Shower drain not plumb

[chad215]

It looks like my concrete guys knocked my shower drain out of plumb when they were finishing the floors. I had asked them to form an 8” x 8” “box” around it before pouring to give me a little room for adjustment, but obviously they missed that… anyone have some knowledge here? Do I need to chip out the concrete or is this salvageable? I’m not sure how much play I’ll have when installing my shower drain.

 

[LOW1]

I would be inclined to chip it out and redo it. That’s crooked. I would want to know that it did not crack when it was bent like that

 

[chad215]

I would be inclined to chip it out and redo it. That’s crooked. I would want to know that it did not crack when it was bent like that

yea.... I am leaning that way myself. I laid it myself. I know it's not cracked, it's just out of plumb. It's part of a gray water system, and it just goes down to a p trap and only runs ~2' out to the side of the building. I didn't tie it in to anything yet.
I was really hoping someone would say it fine as is and I didn't need to do all of that!

 

[duneslider]

There is a little "flex" when you glue the drain on and it might be fine but it probably pushing it. I have run into crooked drain pipes before and had to deal with it but I never measured how much out they were so I can't say if what you have is too much or not. Go grab a clamping drain and stick it on top and see if you can get it to sit level.

 

[Zeke]

Actually, a tilted drain is quieter because sometimes it's a long drop to the trap. I like to lean them about 5º.

 

[Bert_]

You would probably be ok with the angle but the shower drain will protrude below the floor so your going to have to chip out some concrete around the pipe

 

[Walkers]

It would be totally fine, so long as you can sleep at night knowing it is crooked.

 

[Renegade1LI]

If you're concerned test the pipe, if it's good & it bothers you you could straighten it out a little with a heat gun, very bendable when heated, you wouldn't know the difference.

 

[no704]

Is it going to a self made pan or a off the shelf one? As above stuff does bend pretty easy.

 

[The Cobbler]

it all depends on how forgiving your pan and you are,

 

[CraigStu]

I have to think it can be made to work. Have you decided how you will build the shower and what type of drain attachment you will use? If so, grab one of the attachments and see how it will work. How thick is the concrete there? That might determine if you want to chip it out or not. 2-3 inches easy, 5-6 inches no fun at all. Also in a worst case you need to build up the floor w/ some 2x6s isn't hard to do.

 

[chad215]

Thanks guys- I'll be using a fiberglass pan for an off the shelf Lowes shower enclosure. Concrete is 5-6". I'll go ahead and get the drain and see how it mounts. I appreciate the experience here!

 

[flat350]

Odds are you'll be chipping concrete anyway to set a FG pan, the drain usually extends below the floor.

 

[brownbagg]

just heat with heat gun and straighting it

 

[Git]

That was my thought also. I have used a heat gun to bend pvc electrical conduit - it is fairly easy if you take your time. I would try it on an extra piece first, but I think you will find it will straighten that right up fairly easily