The Tub From Hell: SUCCESS! IT'S PARTY TIME!
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:25 am
Yanita, Steve, OldFart, DeWalt, and everyone else who has helped NW woman with the install of the tub that didn't want to spend its life as a tub/shower.........
IT'S CONNECTED TO THE DRAIN SYSTEM! Yahoo!!
(For those of you who do not get it, just search on my user name and read the huge pile of posts from me)
It lightened my wallet: $180 for 25 minutes and two parts. I had this ouch and thank goodness sensation occur at the same moment. Quite titillating.
The strangest thing happened. This fellow knocked on my door yesterday, said he had heard through the town rumor mill that I needed help, said he was a small-job plumber and boom, he fixed it. I almost did one of those big doggie behaviors: jump out excitedly, paws on person's face, lick cheek and lips exuberantly.
The trick?
Well, with the p-track extending 1-inch beyond the bottom of the tub floor drain, he said it was best to go with the overflow drain.
Our overflow drain kit wouldn't allow for a p-trap in the tight space, I told him.
He displayed an entirely different type of overflow drain. It had the p-trap built into it -- no connector needed. That saved inches of horizontal space that were not there.
And, after this pipe connected to the overflow hole in the tub, the pipe "turned" to the left and then to the "right." Odd looking.
Ours went straight down the back of the tub, vertically. I have never seen such a pipe and never saw one in the hardware stores or online.
Anyway, he said it would fit the tight space and he was right. I took a bath this morning. Oh what a feeling!!!!! I now pass the sniff test. (Not done -- set it up only to allow for no-splash baths)
I think he was an angel. And I am thankful.
(Of course, he took my green so there goes the angel theory)
Today, we move on to finishing steps -- surround, faucets, fixing walls, painting. Piece of cake.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR THE SUPPORT! I am so glad this forum is here!!
Bursting with joy,
Cynthia
IT'S CONNECTED TO THE DRAIN SYSTEM! Yahoo!!
(For those of you who do not get it, just search on my user name and read the huge pile of posts from me)
It lightened my wallet: $180 for 25 minutes and two parts. I had this ouch and thank goodness sensation occur at the same moment. Quite titillating.
The strangest thing happened. This fellow knocked on my door yesterday, said he had heard through the town rumor mill that I needed help, said he was a small-job plumber and boom, he fixed it. I almost did one of those big doggie behaviors: jump out excitedly, paws on person's face, lick cheek and lips exuberantly.
The trick?
Well, with the p-track extending 1-inch beyond the bottom of the tub floor drain, he said it was best to go with the overflow drain.
Our overflow drain kit wouldn't allow for a p-trap in the tight space, I told him.
He displayed an entirely different type of overflow drain. It had the p-trap built into it -- no connector needed. That saved inches of horizontal space that were not there.
And, after this pipe connected to the overflow hole in the tub, the pipe "turned" to the left and then to the "right." Odd looking.
Ours went straight down the back of the tub, vertically. I have never seen such a pipe and never saw one in the hardware stores or online.
Anyway, he said it would fit the tight space and he was right. I took a bath this morning. Oh what a feeling!!!!! I now pass the sniff test. (Not done -- set it up only to allow for no-splash baths)
I think he was an angel. And I am thankful.
(Of course, he took my green so there goes the angel theory)
Today, we move on to finishing steps -- surround, faucets, fixing walls, painting. Piece of cake.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR THE SUPPORT! I am so glad this forum is here!!
Bursting with joy,
Cynthia