Relocating water lines

[bigoskii]

Hello, my name is Oscar and I have started a project that's has me confused, bathroom down to the stud except the ceiling and subfloor my water lines go along a sub beam comes out and goes directly into the front of the shower, I use to have a big sit down tub, I want a walk-in shower. Option 1- go along with the subtloor and cut threw the 2x4 and replace it with Pex A pipe but I'm going to run into a different comer so not sure it the Pex A could make the bend there are 2- 2x4's in the corner. Option 2- cut the subfloor go thru the cross beams with Pex A into the front of the shower but there's a cross beam at the end and it appears the the 2x4 is sitting on top of it. I’m completely baffled, I called 2 plumbers sent them the pictures and (no shows). Thank you in advance for your advice.

 

[bud16415]

What type of shower are you planning. If it is a molded one piece or three piece there may be room for the PEX and the bends. If you are doing a tile shower I would rip out that whole piece of sub floor to start and run all the plumbing in the joist space.

 

[bigoskii]

I was planning to have a walk-in tile shower hopefully a seamless shower but it might be over my head and ability too. Thank you for your advice.

 

[bud16415]

I have never built a tile shower but have seen it done in parts on TV shows where they build a pan and then treat the walls with waterproof materials and then add tiles. I would start with getting the sub floor out and getting all the plumbing run in PEX. I love PEX and I’m a fan of doing as much of it as I can as a homerun and not having extra fitting in areas I wont have access to after it is closed in.



I’m sure others will be along with details on building the shower enclosure.

 

[bigoskii]

You’re a world of knowledge to me thank you for everything.