to get a good photo of the gap, it looks small in the picture. Should i split the difference of the gap between the front and back of the shower, or should i butt it up tight to one wall, and shim the other wall? What type of shims should i get? Do they make 1.5" wide shims that are as tall as the studs, so I can nail it up the wall full height?
Next question is with regards to installing the brass drain, (you can see it in middle of pan in photo 1). The concrete dap out that I have in the basement is shown in photo 3, it was made for a tub, but I am installing shower with right hand drain. The center of the drain line is in the bottom left corner of the dap out, and you can see in photo 4 the orange line I traced on the edge of the concrete, that is the edge of the brass drain, so I need to notch out that little bit of concrete in the corner, about 1/4" thick around that corner. What would be the best way to do that, concrete chisel and a hammer? Dont want to mess with concrete saw if I do not have too.
Thanks in advance,
Steve