On Dec 21, 6:54*am, Jules Richardson
wrote:
On Tue, 21 Dec 2010 06:22:49 -0800, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Dec 21, 8:38*am, Jules Richardson
wrote:
On Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:47:04 -0800, harry wrote:
Your bath is like gold dust over here in the UK. *Worth around *$1000
even if in needs re-enamelling.

Old claw-foots maybe... not so sure about the plain ones, though.

Ours are odd - the exposed flat side panel is cast as part of the bath,
but there's no opposite side (hidden against the wall), so they must
have been available in 'left' and 'right' configurations. (Well, that's
not 'odd' because there must have been lots of them made, but I don't
know why they didn't make a bath with a seperate side panel that you
could put on whichever side you wanted.)

cheers

Jules

"...but I don't know why they didn't make a bath with a seperate
side panel that you could put
on whichever side you wanted."

Probably cheaper to just cast them in one piece.

Think TCO.

You'd have to add in inventory storage costs, packaging, shipping,
cataloging, etc.

Then there be the attachment method to consider - another expense.

Besides, how would you design a cast iron tub that had a lip in each
side so that either one could be installed against the wall and allow
the wallboard to cover it? If the lip was part of the side panel, you'd
have a seam that would have to be dealt with.

I would expect the lip to be part of the bath itself, with the top of the
side panel(s) slotting into the underside of the lip and then secured at
the floor level with a couple of screws (or clips if you wanted to be
fancy). Maybe someone had a patent on that design or something, though.

I'm not sure that it causes an inventory headache - a buyer would just
get a bath and a standard side panel (which will fit whichever side they
want), so yes it's two things rather than one, but I don't think it's
really different from having to stock two different all-in-one bath
castings.

I have no idea what our baths have at the far ends, though - they're big
baths (much longer than modern ones, which is nice) so have a wall at
both the top and bottom. Maybe there's a built-in end panel at the
bottom, but maybe not (there's certainly not one at the top). The
fittings are all 1930's, but I'm not sure if the baths are the same age.

cheers

Jules- Hide quoted text -

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You are ignoring the need for having the drain on either the left or
right end depending on location. Left hand drain could not be just
turned around to make it a right hand one. Your "finished" side would
be against the wall.

Harry K