OK chaps...

I hve a cast iron bath to move from an outhouse, to a first floor
bathroom. Having carried it once from trailer to outhouse, with a
neighbour's help, I'm aware of how unbelieveably heavy it is.

It needs to go up a flight of stairs with 3 winders at the bottom. The
stairs are newly fitted, and have newel bottoms but no balustrade.
They are stained and varnished and need not to be dinged or chipped.

There is nothing available upstairs to attach a block and tackle
to ;-)

Other than brute force, can anyone suggest techniques for getting it
up there without damage to stairs, bath or workforce?


Cheers
Richard

On Jul 19, 11:46*am, geraldthehamster wrote:
OK chaps...

I hve a cast iron bath to move from an outhouse, to a first floor
bathroom. Having carried it once from trailer to outhouse, with a
neighbour's help, I'm aware of how unbelieveably heavy it is.

It needs to go up a flight of stairs with 3 winders at the bottom. The
stairs are newly fitted, and have newel bottoms but no balustrade.
They are stained and varnished and need not to be dinged or chipped.

There is nothing available upstairs to attach a block and tackle
to ;-)

Other than brute force, can anyone suggest techniques for getting it
up there without damage to stairs, bath or workforce?

Cheers
Richard

SWMBOs grandfather used to carry them on his back, turtle fashion.

MBQ

On Jul 19, 11:46*am, geraldthehamster wrote:
OK chaps...

I hve a cast iron bath to move from an outhouse, to a first floor
bathroom. Having carried it once from trailer to outhouse, with a
neighbour's help, I'm aware of how unbelieveably heavy it is.

It needs to go up a flight of stairs with 3 winders at the bottom. The
stairs are newly fitted, and have newel bottoms but no balustrade.
They are stained and varnished and need not to be dinged or chipped.

There is nothing available upstairs to attach a block and tackle
to ;-)

Other than brute force, can anyone suggest techniques for getting it
up there without damage to stairs, bath or workforce?

Cheers
Richard

Surely you want no damage to stairs, bath AND workforce? Or is one of
those elements optional?!?

I had the opposite problem - wanted to get rid of a bath. In the end,
left in place as it would have been more trouble than it was worth to
try to get it down our stairs.

Matt

On Jul 19, 11:52*am, teamhillside wrote:

Surely you want no damage to stairs, bath AND workforce? *Or is one of
those elements optional?!?

I think you have that the wrong way round. I want no damage to the
stairs, nor do I want damage to the bath, nor do I want damage to the
workforce. Your phrasing could imply that I don't want damage to all
three, but to two is acceptable.

Cheers
Richard

On Jul 19, 11:51*am, "Man at B&Q" wrote:

SWMBOs grandfather used to carry them on his back, turtle fashion.

Is he available? I'm in the East Riding.

Cheers
Richard

OK chaps...

I hve a cast iron bath to move from an outhouse, to a first floor
bathroom. Having carried it once from trailer to outhouse, with a
neighbour's help, I'm aware of how unbelieveably heavy it is.

It needs to go up a flight of stairs with 3 winders at the bottom. The
stairs are newly fitted, and have newel bottoms but no balustrade.
They are stained and varnished and need not to be dinged or chipped.

There is nothing available upstairs to attach a block and tackle
to ;-)

Other than brute force, can anyone suggest techniques for getting it
up there without damage to stairs, bath or workforce?

Cheers
Richard



I had to get one such from out the back of the house, through a
narrowish door into an equally narrow passageway and then along into
the bathroom.

I dreamed up all sorts of scenarios and put several options into
place, but in the end found that 4 of us managed it without any bother
(and per person it was lighter than expected). Included was standing
it on its end to get through the back door, walking it forward and
then lowering it down in the narrow hallway.and then a carry.

OK we didn't have stairs I will admit. The winders will be the
problem but at least they are at the bottom. Having just got an
outsize wardrobe into a small house (one of the team classified it as
a 'behemoth' - old Egyptian for a hippopotamus apparantly), by sliding
it up ladders and through an upstairs window, I would suggest
something similar up your stairs - ie create a flat surface on the
stairs and slide it up on the top edges, everything suitably
protected. Push from the bottom and ropes from the top.

