WTF is this under my shower???

[alnen]

Dont fill it until youve checked that your new shower base is gonna line up perfectly from both walls and to the bottom of the new base. My bet is that it will not. The plumber put that bucket there when he did the slab so that he could offset the drain to match the shower unit being used. This is very common.

Good call. Can I get a little more help?How do I get this top part of the drain off? I tried wrenching with opposing wrenches, but it will snap if I torque any harder.

Sawzall? It's still going to be an inch too far back anyway, so some plumbing is in my future.

Understood that it's common- can I just fill with sand and level over top after it's lined up? Thanks so much!

 

[thevalueman]

it's the madina!!!
make it go away!!!

 

[Plumminfool]

yea the base of the shower drain is glued onto the pipe. You can cut it off and replumb. Fill with sand is fine

 

[alnen]

yea the base of the shower drain is glued onto the pipe. You can cut it off and replumb. Fill with sand is fine

THANK YOU! Will do exactly this!

 

[wildbill1973z28]

And how do I fix it? Haha.

Do I fill with concrete? It seems pretty unstructurally sound to have placed a 3x3' shower over this- in fact, the reason I'm replacing is because of cracks in this exact area of the floor.

The old was fiberglass the new is acrylic.

Kind of stuck here until the wisdom of odt guides me!

Fill with sand

 

[rtross]

Two others have said it:
Fill it with sand.

 

[Psilloh1]

If I were you… I would get some of ARCman47 Midget chicks and get a little party on down in tha bathroom…..

 

[Tony2X]

 

[MCurtis762]

Don't you need to put some type of mortar base under the new shower pan to support it and prevent future cracking? I did that for a pan I installed a few years ago and it's rock solid.

 

[JSoko]

Like pluminfool said
check to be sure drain will line up with base then fill with sand and top with 3 " of sakrete
use a no caulk, no glue, slip on drain, that has the tighten on the inside gasket