Problem: In Cleveland, Ohio, S.A. Comunale acted as the contractor for the new 385-unit Market District Apartments for mechanical and plumbing fixtures, with project manager and estimator Rick Schueller spearheading the work. Included in the project scope was the construction of bathroom facilities for the residential apartments and luxury penthouse suites. The construction team experienced a problem with the preformed shower pans originally used for all but 13 of the units, as some arrived damaged. Unable to get replacement shower bases in a timely manner, the construction team had to switch gears and find an alternative that would be an efficient solution to compensate for project delays and complete the 13 remaining showers.
Solution: Schueller says he had come across the QuickDrain shower system during a tour of Oatey Company headquarters' training center. Working with manufacturers representative John Yurcik of Preferred Sales, the Market District Apartments project team used the QuickDrain USA ShowerLine linear drain system in the master bathroom of seven apartments as well as six penthouse-suite bathrooms. In this project, the shower water was routed through 2-inch side-waste outlets. “We went with the side-waste outlets because they allowed us to place the drain wherever we wanted, and then route it back to where the pipe came up through the floor,” Schueller says.
Result: S.A. Comunale’s team handled the drain installation, on-site adjustable PET shower panels and waterproofing. “Installing these systems was fairly easy,” Schueller says, explaining his team needed only four hours per unit. 866-998-6685; www.lrbrands.com/quickdrain
