Bath Tub Removal

[bcbucs]

I'm trying to remove a bath tub but I can't seem to get it out it seems unbelievably heavy. I'm not sure what type of tub it is and if its the type I would need to smash into pieces to remove? It almost seems like there's an acrylic topper on an old tub but I'm not certain.

 

[nealtw]

It looks like a steel tub, and I see what you are saying about the liner. If it is a liner, who knows what they put in there to fill any voids between the two.

Drill a hole in it and see if you get some clues, or throw an old blanket over it and give it a couple good swings with a ten pound hammer and see what breaks.

 

[johnjh2o]

It looks like a steel tub, and I see what you are saying about the liner. If it is a liner, who knows what they put in there to fill any voids between the two.

Drill a hole in it and see if you get some clues, or throw an old blanket over it and give it a couple good swings with a ten pound hammer and see what breaks.

That is not a steel tub it's cast iron. It could weight as much as 180#.

 

[nealtw]

That is not a steel tub it's cast iron. It could weight as much as 180#.

Then a ten pound hammer will prove that.
There is an angle brace under the corner that I have not seen in a cast iron tub.

 

[frodo]

if it is cast iron smash it with a 20 lb sledge, 4 pcs.

if its a steel tub, cut it in half with a saw zall or a grinder with cut off wheel

it might be easir if the drain was unhooked

 

[JoeD]

When the drain is removed you should be able tell what it is by how thick it is.

 

[johnjh2o]

Then a ten pound hammer will prove that.
There is an angle brace under the corner that I have not seen in a cast iron tub.

The corner brace is what I was looking at. Hard to tell from the picture but if it's flat it's a steel tub but if it's round it's cast iron.

 

[joecaption]

I hope you also plan on replacing all that old steel plumbing all the way back to the supply.
Steel plumbing will leak and rust out from the inside out 100 % of the time at some point.

 

[slownsteady]

Did you try pulling out the plastic liner to see what is beneath?

 

[bcbucs]

Alright guys I got it out. I had to smash it with a 8lb sledge. It was cast iron but topped with an acrylic liner that I cut off with sawzall and also broke away it was all glued together. Now I am at the waste overflow valve and trying to figure out which nut to unscrew to remove and how I would connect a new pvc one? Attached are photos with labeled nuts.
Thanks

 

[nealtw]

You may want to keep digging and expose the trap too.

 

[JoeD]

I would replace it all the way back to the stack connection.

 

[johnjh2o]

Remove the top one the lower one is a bushing. Can't tell from the picture but that may be lead pipe above the bushing.

 

[bcbucs]

Ok I got the 1st nut off and the 2nd one I labeled as a nut does appear to be a bushing connected to the trap. I have the nut loose but am not able to lift the waste overflow valve out it is only moving side to side.

 

[nealtw]

If it is like this one the pipe extends down 2 or more inches.

 

[bcbucs]

Ok if its like that one and goes down further what should I do to get it out? Should I try loosening whatever it is that's above the busing but below the compression nut?

 

[nealtw]

I thinl you will want to change the trap too, I would dig that out and see what you have below that.

 

[johnjh2o]

What he has below is a cast iron trap. And that is a piece of lead pipe attached to the bushing.

 

[nealtw]

What he has below is a cast iron trap. And that is a piece of lead pipe attached to the bushing.

I haven't seen old cast with a threaded fitting. I just wouldn't take a chance of breaking something before I knew what I had. I would want to change ut as much as I could but still leave all options open.:hide:

 

[bcbucs]

Ok I dug down and it looks like a cast iron trap beneath. There was nothing wrong with the waste overflow valve was thinking now that I can not get it off the p-trap to reuse with new gaskets for the next bathtub but not sure if it would line up properly.