On Dec 20, 11:44*am, "HeyBub" wrote:
RubEric wrote:
Remodeling my second floor bathroom will involve removing a large cast
iron tub. The tub is probably much too large and heavy to be removed
on one piece and will have to be broken up into small pieces.

How do I do that? *Is cast iron brittle and easy to fracture with a
heavy hammer? *Should I score the tub with a diamond saw before I
start to beat on it? *Is there a danger of the stucco exterior
cracking as the result of my hammering??

The tub will shatter. If it does not, use a bigger hammer.

Completely disagree. Not a matter of using a bigger hammer,
it's a matter of delivering the same energy to a SMALLER
contact area. Use one of the older style picks. It doesn't make
a lot of flying fragments, and it's very easy to follow the fracture
lines around and make big pieces into as small as you choose.