sorairo
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Hi all, I (unfortunately?) purchased a freestanding tub with a center drain. The box claimed the tub is "easy to install", but I think I was fooled. I'm not a plumber - just a DIYer.
Since this is a freestanding tub, it has to be installed after tiling the floor. However, the drain connection under the tub is a threaded male pipe (1.5" I think). The overflow is already built-in/connected to it above the threading, so I don't have to worry about that.
My question is: Since I can't access the drain connection once the tub is sitting on the tiled floor, how am I supposed to attach the drain? I don't have access from underneath either, as the downstairs ceiling below the bathroom floor cannot be opened without a ton of trouble.
I was hoping I could flip the tub over and screw in some sort of connector that would simply slide into the ABS trap below the floor, kind of like a sink drain. But looking at the sink, there's also a nut to tighten around the bottom part, which would be under the tiled floor in the case of the tub.
All I can think of is to tile part of the floor, install the tub, then patch up and tile the rest of the surrounding floor, which just seems like a very odd thing to do.
I'd really appreciate any advice, cause I'm absolutely clueless at this point.
Thanks a bunch,
Sorairo
Since this is a freestanding tub, it has to be installed after tiling the floor. However, the drain connection under the tub is a threaded male pipe (1.5" I think). The overflow is already built-in/connected to it above the threading, so I don't have to worry about that.
My question is: Since I can't access the drain connection once the tub is sitting on the tiled floor, how am I supposed to attach the drain? I don't have access from underneath either, as the downstairs ceiling below the bathroom floor cannot be opened without a ton of trouble.
I was hoping I could flip the tub over and screw in some sort of connector that would simply slide into the ABS trap below the floor, kind of like a sink drain. But looking at the sink, there's also a nut to tighten around the bottom part, which would be under the tiled floor in the case of the tub.
All I can think of is to tile part of the floor, install the tub, then patch up and tile the rest of the surrounding floor, which just seems like a very odd thing to do.
I'd really appreciate any advice, cause I'm absolutely clueless at this point.
Thanks a bunch,
Sorairo