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Chris Bacon
 
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Default weight of cast iron bath

wounded horse wrote:
Anyone know what a std size cast iron tub weighs, give or take a few pounds.
Bloody heavy I know that. Don't fancy getting it downstairs in one piece.


If you stand astride it, with the bath partially upside-down,
resting on one lip, you can just about pick it up and move it,
but it's a strain. If you want to get it downstairs in one
piece, you can, with care, but you will need a helper, unless
you get technical - the stairs ought to be protected by
something, e.g. carpet, and take great care that it doesn't
shoot away out of control (an emergency rope around a newel or
something, belayed by a third man, is OK).