There is no easy way !! Make sure the upstairs team is up before you
block the stairway - they will have sleeping quarters and toilet
facilities but no food if the bath remains blocking the stairs !!

Rob

On 19 July, 11:46, geraldthehamster wrote:

Other than brute force, can anyone suggest techniques for getting it
up there without damage to stairs, bath or workforce?

Split foam pipe lagging taped over the edges (both bottom and side of
them) and the feet, whether detachable or not. Corrugated cardboard
boxing in the sides over this. Bubble wrap inside (taped firmly down)
as cushioning when carrying. Take time and effort when wrapping it,
it's easier than fixing chips afterwards.

Check the route for obstructions, removing light fittings where needed
and cardboard-wrapping stair newel posts etc. In particular, protect
the top of banisters where it's likely to be lifted over them and
slid.

Then carry it turtle fashion, on the back of the strongest available
grandfather. Assistant each end for steering.

Roll-top cast iron baths are actually quite easy to manoeuvre, as they
omit the corners that are usually such a problem.

On 19 July, 12:04, geraldthehamster wrote:

I think you have that the wrong way round. I want no damage to the
stairs, nor do I want damage to the bath, nor do I want damage to the
workforce. Your phrasing could imply that I don't want damage to all
three, but to two is acceptable.

Rented serfs on minimum wage make a cost-effective wedge for shoring
up a bathtub if it has to be parked anywhere overnight. They're
available cheaply from your local Job Centre. Use enough and you
might even get a grant!

On Jul 19, 12:12*pm, robgraham wrote:
OK chaps...

I hve a cast iron bath to move from an outhouse, to a first floor
bathroom. Having carried it once from trailer to outhouse, with a
neighbour's help, I'm aware of how unbelieveably heavy it is.

It needs to go up a flight of stairs with 3 winders at the bottom. The
stairs are newly fitted, and have newel bottoms but no balustrade.
They are stained and varnished and need not to be dinged or chipped.

There is nothing available upstairs to attach a block and tackle
to ;-)

Other than brute force, can anyone suggest techniques for getting it
up there without damage to stairs, bath or workforce?

Cheers
Richard

I had to get one such from out the back of the house, through a
narrowish door into an equally narrow passageway and then along into
the bathroom.

I dreamed up all sorts of scenarios and put several options into
place, but in the end found that 4 of us managed it without any bother
(and per person it was lighter than expected). Included was standing
it on its end to get through the back door, walking it forward and
then lowering it down in the narrow hallway.and then a carry.

OK we didn't have stairs I will admit. *The winders will be the
problem but at least they are at the bottom. *Having just got an
outsize wardrobe into a small house (one of the team classified it as
a 'behemoth' - old Egyptian for a hippopotamus apparantly), by sliding
it up ladders and through an upstairs window, I would suggest
something similar up your stairs - ie create a flat surface on the
stairs and slide it up on the top edges, everything suitably
protected. *Push from the bottom and ropes from the top.

There is no easy way !! *Make sure the upstairs team is up before you
block the stairway - they will have sleeping quarters and toilet
facilities but no food if the bath remains blocking the stairs !!

Rob- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Congratulations - with all due respect to all the helpful people who
responded, you win the prize for most useful suggestions. I was
envisaging a pulling-with-ropes and pushing-from below scenario of
some kind, with protection applied to the stairs (or possiboly skids
attached to the bath ;-) ). The issues I foresaw were over the width
of the bath against the stairs, and creating a smooth surface while
leaving something for the bottom crew (so to speak) to put their feet
on.

In the end, brute force might have to be the prevailing factor.

A neighbour suggested punching holes in the ceiling and hoisting it up
on a joist, but as my ceiling joists are 3x2, this seemed imprudent.


Cheers
Richard

"geraldthehamster" wrote in message
...
OK chaps...

