"PhilÅ" wrote in message
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"Chris Bacon" wrote in message
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wounded horse wrote:
Anyone know what a std size cast iron tub weighs, give or take a few
pounds. Bloody heavy I know that. Don't fancy getting it downstairs in
one piece.

If you stand astride it, with the bath partially upside-down,
resting on one lip, you can just about pick it up and move it,
but it's a strain. If you want to get it downstairs in one
piece, you can, with care, but you will need a helper, unless
you get technical - the stairs ought to be protected by
something, e.g. carpet, and take great care that it doesn't
shoot away out of control (an emergency rope around a newel or
something, belayed by a third man, is OK).

Hehe, rings back memories when we had to take a Orange Cast Iron bath
downstairs after we moved into a old Victorian house.

Yep, they are heavy, we thought we had it under control, but it did get
away from us on the stairs. Took huge chunks and nearly went through the
wall at the bottom.

It did split in two at this stage and made the final push out of the door
a lot easier..

You could do what I did when I needed help getting a piano downstairs -
Go down the local on a Saturday dinner time, wait while the game of darts
finishes, then shout out "Drinks all round guv'nor!". When the place goes
deathly quiet and everyone looks round in amazement say "I bet none of you
guys can lift a cast iron bath". Works a treat. )