[TheForge] lead seal removal or the nightmare remodeling job has begun ;-)

[terry l. ridder]

hello;

it appears that there is confusion over my description of the lead seal.
i will attempt to clarify.

the concrete floor has roughly a 6 inch diameter hole for the drain. the
copper drain pipe is nearly centered on this 6 inch diameter hole.
between the concrete floor and the copper drain pipe is a lead seal that
appears to have been poured in place.

i have no idea whether the actual shower pan is lead or sheet metal. i
do know that it is not pvc or cpe. the shower walls were painted sheet
metal that wedged into a sheet metal edge in the shower floor.


>
> hello;
>
> ... the shower drain is lead sealed to
> the 2inch copper drain pipe. the shower floor is concrete. cutting the
> copper pipe is not a viable option.
>
> ascii picture:
>
> --------\__+----+__/----------
>          | |    | |
> concrete | |    | |  concrete
>          | |    | |
>          | |    | |
>          | |    | |<-- lead seal between concrete and copper drain
>          | |    | |    pipe.
> ---------+-+    +-+-----------
>            |    |^  ^
>            |    ||  |
>            |    ||  +- concrete floor
>            |    |+---- lead seal
>            |    |
>            |    |<-- copper drain pipe
>

-- 
Terry L. Ridder ><>