I believe most codes require minimum 30" width for a shower. UPC asks for 1024 sq. inches in a shower. Consider a shower on the back wall

 

How will you work out an access to the clean outs in a shower? What a labyrinth of plumbing pipes? How are you going to get the drain water to the level of the exit, pump?

 

Clean out for shower? I need one at shower. In one of the pics you'll see a rectangular wooden frame out along the main sewer line. That's where I was told to out access door for the clean out.

 

TheEplumber has a point and it seems the OP it turning his back on a big issue. 26 1/2” is not wide enough for a shower, code or no code. 30” is cramped, so a usable show should be 32” wide, especially if it is going to be 60” long. Maybe on that back wall would be a better location.

 

We will make it wider for sure then...not a problem.
How about it we did a corner type shower instead?

 

If you want a bathroom in your basement, it appears you will need to install a sewer ejector pump and pit. It appears your sewer system exists your home, at least 3 foot from the floor of your basement. You will need something to pump the sewer water from the bathroom high enough to exit in the main sewer pipe. You surly know this right, before all of that carpentry work.

 

I had to make wife's new shower 32" because I couldn't find a 34" preformed pan. We normally built 36" deep pans from scratch and I like that better. Her shower does seem to be narrow to me. I couldn't imagine a 26" shower.

 

Year ago I put a 1 piece shower in a closet , 36x24, they called it a retro shower.
It was tight but worked.

 

Year ago I put a 1 piece shower in a closet , 36x24, they called it a retro shower.
It was tight but worked.

I never thought, the OP may be planning an open shower, with the drain in the center of the room.

 

Skinny shower for sure but what I was wondering, you did framing before plumbing ground work? Was that in the book?!

 

No my friend did the framing.....backwards I guess huh. Should have done the plumbing roughing first?

 

You'll see picture 1534 where there is no bottom plate. I can bump out that wall to the left several inches ...it just encroaches on the stairs a little bit as you can see in pic 1532., the opening when come down the stairs into the basement will be a little smaller.

 

Bottom of stairs to a wall or that corner needs to 36" from the stair nose to rough framing.

 

No sheetrock in a shower. Measure from stud to stud for the shower pan, assuming it is a manufactured pan.

 

Thank you...I really meant durarock. So no durarock behind the shower pan on the wall?

 

Typically it screws right to the studs.

 

Shower pan goes against studs. Durock to top of lip. Tile to top of tub flange. See diagram.

 

THank you very much.

 

As you can see, like idiots, we framed before plumbing roughing. So now when i have to break up the concrete to get the piping to rise up between the frame and foundation(in other words, behind the wall) I guess(obviously) I need to remove the bottom stud???

 

Probably not. I have done lots of remodels, residential and commercial with walls in place. You simply tunnel under the plate or cut out enough to install the pipe.
First thing first though- determine your fixture layout.

 

You are asking for a whole peck of trouble burying that house trap in the wall like that. That cast iron is old and that house trap will cause issues at some point down the road. That access will not be enough if major work needs to be done. Why not change it all out. Are house traps still part of code in your area. They are no longer code in my area and taken out.

 

Thank you very much. Change it out to what and to where?

 

The fixtures that it serves will have to have normal pea traps.

 

Swap positions for toilet and vanity; move door toward vanity. You'll get more room for toilet and a wider shower.
I'm sure the wall plates are treated lumber, right?

 

The only treated lumbers are the 2X4’s on the floor.

 

While you have access, you may want to put in blocking at a height for grab bars and possibly a seat.

 

I’m lost?!!

 

If you are getting old it is good to have some blocking near the toilet so you can mount a grab bar to help get up and down. I put one in at our house for when my mom would come over. Now I can use it if I need it.

Towel rods are notorious for pulling out of the wall because they were mounted without any wood backing in the wall..