[plthijinx]

here is the PITA job of the day. the shower pan has to come out to make room for the one we are going to fabricate from concrete. back in the day when this pan was installed they used molten lead to seal the drain. basically that meant that you have to get down there with a hammer and screwdriver and dig that shit out. it took me all of 2 maybe 2.5 hours of hammering chiseling and digging but i got it done. once i was down far enough i used a bigger screwdriver to dig down the the base of the drain and get under the lead thereby allowing me to pry out the lead that was adhered to the pipe. once the pan was out i had to clean up the packing (dirt) that was under the old pan to clean it up for the concrete pan we are going to install. this process begins with making a curb form then pouring the concrete and let it set up for a day or so then once it's set we will put down the rubber pan and then tile it up.