There are a few ways these shower units go together, some screw the tail down into a fitting which is attached to the top of the sewer. These use a special wrench I have never owned, someone else will know what it is called but you pull the strainer out of the drain in the bottom of the shower and you may find a sleeve that fits into the fixture below and forms the flange on the floor of the shower, it has two bits sticking into the stream which the special wrench pegs fit into and screw out or in.
Some have a thread underneath like a large nut which screws over the protruding thread below the shower. I have a feeling though that tightening it up isn't really what has to happen. It sounds to me like the shower floor isn't well supported and it bows under the weight of occupants. Over time this flexing has caused the floor material to fail. You probably want to disassemble the drain then patch the floor. Assuming it is fiberglass and it may well be, many now are actually vinyl or some other plastic. Figure out the extent and direction of the crack, rough up the surface under the pan either side of the crack then apply the resin mixed with hardener and roll on a length of the fiber tape and press it firmly into the resin then apply more resin. I like those little 'J' rollers for the job, helps to keep a brush from pulling the tape or random mat away from the site. You may wish to apply more than one layer of glass you won't need a lot of the polyester, enough to saturate the glass is all. You need good ventilation and keep it off of your skin, cover or tie or both your hair, protect your eyes. Then reassemble the drain. The resin will probably take a day to set up thoroughly depending on the temperature. Reinforce the support for the shower pan so it doesn't flex and crack again. I am not so sure about the plastic pans, test it with a little resin first I suppose to be sure it doesn't eat the plastic. If you rough it up a little with medium sand paper 80 grit or so fiberglass should stick to it if it doesn't eat it. You might prefer to consider changing the entire shower stall. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Kisecker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Handiman Blind" <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 7:18 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Plumbing Problem > Hi: > > I went into my crawl space to check things out, my 11 year old son and I > found a small soaked puddle of water underneath my shower. The rubber > seal > that goes up against the fiberglass of the shower was wet, and it appears > that there is a crack in the fiberglass. A couple of things, there aren't > any screws that will tighten up this connection into the shower, and my > wife > could see light through the shower drain. Now, I am wondering if this is > something I can do without hiring a plumber to do, or am I going to have > to > hire a plumber. 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