u/localfish420

Confused by Pipe Sizes

Confused by Pipe Sizes

My dad and I are doing a DIY home renovation project because our shower was full of mold (old house, we moved in a few years ago).

He’s a civil engineer and aquarium enthusiast, I work at an MEP firm, thought we’d have this in the bag…….. why are we stuck on the friggin drain??

As you can see from the picture, I tried desperately to drill through and access the bare pipe underneath the fitting….. well there’s another fitting under that fitting haha. So we figured it would be easier to find a coupling that fits inside the pipe, rather than trying to attach over the fitting and pipe.

Why can’t we find an inside coupling that fits!! What are we missing! We’ve tried magicmend and about four different coupling pieces (2” and 1 1/2”), all way too big to fit within this pipe.

Really hoping this is simple user error, because it feels like witchcraft. We’re using a schluter linear drain/system.

What are we doing wrong?? 🤔

u/localfish420 — 12 hours ago