This fall I’ve been working on a remodel of a building on our property we call “the studio.” It’s really a great place, it used to be an office and was outfitted with a backup generator and many modern conveniences. But, it’s not yet fit to be used as a home, which is its future use case.
In the course of the process, it was important to add a shower to the existing bathroom facilities. Well, the studio was built on a solid, thick concrete foundation. Once upon at time, this space was used by a tombstone maker and then as a production facility for churning out precision granite workbenches. The foundation is THICK as a result.
Showers require drains, drains require holes. Holes created indoors in thick concrete can be challenging to make. So I set about the task in placing the shower drain where I wanted it and lo and behold, I got lucky. The prior owner had the foresight to stub a drain out in that exact location. This left only a short (12″) run to get through thick concrete. Two hours later, using a spud bar and sledgehammer, that section was completed.
In hindsight, I should have rented a jack hammer – a lesson in using the right tool for the job. But I did get my workout for the day!