Looks the wife and I are getting more serious about gutting out our bathroom. The shower pan has been leaking and the bottom plate in wall between the shower and my wife’s dresser is rotted out.
1. If I get a building permit can I do the work myself?
2. I want to move the shower controls to the opposing wall. My only problem is that there is a vent stack – maybe two – running in there. Can I move them to a different bay?
Thanks.
“Projects beget projects and projects beget the need to buy new tools and that is what the cycle of life is all about.”
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Stan your questions on plumbing makes my point, you need a plumber. As to permits you'll just have to check in your area. In mine I was ok to do my shower myself.
I had to move a vent stack and the plumbing to an opposite wall for our change. Being in the trades and while I probably could have done the plumbing myself I chose to have a plumber handle that aspect. I like the work of a proud craftsman.
I did all the other work as I have for many other clients. I'm a darn good tiler and I really like tiling.
be kind to yourself and let a pro do the frustrating dirty work.
Good...when I start installing the tile I know who to call!!"Projects beget projects and projects beget the need to buy new tools and that is what the cycle of life is all about."
Great! I grew up in the bay area. It'd be nice to visit my old haunts, around Hayward and Fremont.
If that is a vent stack only you can do anything you want with it, just make sure you use the smallest angles you can get away with.
As far as moving things around, pretty much everything is possible as long as you have enough time money and effort. The bigger question; is the change worth the sum of those three?
yeah, it is cheaper to just turn around and face the other way when taking a shower!;)
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Once again you make it sound so simple, Jedi Master!
What is your reasoning behind changing the controls to the opposing wall?
"When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking." — Sherlock Holmes, 1896
And............could you provide us with a floor plan of the new bath?
"When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking." — Sherlock Holmes, 1896
As my wise grandfather would say, "The answer to "Can you?" is most often yes. The answer to "Should you?" is most often no."
Actually, canu and shudu are posters here.
Good question. Plan things as much as possible up front.
Planning is as much for others as it is for you to get your head around this.
What is it? The 5 Ps or the 6 Ps? I learned it in the amry so it wasn't so clean. "There are three kinds of men: The one that learns by reading, the few who learn by observation and the rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves."Will Rogers
As long as you know how to do plumbing it's no big deal. As far as the stack possibly being in the way, I often suggest to customers that we move the shower control off center, closer to the door opening or curtain. Easier to reach in and turn on, less chance of getting a wet arm in the process.
Most customers pass and go with the traditional centered fixture, the ones who make the switch all say they love it.