First idea: for the love of God, support those pipes! break one of thoses puppies off and you will have real problems. A little half-wall right there should do it.
As for the skills needed: Removing old tub: wrench (bid adjustable should do) friends (those old tubs are pretty heavy) Drain pipes: hack saw pvc pipe pvc cleaner and glue Waterpipes: copper pipe copper pipe cutter flux solder torch lighter for the torch. But looking at the pictures, if you are OK with the current piping, it is just a matter of removing the tub and installing a new one in the same place (so you needn't move the drain pipes) For that just a wrench (to unscrew the drain), and maybe a new piece of drain pipe to connect to the tub (depending on how the current tub was tied in to the drain system.) Can you get a picture of the underside of the tub where the drain connects to the tub? Also, go to lowes or home depot and look at the new plastic tub with 2 sided backsplash. They make life so easy. On 7/12/05, Paul Ihrig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > have any of you removed & installed a tub? > > how hard would it be for me to do it myself? > is there any welding involved? > how much time would it take? > what tools do i need? > how would it be fastend? > > bath pic 1 > http://paulihrig.com/home/bath3/pages/Picture%20002_jpg.htm > > bathtub pipes > http://paulihrig.com/home/bath3/pages/Picture%20009_jpg.htm > > > we built a shower wall & then laid tile on the floor. now are thinking > about removing 3 tiles on floor & replacing tub. > > wall & tile > http://paulihrig.com/home/bath5/pages/Picture%20010_jpg.htm > > i dont want to pay 400 bucks to have some one else do it. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:164393 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
