OATEY 42097 2 in. 101 PS PVC Solvent Weld Shower Drain with Stainless Steel Strainer

The 42097 is built for preformed shower stall bases, not for mortar-bed or tiled shower pans. The drain body seals to the base with a rubber gasket and fiber slip washer sandwiching the base material, so it needs a rigid, molded base with a drain opening. A hot-mop or tiled pan needs a clamping ring style drain with weep holes instead.

Yes. The drain top takes 4-1/4 inch Universal Snap-Tite strainers, which Oatey offers in a range of designer finishes. The 42097 ships with a stainless steel strainer, and swapping in a different Snap-Tite of the same 4-1/4 inch size is how you match the rest of the trim without changing the drain body. Useful on multi-family jobs where the plumbing is standardized but the finish package varies by unit.

Yes. The 42097 is a drain body and strainer only, with no integral trap. You solvent weld a 2 inch PVC P-trap below it as part of the DWV run. The gasket and fiber washer that seal the drain to the shower base are part of the drain assembly, but trap, pipe, primer and cement all come separately.

The body is PVC in white, with a stainless steel strainer on top. That combination keeps the wetted body corrosion free and puts the metal where it's walked on. The whole assembly weighs about 0.45 lb, so it adds no meaningful load to a preformed base.