I hve a cast iron bath to move from an outhouse, to a first floor
bathroom. Having carried it once from trailer to outhouse, with a
neighbour's help, I'm aware of how unbelieveably heavy it is.

It needs to go up a flight of stairs with 3 winders at the bottom.
The
stairs are newly fitted, and have newel bottoms but no balustrade.
They are stained and varnished and need not to be dinged or chipped.

There is nothing available upstairs to attach a block and tackle
to ;-)

Other than brute force, can anyone suggest techniques for getting it
up there without damage to stairs, bath or workforce?


Cheers
Richard

Lateral thinking is required he Coffer dam round the house. Plug
firmly in bath. Flood coffer dam to first floor level and float bath
in through window. Drain coffer dam and remove. Simples G

AWEM

On Jul 19, 1:24*pm, "Andrew Mawson"
wrote:
"geraldthehamster" wrote in message

...





OK chaps...

I hve a cast iron bath to move from an outhouse, to a first floor
bathroom. Having carried it once from trailer to outhouse, with a
neighbour's help, I'm aware of how unbelieveably heavy it is.

It needs to go up a flight of stairs with 3 winders at the bottom.
The
stairs are newly fitted, and have newel bottoms but no balustrade.
They are stained and varnished and need not to be dinged or chipped.

There is nothing available upstairs to attach a block and tackle
to ;-)

Other than brute force, can anyone suggest techniques for getting it
up there without damage to stairs, bath or workforce?

Cheers
Richard

Lateral thinking is required he Coffer dam round the house. Plug
firmly in bath. Flood coffer dam to first floor level and float bath
in through window. Drain coffer dam and remove. Simples G

AWEM- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

And a person in it, with a paddle. What flag should be flown?

Cheers
Richard

On 19/07/10 11:46, geraldthehamster wrote:
OK chaps...

I hve a cast iron bath to move from an outhouse, to a first floor
bathroom. Having carried it once from trailer to outhouse, with a
neighbour's help, I'm aware of how unbelieveably heavy it is.

It needs to go up a flight of stairs with 3 winders at the bottom. The
stairs are newly fitted, and have newel bottoms but no balustrade.
They are stained and varnished and need not to be dinged or chipped.

There is nothing available upstairs to attach a block and tackle
to ;-)

Other than brute force, can anyone suggest techniques for getting it
up there without damage to stairs, bath or workforce?


Cheers
Richard
With a rope more people can be up the stairs pulling
whilst as many as will fit grab hold of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5XX9LX2es4

[g]

On 19/07/10 11:46, geraldthehamster wrote:
OK chaps...

I hve a cast iron bath to move from an outhouse, to a first floor
bathroom. Having carried it once from trailer to outhouse, with a
neighbour's help, I'm aware of how unbelieveably heavy it is.

It needs to go up a flight of stairs with 3 winders at the bottom. The
stairs are newly fitted, and have newel bottoms but no balustrade.
They are stained and varnished and need not to be dinged or chipped.

There is nothing available upstairs to attach a block and tackle
to ;-)

Other than brute force, can anyone suggest techniques for getting it
up there without damage to stairs, bath or workforce?

Is there any area of open vertical space next to the stairs? A picture
would be useful.

When I've moved a cast iron bath up some stairs, we slid it on the base
on some scaffolding planks - the legs had been removed. It's difficult
getting a grip if there are no taps - it may be helpful to rig up a
arrangement with ropes.

They can be picked up and spun on the sloping end with care but you need
2-3 strong people to handle them in a controlled fashion.

How about arranging a temporary wall anchor using a piece of wood and
some wall fixings or are you trying to avoid damaging plaster? Then you
could use ratchet straps to take the load.

Have you checked you can get it into the bathroom?
If you can not the favoured method was remove the bathroom window &
hoist it up the scaffolding and in the window.

I like the coffer dam method myself... you must include the
supervisory rubber ducks with hard hats.

"js.b1" wrote in message
...
Have you checked you can get it into the bathroom?
If you can not the favoured method was remove the bathroom window &
hoist it up the scaffolding and in the window.

