Designing Kitchens and Bathrooms - replace fiberglass bathtub
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rstearout
11-18-02, 09:25 PM
How hard is it to replace a fiberglass bathtub in a house with a slab floor. It seems like a lot of people want to stay away from doing it during a remodel.
twelvepole
11-18-02, 10:50 PM
How to Remove Your Bathtub
As household fixtures go, bathtubs tend to rank among the most durable. But if your tub's time has come, consider the following carefully before choosing a new one. First, figure out how you'll get the old tub out of the bathroom. This might prove a problem because the bathroom door and walls may have gone up after the tub was built in. That means you'll have to:
Break it down with a reciprocating saw or sledgehammer
Call in a demolition crew
Consider repainting the old tub a new color. Repainting will give an old tub a fresh look, but let a professional do the job because it's a very tricky technique.
If you do get the tub out, be sure to use the same measurements when picking out a new one because, if you can't fit the new one through the door, you'll be taking baths in the hallway.
When purchasing a tub, you have three choices of materials:
Cast iron, the classic
Enameled steel, less expensive but vulnerable to rust
Manmade, which is lighter and easier to install, but doesn't always last as well.
DoItYourSelf.com. Retrieved 19 November 2002. http://www.growinglifestyle.com/article/s0/a84468.html
As household fixtures go, bathtubs tend to rank among the most durable. But if your tub's time has come, consider the following carefully before choosing a new one. First, figure out how you'll get the old tub out of the bathroom. This might prove a problem because the bathroom door and walls may have gone up after the tub was built in. That means you'll have to:
Break it down with a reciprocating saw or sledgehammer
Call in a demolition crew
Consider repainting the old tub a new color. Repainting will give an old tub a fresh look, but let a professional do the job because it's a very tricky technique.
If you do get the tub out, be sure to use the same measurements when picking out a new one because, if you can't fit the new one through the door, you'll be taking baths in the hallway.
When purchasing a tub, you have three choices of materials:
Cast iron, the classic
Enameled steel, less expensive but vulnerable to rust
Manmade, which is lighter and easier to install, but doesn't always last as well.
DoItYourSelf.com. Retrieved 19 November 2002. http://www.growinglifestyle.com/article/s0/a84468.html