Solvent Weld vs Rubber Gasket shower drain?
I am installing a fiberglass shower pan directly on top of a concrete floor. There is a 2″ PVC drain roughed in. It looks like my choices for a drain fitting are a solvent weld PVC to the 2″ pipe vs. a drain that slips over the 2″ with a rubber gasket that tightens down with an innner threaded fitting. I would think the solvent weld fitting has less chance to leak, but I am concerned that I only have one chance to get it right.
Any preferences or suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Paul
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>>> I would think the solvent weld fitting has less chance to leak, but I am concerned that I only have one chance to get it right.<<<
Thats the way I see it, if you don't have a lot of experience working with pvc I would go with the rubber donut.
Yeah, the one time I did it I just used the rubber donut. It was just pounded into place -- no screw-down what'sit. Still fine 32 years later.
With glue you're never confident that you got a reliable glue joint, and no way to fix it if there's a problem.
To me, the advantage of the gasket in your situation is because you can see what's happening when you position the base over the tailpiece.
If you had access from underneath, like in a crawl space or basement, then the glued joint is easy to connect and more reliable and permanent.