For one reason or another, you may need to install new shower drains or change any existing ones that you have. Even if you don’t consider yourself to be particularly handy, this is one of the home fixes that you can easily take on yourself.
The first step is to figure out the type of drain that you want. This could either be an offset drain or a standard drain.
The first option has a pipe that is offset to the right, left, front, or back. The advantage of using this drain type is that you can avoid a floor joist if you are putting the drain near one. With a standard drain, the drain itself sits in the center. This is the best one to use if you have no floor joists in the way.
You then need to line the outside of the drain with some plumber’s putty so that you can properly secure it into the hole that you made in the floor. At every step of the way, double-check to make sure that the positioning is right. This is because once things have been set, it will be a lot harder and messier to make any alterations. .
