alfadriver
alfadriver MegaDork
5/29/21 8:43 a.m.

Another Travel Trailer question- (this board has been so helpful!!!)

So I'm finally getting to the point of plumbing- the supply lines are all done, an I'm to the drain.  Sink is easy...

But the shower.  

This is a wet bath, and is quite tiny.  Because of space, the shower drain is pretty high over the trailer surface- the drain has to clear a frame rail before it can go into the gray tank.  So I have a very small space for a shower drain.

Thankfully, there's a neat product that I found for this- almost no clearance drain (don't worry about the P trap, that's what HEPVO systems are for).  The seal for the top is easy- just some plumbers putty from the drain cover to the surface.  

Where I'm asking is the lower part.  From the plastic to the shower pan is a simple rubber gasket.  So the question is if I should add some "helper" materials to make sure the rubber gasket seals between the shower pan and the plastic drain fixture.

If this were a metal engine, RTV or some other gasket helpers would be very useful (not always, I know).   But this is plastic shower pan, rubber gasket, plastic drain.  Is there a good, flexible, seal helper for that?  One that won't degrade either the plastics or rubber?

alfadriver
alfadriver MegaDork
5/29/21 8:49 a.m.

Picture of system:

 

So the metal screen is on top, over the shower pan, then the pan, gasket, and rest of drain.  Held tight by a screw.

The gasket does have ribs that surely are there to help the seal.

The "helper" would be between the gasket and pan and gasket to gray drain plastic.  If needed, of course.  I really don't want to address this after being installed.

Apexcarver
Apexcarver UltimaDork
5/29/21 9:24 a.m.

I'd use silicone there. 

alfadriver
alfadriver MegaDork
6/1/21 4:40 p.m.
Apexcarver said:

I'd use silicone there. 

thanks- I actually got so busy that I forgot I posted this.  

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