I like the coffer dam method myself... you must include the
supervisory rubber ducks with hard hats.

Will 'Seaman Staines' be present?

mark

On Jul 19, 1:55*pm, "george [dicegeorge]"
wrote:
as many as will fit *grab hold of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5XX9LX2es4

"You never get nowhere if you're too 'asty" - never a truer word.

Cheers
Richard

On Jul 19, 2:03*pm, Jim wrote:

Is there any area of open vertical space next to the stairs? A picture
would be useful.

The stairs come down one side of a room, so they are open into that
room below first floor level.

How about arranging a temporary wall anchor using a piece of wood and
some wall fixings or are you trying to avoid damaging plaster? Then you
could use ratchet straps to take the load.

That's a good idea. It might be possible to find such a point on the
landing. I'm not too bothered about the plaster as it's easily
patched.

Cheers
Richard

On Jul 19, 2:41*pm, "js.b1" wrote:
Have you checked you can get it into the bathroom?
If you can not the favoured method was remove the bathroom window &
hoist it up the scaffolding and in the window.

I like the coffer dam method myself... you must include the
supervisory rubber ducks with hard hats.

Unfortunately there is a conservatory beneath the bathroom window. And
no scaffolding.

Cheers
Richard

On 19/07/10 15:08, geraldthehamster wrote:
On Jul 19, 2:03 pm, wrote:

Is there any area of open vertical space next to the stairs? A picture
would be useful.

The stairs come down one side of a room, so they are open into that
room below first floor level.

How about arranging a temporary wall anchor using a piece of wood and
some wall fixings or are you trying to avoid damaging plaster? Then you
could use ratchet straps to take the load.

That's a good idea. It might be possible to find such a point on the
landing. I'm not too bothered about the plaster as it's easily
patched.

Cheers
Richard

a big long fat bit of wood behind a door opening then tie a rope to that?

[g]

Other than brute force, can anyone suggest techniques for getting it
up there without damage to stairs, bath or workforce?


Cheers
Richard

Lateral thinking is required he Coffer dam round the house. Plug
firmly in bath. Flood coffer dam to first floor level and float bath
in through window. Drain coffer dam and remove. Simples G

AWEM



Remove part of roof; mobile crane?

Seriously, the best of luck. Going in the other direction, angle grinder /
sledge hammer is sometimes the best option.

In article , geraldthehamster wrote:
On Jul 19, 1:24*pm, "Andrew Mawson"
wrote:

Lateral thinking is required he Coffer dam round the house. Plug
firmly in bath. Flood coffer dam to first floor level and float bath
in through window. Drain coffer dam and remove. Simples G

And a person in it, with a paddle. What flag should be flown?

D - "Keep clear of me; I am manoeuvering with difficulty.", I imagine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...e_signal_flags

(A friend of mine once described getting a cast iron bath downstairs
with great difficulty, only to find that the scrap merchant who was
collecting it immediately broke it up with a sledge hammer before
putting the now much easier to handle chunks in his truck....)

Alan Braggins wrote:
In article
,
geraldthehamster wrote:
On Jul 19, 1:24 pm, "Andrew Mawson"
wrote:

Lateral thinking is required he Coffer dam round the house. Plug
firmly in bath. Flood coffer dam to first floor level and float bath
in through window. Drain coffer dam and remove. Simples G

And a person in it, with a paddle. What flag should be flown?

D - "Keep clear of me; I am manoeuvering with difficulty.", I imagine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...e_signal_flags

(A friend of mine once described getting a cast iron bath downstairs
with great difficulty, only to find that the scrap merchant who was
collecting it immediately broke it up with a sledge hammer before
putting the now much easier to handle chunks in his truck....)

I removed a cast iron bath from my father in laws years ago. I heard all
about this 'bash it with a hammer' trick, so I tried it. My ears were still
ringing a week later and the bath was unscathed!


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

On 19/07/2010 18:46, The Medway Handyman wrote:


I removed a cast iron bath from my father in laws years ago. I heard all
about this 'bash it with a hammer' trick, so I tried it. My ears were still
ringing a week later and the bath was unscathed!



