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quote:Originally posted by mnnightowl
Troy, thanks for posting your pics... I'm currently attempting a very similar project (replacing 1963 pink tile/toilet/tub). I have a few questions for you if you have a moment.
(1) I noticed that you laid new floor tile over the old floor tile. My flooring is almost identical to your old tile and it appears to be adhered using cement. Did you contemplate removing the old floor tile or is that something which should not be attempted? I was leaning toward removing my old tile for a couple reasons: (1) I've already got a 1/2" or so rise from the hallway to the bathroom and I'm a little concerned going higher than that; (2) Being unfamiliar with how my toilet is fastened to the floor, I was unsure how/whether raising the floor level will interfere with attaching a new toilet to existing plumbing/bolts. Having taken a couple hammer hits to the cement however, your method of overlay looks like heaven to me.
(2) Did you need to resize your door given the new floor layer? Is it as simple as sawing off 1/2" off the bottom of the door?
(3) I believe/fear my old tub is very heavy and I don't have much awareness of what areas it is connected to the floor/wall. I've never attempted or witnessed tub removal... was yours hard to extract?
(4) My tub is currently surrounded by a 3 wall enclosure. Some of your pics look like you had a similar 3-wall enclosure but some pics look like you took out one of the walls? I don't think I have the ability to move existing walls... was your new whirlpool tub an identical size?
Thanks in advance for any help/guidance you can provide!
Jim
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In response to your questions:
1) We did remove the old floor tile. It isn't shown from the pictures, but we removed all the tile from the walls and the floor. We brought it down to the sub floor, especially since the plumbing was done from above. we then brought the new tile to approximately the same height, so the toilet will sit in the same place.
2) I did have to cut the door off the bottom about a half an inch. A circular saw made this easy.
3) We paid someone to remove the old tub. It wasn't easy. I believe they broke it into pieces for easy removal.
4) The whirlpool tub was a close fit, but not identical. We removed the back wall of the tub to replace it with a limestone shelf with a glass enclosure. We felt it would make the room seem larger to not have it cut in half by that wall. It also made putting the new tub in a snap. It wasn't hard to remove the wall, there was no electrical or plumbing in it, so a sledgehammer did the trick.
Any other questions? Post some pics of your project!
Tr
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