farmerjohn1324
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I am going to flip a house in the next few months with the help of some contractors and handymen. I have some questions about how the tubs and showers work.
I went to Home Depot and they sell tubs. They also sell shower pans, shower side walls, and shower back walls.
After going back home and looking at the showers/tubs in my house, they look different. I have one shower that has the floor connected to the walls. They are not sold separately like they were at the store. Also, my bathtub seems to be prefabricated with the walls as well. However, both of them have a second piece on top, which I didn't even see at Home Depot.
Did they change the way they make these things? My house was built in 1973. Not sure when the last time the tubs or showers were replaced.
I can take pictures if you need them.
I'm also worried about sized. The bathtubs at Home Depot are all 60" wide. The one in my house is 58". I don't want a couple inches to cause the project to be a lot harder (and more expensive) or for me to have to wait weeks for a special ordered part, so I would like to know that everything will fit snug ahead of time, and so that I can accurately price the projects even before I purchase the house.
Also, do they REALLY make you drill your own holes in the shower walls (for the faucet, knobs, and shower head)? The bathtubs come with holes in them, so why not the shower walls?
I went to Home Depot and they sell tubs. They also sell shower pans, shower side walls, and shower back walls.
After going back home and looking at the showers/tubs in my house, they look different. I have one shower that has the floor connected to the walls. They are not sold separately like they were at the store. Also, my bathtub seems to be prefabricated with the walls as well. However, both of them have a second piece on top, which I didn't even see at Home Depot.
Did they change the way they make these things? My house was built in 1973. Not sure when the last time the tubs or showers were replaced.
I can take pictures if you need them.
I'm also worried about sized. The bathtubs at Home Depot are all 60" wide. The one in my house is 58". I don't want a couple inches to cause the project to be a lot harder (and more expensive) or for me to have to wait weeks for a special ordered part, so I would like to know that everything will fit snug ahead of time, and so that I can accurately price the projects even before I purchase the house.
Also, do they REALLY make you drill your own holes in the shower walls (for the faucet, knobs, and shower head)? The bathtubs come with holes in them, so why not the shower walls?
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