Likewise - One clout with a club hammer and I was then hunting for my
ear defenders!

On 19 Jul 2010 19:44:10 GMT, Huge wrote:

On 2010-07-19, Peter Watson wrote:
On 19/07/2010 18:46, The Medway Handyman wrote:


I removed a cast iron bath from my father in laws years ago. I heard all
about this 'bash it with a hammer' trick, so I tried it. My ears were still
ringing a week later and the bath was unscathed!



Likewise - One clout with a club hammer and I was then hunting for my
ear defenders!

Ditto. And a bigger hammer.

I think the OP is intending to install the bath, not remove it.

--
Frank Erskine

On Jul 19, 8:55*pm, Frank Erskine
wrote:


I think the OP is intending to install the bath, not remove it.

Correct. I install the things that other people remove. My house is a
shrine to eBay, and every fixture tells a tale.

Cheers
Richard

In message
,
geraldthehamster writes
On Jul 19, 12:12*pm, robgraham wrote:
OK chaps...

I hve a cast iron bath to move from an outhouse, to a first floor
bathroom. Having carried it once from trailer to outhouse, with a
neighbour's help, I'm aware of how unbelieveably heavy it is.

It needs to go up a flight of stairs with 3 winders at the bottom. The
stairs are newly fitted, and have newel bottoms but no balustrade.
They are stained and varnished and need not to be dinged or chipped.

There is nothing available upstairs to attach a block and tackle
to ;-)

Other than brute force, can anyone suggest techniques for getting it
up there without damage to stairs, bath or workforce?

Cheers
Richard

I had to get one such from out the back of the house, through a
narrowish door into an equally narrow passageway and then along into
the bathroom.

I dreamed up all sorts of scenarios and put several options into
place, but in the end found that 4 of us managed it without any bother
(and per person it was lighter than expected). Included was standing
it on its end to get through the back door, walking it forward and
then lowering it down in the narrow hallway.and then a carry.

OK we didn't have stairs I will admit. *The winders will be the
problem but at least they are at the bottom. *Having just got an
outsize wardrobe into a small house (one of the team classified it as
a 'behemoth' - old Egyptian for a hippopotamus apparantly), by sliding
it up ladders and through an upstairs window, I would suggest
something similar up your stairs - ie create a flat surface on the
stairs and slide it up on the top edges, everything suitably
protected. *Push from the bottom and ropes from the top.

There is no easy way !! *Make sure the upstairs team is up before you
block the stairway - they will have sleeping quarters and toilet
facilities but no food if the bath remains blocking the stairs !!

Rob- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Congratulations - with all due respect to all the helpful people who
responded, you win the prize for most useful suggestions. I was
envisaging a pulling-with-ropes and pushing-from below scenario of
some kind, with protection applied to the stairs (or possiboly skids
attached to the bath ;-) ). The issues I foresaw were over the width
of the bath against the stairs, and creating a smooth surface while
leaving something for the bottom crew (so to speak) to put their feet
on.

In the end, brute force might have to be the prevailing factor.

A neighbour suggested punching holes in the ceiling and hoisting it up
on a joist, but as my ceiling joists are 3x2, this seemed imprudent.

Isn't this the point in the thread where someone posts a link to "Right
said Fred" ?
--
geoff

geoff wrote:
In message
,
geraldthehamster writes
On Jul 19, 12:12 pm, robgraham wrote:
OK chaps...

I hve a cast iron bath to move from an outhouse, to a first floor
bathroom. Having carried it once from trailer to outhouse, with a
neighbour's help, I'm aware of how unbelieveably heavy it is.

It needs to go up a flight of stairs with 3 winders at the
bottom. The stairs are newly fitted, and have newel bottoms but
no balustrade. They are stained and varnished and need not to be
dinged or chipped.

There is nothing available upstairs to attach a block and tackle
to ;-)

Other than brute force, can anyone suggest techniques for getting
it up there without damage to stairs, bath or workforce?

