How To Remove A Fiberglass Shower Pan

This video has a ton of great tips and hopefully helps you with your bathroom project.

How to remove a fiberglass shower pan. Next you want to drill the rubber flange material that is around the drainpipe out so that you loosen it up and allow the fiberglass pan to come loose from the drain. This lip is used to nail or screw the shower pan to the wall studs. You ll need to replace tile below that line flush to the new fiberglass shower pan and seal around it with a silicone sealant. Open the wall manufacturers build shower pans with a 1 inch lip along all edges that abut a wall.

Take a turkey baster and put it down in the drainpipe to siphon out the water. Use a knife and cut along the edge of the fiberglass panel where it meets the linoleum. We start by removing the faucet trim and base trim from the shower. This video focuses on the proper methods used to remove a fiberglass shower.

We are tearing out a leaking shower pan tile and backer board and repairing plumbing and ceiling below. Use a pry bar to loosen and then remove the old tile below your cut line. Put a rag in the drainpipe to keep any sewer gas from coming up. To remove a fiberglass shower pan you will want to start by removing excess water in the drainpipe.