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I started at 1:08. Here's a time lapse from 1pm until 3pm:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our bathroom was pretty dated and the floor was going from the kids letting water go over the sides of the tub. Time for a makeover. I can't say taking the tub out was easy, but it's done now. I can't imagine what it weighed when whole. If you do this, remember to cover up. I had a piece of tile shoot at my leg and cut my jeans, and several times I had shrapnel cut up my arms and forehead. Glasses are a must and ear protection is a good idea when hitting cast iron with a giant sledge.



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Been there, done that Bryan!!

I asked a plumber buddy of mine the best way to get a cast-iron tub out... "Get a moving blanket, and a BIG sledge". He wasn't kidding... between the porcelain shards and the iron chunks it's friggin' dangerous. The blanket really did contain the shrapnel.

The tub (fragments) weighed out at 375 lbs. when I took it to the scrapyard.

Tip: Purchase one of those "bagster" things - the dumpster in a bag from HD. Unfold & park the thing under the bathroom window. Just chuck the debris out the window!

 



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I know the bagsters sell. When we cleaned out my dad's place, we went though several. It cost more than a giant dumpster, but we could work at our own pace. Unfortunately, I don't have a window in the bathroom, so I hauled it out to the front porch. I might still get one for this pile of stuff, but the only place to put it is in front of the chevelle's stall, blocking it in.

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Well, it's to late to say DON'T DO IT. Just be careful. Of all the remods I've done bathrooms are the hardest, just no room to move around.

If you need to bust up the tub to get it out, how do you get the new one in?



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In my case the walls were water damaged, so I wound up stripping the stall area (and a lot of the room) down to the studs. Then it's like new construction - you set the tub and build the house (room) around it.

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Got a lot done over the weekend. I worked Saturday, so all I got done then was take off the cement board and misc stuff, went to Menards and picked up more stuff. Ordered a new Maple vanity. Stopped by a neighbors and helped move in a loveseat, then BS'd over a beer and his early 60s 3/4 ton 4x4 beater truck.

Sunday, we stripped the floor tile, took out the toilet, removed the vanity, cut the carpet back to the door, took out the 5/8 underlayment, dropped most of the drywall and hit up Home Depot for new drywall (at 7:55pm).

Today, we put in new switches, painted the ceiling, put in new outside wall insulation and plastic barrier, hung 2 sheets of drywall, installed the new lights (already have one bad bulb), put in the tub and found the old one's drain was spaced closer to the left wall so I moved the 2x2s to the opposite wall and corrected that, did a little re-framing, then moved the overflow pipe up and attached the plumbing. Attached the walls and tested the water. My wife also filled our bagster while I was busy.

I might take tomorrow off from bathroom work. Next is finish drywall on left wall and over tub, then put in underlayment.







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Looking good!

I remember trying to shoe horn the tub / enclosure into my bathroom nook during a remodel...so tight I had to pull the trim off around the window to be able to slide past the window to slip into the nook.

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Yeah, this tub is 60-", the space is 60". It took an Enganeering feat to turn it from on end to in space without wrecking anything.

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updated pics:












I still have to do all the smaller cut slate tiles and then the bright white tiles going around the shower walls. Taking part of the day off for the existing tiles to set up since I finished about 9 hours ago. Need to seal it (twice I guess), then grout and seal that. Then toilet can go in. Vanity should be in about next weekend, sink top is already here. It's getting closer.

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1999 std bore 5.7, Vortec heads, Holley Stealth Ram, GM cam
700R4, Viking coilovers, 12 bolt 4.10 posi, and a whole bunch more
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Looking great !! I need to do this in our master bath too, but I want to move 2 walls for a tub instead of shower stall and double vanity instead of 1.

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Couldnt you have at least arranged the tiles in some sort of Chevrolet bowtie pattern?xflags



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Thought about it, but I was lucky to be able to do black slate with grey and white. The bathroom was baby blue and the other one is rubber duck/baby chick yellow.

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Bryan-NW 'burbs
1972 Malibu
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1999 std bore 5.7, Vortec heads, Holley Stealth Ram, GM cam
700R4, Viking coilovers, 12 bolt 4.10 posi, and a whole bunch more
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Put up some edge tiles last nigh to give the shower a finished look (mostly because of the wall shift) Still need to grout and caulk those.





Put the vanity in, haven't glued it in yet. Faucet is ready short of the hookup hoses and drain. Tub faucet works (leaks from faucet-=POS) and had a drain leak I chased for an hour. Floor edge granite tile and toilet are pending install maybe tomorrow.



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Bryan-NW 'burbs
1972 Malibu
Vaguely stock appearing, and the opposite of restored.
1999 std bore 5.7, Vortec heads, Holley Stealth Ram, GM cam
700R4, Viking coilovers, 12 bolt 4.10 posi, and a whole bunch more
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Thank you for reminding me why I bought a new house.

Old cars are fine to work on, but I did enough work on my folks' house to convince me I wanted no part of it (or the contractors I'd hire to do it for me).

Sledgehammer to cast iron? Leaky drains? Crappy brand new faucet?

I will pass.

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Not really much different than working on cars......

 

Scott Parkhurst wrote:

Thank you for reminding me why I bought a new house.

Old cars are fine to work on, but I did enough work on my folks' house to convince me I wanted no part of it (or the contractors I'd hire to do it for me).

Sledgehammer to cast iron? BODYWORK Leaky drains? NEW GASKETS Crappy brand new faucet? CRAPPY BRAND NEW PARTS

I will pass.

 



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Bryan-NW 'burbs
1972 Malibu
Vaguely stock appearing, and the opposite of restored.
1999 std bore 5.7, Vortec heads, Holley Stealth Ram, GM cam
700R4, Viking coilovers, 12 bolt 4.10 posi, and a whole bunch more
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