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Hi everyone,

i am new to the diy world and my wife wants me to install a shower unit in the bathroom. I have been out and bought lots of stuff including tray and waste. I bought a Wirquin shower waste (Google "wirquin.com/FICHES%20PDTS%20GB/VIDAGES/Tourbillons%20D50.pdf ")believing that i do not need a U bend as it appeared to not need one. Got home and showed my friend who also has no plumbing knowledge who then said that ofcourse it needs a U bend because its a waste pipe :?
Can someone tell me if my friend or myself is right :roll:

Many thanks for any help
Martin

What you have bought is a "U bend" or shower trap as it is properly known.

You need nothing else to connect it to the waste pipe. To prove it, fill it with water and see.

Thanks for your reply plumbbob