Old shower waste - should I replace?

[Geoff_Capes]

Shower 'tray' seems to be made of concrete/terrazo. Looking underneath, the waste pipe appears to be solid (not plastic). Should I replace this with a modern waste pipe? My concern is that it may not cope with a lot of waste shower water and there is no trap.

Thoughts?

 

[Jadele]

Replace both while you can unless you are certain of their integrity

 

[Geoff_Capes]

The tray seems a nice rare feature. Happy to replace the waste but just wondered if anyone has seen this existing type before?

 

[Nige F]

Never seen that - can we have a pic of the shower from above. I assume the waste goes outside to a drain not a soil pipe.

 

[Geoff_Capes]

This is what it's like from above.

The waste goes from the tray as a metal pipe then when it gets out, it appears to be plastic to a soil pipe.

 

[holty]

Probably old inch or 1 1/4” copper waste. Could with a bit of fecking about use a Hepv0 trap in-line. But if replacing the whole waste then hard to say without looking.

 

[Nige F]

With no trap and going to a soil pipe you will get smells from the drains - as said a Hep in line (waste valve) would work . I wouldn't try and remove the waste/pipe from the tray - that's a fitting I've not seen and I wouldn't try and get anything new to work . Cut the pipe, use Mac alpine universal coupling to convert to plastic, then the Hep VO then on to the existing plastic with another Mac.