Easy Bathtub Installation Tip for New Home Construction and Some Remodeling Projects
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- čas přidán 10. 08. 2015
- www.homebuildingandrepairs.com... Click on this link for more videos about bathroom remodeling, home repairs and building design. Here's another simple and easy to use idea I figured out a few years ago and it's made a big difference with the way I install heavy cast-iron bathtubs or even lighter tubs that are made out of steel or acrylic. By simply leaving out a few wall studs and installing them later, the process for installing a bathtub can be made a little easier. Don't forget to check out some of our other videos, especially if you're looking for tips and ideas to save money on your future construction or remodeling projects.
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great tip about the wall! I am just about to frame in the walls and I am glade that I watched this.
I'm glad it helped and thanks for watching.
so glad i caught this tip in time... it looks like it saved me a lot of grief. thank you sir!
You are welcome and I'm glad it helped. Thanks for watching.
very nice good work
Thanks for the advice! 👍
Happy to help!
Thanks for the tips very good
Happy to help
Good tip.
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I'm remodeling a bathroom on the first floor of my house, and I'm installing a 5-foot cast iron tub with an integral apron. The width of the room is 60 1/8" the whole length, so I have to remove a stud I'd installed to close up a doorway on the side of the room then slide the tub in and push it against the back wall. The good thing is that the wall wasn't finished in the other room yet - phew! I didn't think it would be that hard to install the tub when I first started this project.
cast iron ? why the hell would you put that
@@samuellafrance2875 I wanted a durable tub that wouldn't creak or easily chip. Cast iron tubs also hold heat very well.
I sent a message on another one of your videos and I'm unsure how to frame a tub if the tub is uneven from the floor at it's ends? It measures 45 centimeters at the drain end and 41 centimeters at the head end, from the floor. Again, thanks for sharing another great video.
Could you send me a picture of your bathtub and the area that is out of level. You can get our email address by visiting our website and scrolling all the way down to the bottom of the page.
I have just completed a drop in tub install for a newer customer. From previous jobs, my tile guys told me it doesn't matter if the drop in tub is installed before or after the tiling. Both methods can be done. As usual, I have been asked to install a drop in tub with just the framing done. After the install, their tile guy has just told the homeowner the tiling is always done before the drop in tub.
I can see you guys have also installed the tub before the tiling. Since I have started my trade, I have been told it doesn't matter if the tub is installed before or after... they can make it work. Please let me know what you think. Thanks!!
It can be done either way and it would depend upon the project, whether or not I would install the tub first or after the tile was installed.
So if we remove some of the studs as showing at 3:41 we can have a distance of 5’ from bottom plate to bottom plate, but if we don’t do that is best to leave the walls separated by 5 1/8” or more correct? Thanks!
It just makes it a little easier to put the bathtub in if there is an extra eight of an inch or quarter of an inch, but you can still install bathtubs that are 60 inches long in a 60 inch distance between wall framing studs or bottom plates. I'd like to make my distance 60 1/4 inches for a 60 inch bathtub.
Yessir, that's how I do it. Long time plumber. Trying to roll a tub in a close space isn't pretty. I take my Sawzall and cut the nails holding the studs. I mark where they are beforehand and reinstall with screws. Another big thing is to use a good tub protector.
That all makes perfect sense, and it is the best way to go when there is not already an entire existing apartment, on a second floor (meaning, no access from below, in the basement rafters!).
How about somebody very experienced tackles a rehab of a bathroom 5' wide, where the tub has to be placed into the spot which was previously occupied by a claw foot tub! Problem: The drain pipe is not in the right spot for the new tub, it will need to be moved, most likely in direction of that wall. Even if the walls are out on the bathroom side, there may be lots of plumbing and vent stacks running up in that wall from below and going out through the flat roof. What I am conveying is that hooking up the new plumbing on a bathtub with a skirt, aka alcove bathtub, seems to me impossible to do. Does anyone out there disagree? Please, share!
The only thing I could come up with is to cut a trap door into the adjacent room, to frame it out, and to leave it permanently in place, should there be a leaking issue or anything else down the line with that tub.
Moving the drain to the proper position can also be a pain, because in old four family buildings made of brick, the floor in the bathroom is a concrete slab, about 5 to 8 inches thick, and it will have to be busted out around the drain line, so that it can be moved. Once that's done, deviating the drain to the new place can be a challenge, because there will be joists down there, and likely in the way.
Next challenge: when is the best time to put in the drain installation? Once the tub is set into place, there is hardly any room to reach down to the drain behind the skirt and below the floor level, to do any reliable work in order to stick it together. It's a mystery to me how it can be done in such conditions....
Any helpful comments will be appreciated, not just be me, I'm sure, but by lots of home owners who want to do some remodeling themselves! Thank you!
Gees, been stressing out big time. I’m about to do my 1st time bathroom install
Drop in tub for which I seriously thought I had to lift this monster and drop it into a boxed frame which I really don’t have to, I have a 1 foot clearance to work with at the end. Whew 😅
Are there more learning videos?
We have more videos at our website and a link can be found in almost all of the CZcams video comment boxes.
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Why not plumb into a corner with the bath just against two walls, not three. Build a frame and panel to cover the end