We recently bought a 1960's house and have started working on renovating the basement bathroom. The bathroom is on concrete slab and the drain lines are made out of cast iron (photos below). We are replacing the shower and will be adding in a tiled floor before reinstalling the toilet. Here's the strategy I've developed so far, but am looking to see if I am on the right track.
For the toilet, I'm planning to remove the old flange and install an adapter to connect a new PVC flange to the existing cast iron pipe (like
this) to account for the height of the new floor.
For the shower, it doesn't seem like there is a great option for connecting a new drain to the existing line. Although I'd rather not open up the floor, it seems like the best option is to open it up past the p trap and connect the cast iron to PVC using a Fernco or similar
coupler. Another perk of opening the floor would be that we could center the drain and use a prefab shower pan. Right now it's awkwardly off center so we'd have to go with a custom pan.
Any thoughts on this approach or suggestions for other ways to go about it? Thanks in advance!
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