jloomis wrote:
Hey, I had success also!
Not only did it take me 7 hrs, the plumber was there for 6 hrs. and
together we wrestled a fiberglass tub into an existing tile platform.
The plumbing was all wrong, drain at one end and supply at other.
We had to remove a cabinet to access drain end, and then go outside
to cut a hole and access other end where supply line was.....
Needless to say after 7 bags of mortar mix, and setting the tub into
place on the concrete floor with mortar mix for bedding, it was done!
The concrete floor was 7 inches below tub base!
It was a recently purchased owner built home with this left for the
new owner..
Or should I say left for me to figure.
The darn faucets would barely work right for the tub since the tile
was installed prior to faucet install....so, the space was
negligible. I had to relieve the tile area so that the faucet
assembly would fit tight to the tile top......
I could go on...I am already boring you...
john

Argh! Reminds me of the issues with the last bathroom remodel I did about a
month ago. Same sort of issues but different reasons and details. I did
all of the new sheetrock and tile work (second worst task in the world -
after plumbing), so I had the advantage of making things work to my
advantage a bit, as I built, but I still had to contend with the existing
stuff. In hindsight - I should have just tore out the existing tub/shower
plumbing, and sweated in new. But - I've already talked about that kind of
work in this thread...

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