Hi guys,
Recently I had a new acrylic shower pan installed. I also got the guys to put in a Smart Pan under it. Don't know if you call them that in the US, but this is the deal;
https://www.reece.com.au/product/smart-pan-1400140
Well, the lads were cheap, quick, and as it turned out, incompetent. They laid the pan directly on to the concrete floor, with no mortar base, and with the outlet drain just sitting on the Smart Pan pipe. I didn't watch them work, so I didn't know about this till too late. When I used the shower, the pan was wobbly and it squeaked... so I pulled it back up.
Long story short, I got the mortar and I was all ready to lay the pan down again, but I did a dry run first. Surprise surprise, the shower outlet doesn't line up with the Smart Pan pipe!! Somehow, in the removing of the pan, the alignment has been put out, (or maybe it was out to begin with). I widened the shower cubicle opening as much as possible, but I cannot maneuver the pan into place so that it lines up with the Smart Pan drain. Short of ripping the whole thing out, the only remotely possible solution is to somehow rotate the connectors on the Smart Pan. But they've been glued in........
To get to the point, is there any way on earth to remove or adjust or turn a PVC fitting that has been glued in? On the Smart Pan, the pipe only has to move less than a quarter of an inch, to line up. I'm almost to the stage of cutting that part out, rotating it, and gluing it back. But it's pretty thick plastic.
Any suggestions or tips would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Harry.
Recently I had a new acrylic shower pan installed. I also got the guys to put in a Smart Pan under it. Don't know if you call them that in the US, but this is the deal;
https://www.reece.com.au/product/smart-pan-1400140
Well, the lads were cheap, quick, and as it turned out, incompetent. They laid the pan directly on to the concrete floor, with no mortar base, and with the outlet drain just sitting on the Smart Pan pipe. I didn't watch them work, so I didn't know about this till too late. When I used the shower, the pan was wobbly and it squeaked... so I pulled it back up.
Long story short, I got the mortar and I was all ready to lay the pan down again, but I did a dry run first. Surprise surprise, the shower outlet doesn't line up with the Smart Pan pipe!! Somehow, in the removing of the pan, the alignment has been put out, (or maybe it was out to begin with). I widened the shower cubicle opening as much as possible, but I cannot maneuver the pan into place so that it lines up with the Smart Pan drain. Short of ripping the whole thing out, the only remotely possible solution is to somehow rotate the connectors on the Smart Pan. But they've been glued in........
To get to the point, is there any way on earth to remove or adjust or turn a PVC fitting that has been glued in? On the Smart Pan, the pipe only has to move less than a quarter of an inch, to line up. I'm almost to the stage of cutting that part out, rotating it, and gluing it back. But it's pretty thick plastic.
Any suggestions or tips would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Harry.