Cheers
Richard

I had to get one such from out the back of the house, through a
narrowish door into an equally narrow passageway and then along into
the bathroom.

I dreamed up all sorts of scenarios and put several options into
place, but in the end found that 4 of us managed it without any
bother (and per person it was lighter than expected). Included was
standing it on its end to get through the back door, walking it
forward and then lowering it down in the narrow hallway.and then a
carry. OK we didn't have stairs I will admit. The winders will be the
problem but at least they are at the bottom. Having just got an
outsize wardrobe into a small house (one of the team classified it
as a 'behemoth' - old Egyptian for a hippopotamus apparantly), by
sliding it up ladders and through an upstairs window, I would
suggest something similar up your stairs - ie create a flat surface
on the stairs and slide it up on the top edges, everything suitably
protected. Push from the bottom and ropes from the top.

There is no easy way !! Make sure the upstairs team is up before you
block the stairway - they will have sleeping quarters and toilet
facilities but no food if the bath remains blocking the stairs !!

Rob- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Congratulations - with all due respect to all the helpful people who
responded, you win the prize for most useful suggestions. I was
envisaging a pulling-with-ropes and pushing-from below scenario of
some kind, with protection applied to the stairs (or possiboly skids
attached to the bath ;-) ). The issues I foresaw were over the width
of the bath against the stairs, and creating a smooth surface while
leaving something for the bottom crew (so to speak) to put their feet
on.

In the end, brute force might have to be the prevailing factor.

A neighbour suggested punching holes in the ceiling and hoisting it
up on a joist, but as my ceiling joists are 3x2, this seemed
imprudent.
Isn't this the point in the thread where someone posts a link to
"Right said Fred" ?

No - unless it's the repeat!

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "The Medway Handyman"
saying something like:

I removed a cast iron bath from my father in laws years ago. I heard all
about this 'bash it with a hammer' trick, so I tried it. My ears were still
ringing a week later and the bath was unscathed!

A sledgehammer works, but watch the splinters.

On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:05:12 -0700 (PDT), geraldthehamster
wrote:

On Jul 19, 8:55*pm, Frank Erskine
wrote:


I think the OP is intending to install the bath, not remove it.

Correct. I install the things that other people remove. My house is a
shrine to eBay, and every fixture tells a tale.

Give some thought to constructing a wheeled "carriage" with some idea
to managing on the staircase.
Once upon a time BT (or rather the PO before them) devised a lifting
equipment to carry large heavy equipment like PABXs (probably very
similar in shape/weight to a CI bath!) upstairs.

--
Frank Erskine
Sunderland

geraldthehamster wrote:

Congratulations - with all due respect to all the helpful people who
responded, you win the prize for most useful suggestions. I was
envisaging a pulling-with-ropes and pushing-from below scenario of
some kind, with protection applied to the stairs (or possiboly skids
attached to the bath ;-) ). The issues I foresaw were over the width
of the bath against the stairs, and creating a smooth surface while
leaving something for the bottom crew (so to speak) to put their feet
on.

You need narrow sheets of something stiff and strong enough the protect the
stairs, but also slippery. Plywood? Is there a version that comes coated with
something slippery, like a plastic? Old formica benchtop would be excellent.
More slipperiness makes the rope at the top essential.

teamhillside wrote:
....
I had the opposite problem - wanted to get rid of a bath. In the end,
left in place as it would have been more trouble than it was worth to
try to get it down our stairs.

One quarter of a cast iron bath is not difficult to take out of the
house and the scrapyard does not care whether you have taken an angle
grinder to it.

Colin Bignell

"The Medway Handyman" wrote in
message news:4c01o.309318$Hs4.33411@hurricane...
Alan Braggins wrote:
In article

,
geraldthehamster wrote:
On Jul 19, 1:24 pm, "Andrew Mawson"
wrote:

Lateral thinking is required he Coffer dam round the house.
Plug
firmly in bath. Flood coffer dam to first floor level and float
bath
in through window. Drain coffer dam and remove. Simples G

And a person in it, with a paddle. What flag should be flown?

