On Aug 27, 10:23*am, hibb wrote:
On Aug 26, 9:18*pm, aemeijers wrote:





hibb wrote:
On Aug 26, 6:25 pm, aemeijers wrote:
RicodJour wrote:
On Aug 26, 2:32 pm, hibb wrote:
I just finished removing all the drywall, the sink and toilet from
this small upstairs bathroom. I am trying to decide whether to replace
or repair/refinish the old cast iron bathtub that is already there..
So far, so good.
One of the problems I have is that the bathtub is set so that the
drywall comes down to the top edge of the tub instead of the drywall
going all the way to the floor and the tub butting up against the
drywall.
That is the standard way. *I don't know how else you'd do it. *You
want the outermost edge of the tub lip to be tight against the studs
so that all wall materials are overhanging the tub. *It's the simplest
way to have a waterproof installation. *I suppose you could use
Redgard and an applied flashing to cover the rim, but then you'd have
to increase the wall tile setting bed thickness to compensate. *That's
a losing proposition.
If I want to keep this tub and drywall all the way to the
floor, it looks like I will need to move one wall a little bit and
then move the tub over and probably adjust the position of the drain.
Also, the longest part of the tub is up against an exterior wall.
I don't understand the desire to run the drywall to the floor. *Why do
it?
If I decide to replace the bathtub, what are the odds that I can find
one with just the dimensions I need?
They are more or less standard. *If you need to notch out a quarter of
an inch of the studs - just recess the rim - that's fine, or if it's a
little small, just shim out the studs with plywood strips.
R
Uh, modern tub with lip and skirt, or old clawfoot, that was perhaps
badly boxed in, in a previous remodel, to make it look 'modern'? Seen
lotsa those in older houses. But yeah, if this is a modern tub, tub goes
in first, and you build the bathroom around it.

I'll throw in the standard reminder to insulate behind and under the tub
while the walls are open. Even with a cast-iron tub, it makes the water
stay hot longer, and reduces cold-butt syndrome climbing into an empty tub.

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aem sends...

Here ye go.

http://dyhibb.fileave.com/Bathtub%203.JPG

I don't know how modern it is but it's not a claw foot type.

Did you know PCTools has your URL blacklisted? You (and/or this
fileave site you are a tenant on) weren't an unwitting zombie carrier or
something recently, were you?

Bottom line- I can't see your picture unless I disable my security
perimeter. Can you copy it over to one of the trusted public photo sites?

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aem sends...

I'll have to check in to that. This is the first time I have used
FileAve. I posted in another NG about needing a file hosting site and
another poster posted a link to a page that rated those sites. FileAve
was the top rated file hosting site from that page.- Hide quoted text -

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FYI...I am able to access the picture via my corporate-image system
even with it's site-blocking proxy servers. I can't access anything at
tinypic, but I had no problem with the fileave site.