I have stripped down my tile shower stall to the studs and sub-floor. I want to replace the drain, since the old one on there (built in early 1980's) doesn't appear to have weep holes or a visible way for me to take it apart in order to sandwich the new liner between the top and bottom flanges. As you can see in the photos below, it appears to be stainless steel (I guess) and some other metal that's heavily rusted. Through the convenient hole I found already cut (and then patched) in the sub-floor next to the drain, I can see that the piping under the sub-floor is ABS, and the rusted metal seems to be somehow directly attached to the ABS below the sub-floor. It is a 2" drain. [ATTACH]10161[/ATTACH][ATTACH]10162[/ATTACH] How do I remove this drain? What drain do I buy to replace it, and how do I attach it to the ABS? Will I need a coupling? I'm not doing a Kerdi system; going to build a traditional tile shower following instructions I've found elsewhere on this forum. Some background: I live in a 2nd-floor condo, so the only access I have to the pipework is by removing the sub-floor. FWIW, I live in KY.

Hi, I'm sure I'll use the wrong terminology, but I noticed the other day the drywall in our guest bathroom looked pretty soft. I cut away some of the drywall and saw that it was indeed pretty soaked. Here's the setup: [ATTACH]34673[/ATTACH] This is a shower/tub, and I attached a shower head + hose unit. Anyway, there's a copper "feeder pipe" (my terminology) that connects to the chrome-plated pipe, which connects to the shower head I installed. I didn't do the feeder pipe to chrome pipe connection. Anyway, I noticed that connection drips pretty good, so I wrapped some plumber's tape around the chrome pipe where it connects to the copper feeder pipe (which you can see). I turned on the water but it still drips, albeit much more slowly. What can I do to fix this?