D - "Keep clear of me; I am manoeuvering with difficulty.", I
imagine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...e_signal_flags

(A friend of mine once described getting a cast iron bath
downstairs
with great difficulty, only to find that the scrap merchant who
was
collecting it immediately broke it up with a sledge hammer before
putting the now much easier to handle chunks in his truck....)

I removed a cast iron bath from my father in laws years ago. I
heard all
about this 'bash it with a hammer' trick, so I tried it. My ears
were still
ringing a week later and the bath was unscathed!


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk



Chip away a bit of the porcelain with a cold chisel then drill a hole
in the cast iron. Then wack with hammer. The hole acts to concentrate
the stress of the blow (a 'stress riser') and it will break far more
easily.

AWEM

Andrew Mawson wrote:
"The Medway Handyman" wrote in
message news:4c01o.309318$Hs4.33411@hurricane...
Alan Braggins wrote:
In article

,
geraldthehamster wrote:
On Jul 19, 1:24 pm, "Andrew Mawson"
wrote:

Lateral thinking is required he Coffer dam round the house.
Plug firmly in bath. Flood coffer dam to first floor level and
float bath in through window. Drain coffer dam and remove.
Simples G

And a person in it, with a paddle. What flag should be flown?

D - "Keep clear of me; I am manoeuvering with difficulty.", I
imagine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...e_signal_flags

(A friend of mine once described getting a cast iron bath downstairs
with great difficulty, only to find that the scrap merchant who was
collecting it immediately broke it up with a sledge hammer before
putting the now much easier to handle chunks in his truck....)

I removed a cast iron bath from my father in laws years ago. I
heard all about this 'bash it with a hammer' trick, so I tried it.
My ears were still ringing a week later and the bath was unscathed!


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk



Chip away a bit of the porcelain with a cold chisel then drill a hole
in the cast iron. Then wack with hammer. The hole acts to concentrate
the stress of the blow (a 'stress riser') and it will break far more
easily.

Nowwww heeee tellsssss meeeee :-)


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

On Jul 19, 7:59*pm, Peter Watson wrote:
On 19/07/2010 18:46, The Medway Handyman wrote:



I removed a cast iron bath from my father in laws years ago. *I heard all
about this 'bash it with a hammer' trick, so I tried it. *My ears were still
ringing a week later and the bath was unscathed!

Likewise - One clout with a club hammer and I was then hunting for my
ear defenders!

Club hammer worked fime for me.

MBQ

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember geraldthehamster
saying something like:

It needs to go up a flight of stairs with 3 winders at the bottom. The
stairs are newly fitted, and have newel bottoms but no balustrade.
They are stained and varnished and need not to be dinged or chipped.

There is nothing available upstairs to attach a block and tackle
to ;-)

Scaffold tower, block and tackle, slide in the window, sorted.

On Jul 20, 1:28*pm, Grimly Curmudgeon
wrote:

Scaffold tower, block and tackle, slide in the window, sorted.

I believe I mentioned the conservatory under the window.

My plan is now to fix wooden, carpet-covered skis to the feet. This
will enable us to push/pull with the rope up the stairs, while
maintaining a foothold for the person at the bottom. The only issue
then is getting it onto the stairs over the newel bottom at the
bottom. Once on the landing , it can be cursed and sworn into the
adjacent bathroom-to-be.

Then I can build the stair balustrade.

I'll keep you posted.


Cheers
Richard

On Jul 19, 11:46*am, geraldthehamster wrote:
OK chaps...

I hve a cast iron bath to move from an outhouse, to a first floor
bathroom.

Are you sure the bathroom floor can take the weight?

Robert

In message HHc1o.58830$xf1.39770@hurricane, The Medway Handyman
writes
Andrew Mawson wrote:
"The Medway Handyman" wrote in
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Alan Braggins wrote:
In article

,
geraldthehamster wrote:
On Jul 19, 1:24 pm, "Andrew Mawson"
wrote:

Lateral thinking is required he Coffer dam round the house.
Plug firmly in bath. Flood coffer dam to first floor level and
float bath in through window. Drain coffer dam and remove.
Simples G

And a person in it, with a paddle. What flag should be flown?

