We moved into our first home about 8 months ago. The house is 20 years old and had a little bit of remodeling work done on it right before we bought it. I've been working on remodeling the master bath. I have experience as a carpenter and cabinet maker, but never worked on a bathroom.
I pretty much ripped out everything except the shower, tub, and mirror. I've painted, replaced the floor, reinstalled the new toilet, fixed the door, and replaced the drain & overflow cover in the roman tub. Luckily, we have another 1 & a half bathrooms that wee have been using.
Now I want to replace the shower drain. It probably functions just fine, but I'm just trying to replace everything that can relatively easily be replaced with clean, new parts. I figured out that the top of the drain just unscrews and I'm assuming I can just buy a replacement to screw back in. Is that as much of the drain that can be replaced without removing the shower or cutting a hole in the ceiling below?
The part that the top piece screws into looks like it has tabs that maybe some tool can grab and unscrew. Of course if I'm right, there would be no way of removing the piece through the hole in the shower. There is a closet on the other side of the shower that may give limited access to under the pan.
I've attached pictures of what I'm talking about.
I pretty much ripped out everything except the shower, tub, and mirror. I've painted, replaced the floor, reinstalled the new toilet, fixed the door, and replaced the drain & overflow cover in the roman tub. Luckily, we have another 1 & a half bathrooms that wee have been using.
Now I want to replace the shower drain. It probably functions just fine, but I'm just trying to replace everything that can relatively easily be replaced with clean, new parts. I figured out that the top of the drain just unscrews and I'm assuming I can just buy a replacement to screw back in. Is that as much of the drain that can be replaced without removing the shower or cutting a hole in the ceiling below?
The part that the top piece screws into looks like it has tabs that maybe some tool can grab and unscrew. Of course if I'm right, there would be no way of removing the piece through the hole in the shower. There is a closet on the other side of the shower that may give limited access to under the pan.
I've attached pictures of what I'm talking about.
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