"tom&kel" wrote in message
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just did my bathroom. replaced enamel over iron tub with a plastic type.
since mine was easily accessible from all sides(gutted walls and open from
the basement )the plumbing was very easy with pvc. broke the old tub into
1/4 pieces with my bfh. tub,plumbing,faucet were about 500 bucks.
"Dave Combs" wrote in message
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If cast iron, just take a 10# sledge hammer and break it up. Imagine
the
tub is someone you dislike and it will go very quickly.

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Yes it is a big job and will probably cost at least twice what you
estimated. Isn't that always the way with home renovations? What's
the old bath made out of anyway? Older ones (like 1970's) tend to be
enameled cast iron which are really really heavy. Me and a strong
helper were really struggling to get my tub out the bathroom door and
out the nearest window.

Unless the enamel is totally shot, no way would I replace a cast iron tub
with one of those crappy plastic things. A deep-cleaning with the stuff you
have to buy at the janitor store, followed by a coat of wax, can often do
wonders. Even if the enamel was shot, I'd probably go with a liner, if I
could find someone that had tight-fitting ones for my model of tub, so it
didn't get noticably smaller.

But, having said that, if SWMBO insisted, I'd get another iron tub,
especially if I was doing a total gut job on the bathroom (what is another
few hundred dollars at that point?) I would probably pay a plumber to
install it in the bare room, just like a new rough-in. Like the others have
said, getting it in the room is the hard part, since the bathroom is
basically built around the tub.

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