D - "Keep clear of me; I am manoeuvering with difficulty.", I
imagine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...e_signal_flags

(A friend of mine once described getting a cast iron bath downstairs
with great difficulty, only to find that the scrap merchant who was
collecting it immediately broke it up with a sledge hammer before
putting the now much easier to handle chunks in his truck....)

I removed a cast iron bath from my father in laws years ago. I
heard all about this 'bash it with a hammer' trick, so I tried it.
My ears were still ringing a week later and the bath was unscathed!


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk



Chip away a bit of the porcelain with a cold chisel then drill a hole
in the cast iron. Then wack with hammer. The hole acts to concentrate
the stress of the blow (a 'stress riser') and it will break far more
easily.

Nowwww heeee tellsssss meeeee :-)


Is that a "ding" ?


--
geoff

geoff wrote:
In message HHc1o.58830$xf1.39770@hurricane, The Medway Handyman
writes
Andrew Mawson wrote:
"The Medway Handyman" wrote in
message news:4c01o.309318$Hs4.33411@hurricane...
Alan Braggins wrote:
In article

,
geraldthehamster wrote:
On Jul 19, 1:24 pm, "Andrew Mawson"
wrote:

Lateral thinking is required he Coffer dam round the house.
Plug firmly in bath. Flood coffer dam to first floor level and
float bath in through window. Drain coffer dam and remove.
Simples G

And a person in it, with a paddle. What flag should be flown?

D - "Keep clear of me; I am manoeuvering with difficulty.", I
imagine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...e_signal_flags

(A friend of mine once described getting a cast iron bath
downstairs with great difficulty, only to find that the scrap
merchant who was collecting it immediately broke it up with a
sledge hammer before putting the now much easier to handle chunks
in his truck....)

I removed a cast iron bath from my father in laws years ago. I
heard all about this 'bash it with a hammer' trick, so I tried it.
My ears were still ringing a week later and the bath was unscathed!


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk



Chip away a bit of the porcelain with a cold chisel then drill a
hole in the cast iron. Then wack with hammer. The hole acts to
concentrate the stress of the blow (a 'stress riser') and it will
break far more easily.

Nowwww heeee tellsssss meeeee :-)


Is that a "ding" ?

What? Pardon?



--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

In message 20n1o.271525$Yb4.146695@hurricane, The Medway Handyman
writes
geoff wrote:
In message HHc1o.58830$xf1.39770@hurricane, The Medway Handyman
writes
Andrew Mawson wrote:
"The Medway Handyman" wrote in
message news:4c01o.309318$Hs4.33411@hurricane...
Alan Braggins wrote:
In article

,
geraldthehamster wrote:
On Jul 19, 1:24 pm, "Andrew Mawson"
wrote:

Lateral thinking is required he Coffer dam round the house.
Plug firmly in bath. Flood coffer dam to first floor level and
float bath in through window. Drain coffer dam and remove.
Simples G

And a person in it, with a paddle. What flag should be flown?

D - "Keep clear of me; I am manoeuvering with difficulty.", I
imagine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...e_signal_flags

(A friend of mine once described getting a cast iron bath
downstairs with great difficulty, only to find that the scrap
merchant who was collecting it immediately broke it up with a
sledge hammer before putting the now much easier to handle chunks
in his truck....)

I removed a cast iron bath from my father in laws years ago. I
heard all about this 'bash it with a hammer' trick, so I tried it.
My ears were still ringing a week later and the bath was unscathed!


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk



Chip away a bit of the porcelain with a cold chisel then drill a
hole in the cast iron. Then wack with hammer. The hole acts to
concentrate the stress of the blow (a 'stress riser') and it will
break far more easily.

Nowwww heeee tellsssss meeeee :-)


Is that a "ding" ?

What? Pardon?

"Dong" then

Lets all call TMH names while he can't hear us ...

--
geoff