No rambling, great examples, nice shots, spot on. Can you build a house from bare land with videos like this, please? You put all other videos to shame. Outstanding A+++ video!
What the heck this is the best how to video I have ever seen. When I look up how to do something why cant this guy be the only person on RU-vid to do these diy videos?
This is a great video! I hope you're still doing great work. Do you have anything like this video, but installing it on a first floor? There's a shower where we want to ADD a claw-foot tub next to a shower. The foundation is slab and will be interesting to work with. Thanks for the video.
There are three clawfoot tub faucet options, that each mount differently. One mounts to the floor, like mine does. One mounts on the wall next to the tub, and one mounts on the tub itself. If you are sitting on a concrete floor, I would suggest either mounting the faucet on the wall, or on the tub with stainless steel flex lines to the wall. If you really want to do it in the floor, you are going to have to saw out a chunk of concrete, run your waterlines in, and then go back in with Concrete.
Badass very straight forward video man! Good stuff. Keep it coming. One question though what did you do about screwing that piece of the subfloor that you cut out? Did you just attach a cross brace underneath the plywood and reattach the piece?
I have an old CF tub with three holes for the taps and overflow. I like the water supply coming up through the floor. I hope to do that. Does it sound feasible?
I have a question about the access (rectangular) hole you cut to tighten the nuts on the bottom of the water supply lines. Do you simply floor over it? if so, what happens if the lines loosen up? Great video btw!
+AFHero66 - Sorry there is no great answer. Just like any other plumbing in walls and floors, if it leaks, your have to tear something out to get to it. Fortunately, if it is done right, leaks are very rare.
so when putting the bottom washers on the standpipes you must have to put the bottom one on first right if the subfloor is down there how are you supposed to put the bottom ones on because we can’t use a sample at home. That’s the only part that confused me on how to make sure unless you get the subfloor piece that you cut the holes in and just make sure everything is on there and then put it down but then it leaves the question how do you tighten it after it’s already covered up
+Gadget Addict - Yes! I need someone to test it when it is full water and a person to make sure it won't be heavy enough to go crashing through to the downstairs :)
Try gluing it down with pure silicone. If that does not work, place the two back feet over grout lines. Drill two holes through the feet with a metal bit, and into the grout lines with a concrete bit. Secure with tapcon screws. If you can’t hit the grout lines, use a diamond bit to drill through the tile.
A cast-iron tub can weigh anywhere between 250 and 500 pounds. Add to that another 200 pounds of water and you have something very heavy that your bathroom was likely not designed to support. To bolster your floor, you will need to double up your floor joists. If you’re on the first floor, you might be able to reach them from the crawlspace or basement. If you are on the second floor, you will either have to rip out the bathroom flooring, including the subfloor, or rip out the ceiling from below. Another option is to get a fiberglass clawfoot tub. They are only about 100 pounds. They are not as durable, but not too bad, and look great.
Its just sits there. They are heavy enough they don’t scoot much. If you have a problem with scooting, you can drill 1 inch diameter holes in the floor, only 1/4 inch deep, under every foot. There is a tiny rubber foot under each “foot” that will fall in those holes and lock the tub in place
+Timothy Davenport - I am 6 ft.Our style comes in 54",59,63,67. Other styles go up to 72. I don't know that there is a "standard" size. I think we chose 59"
i got a real one from the 50s/60s ... my neighbor has wanted it for years last tuesday he offer me $3700 for it... it has been in my family for a while i really don't want to sell.. was my great aunts.. is this a good deal tho?
Ok, so i prolly should not be giving advice on sentimental stuff, but yes, in my eyes, this is a good deal. You can buy real cast iron claw foot tubs on Amazon for $1,200 with free shipping. So you could trade out the old for a new tub, and pocket $2,500. Honestly, the 50s aint that old. I live in a farmhouse built in 1888. But only you can put a price on what that tub means to you. Is there anything else that your great aunt gave you to remember her by? If so, that makes letting the tub go, a little easier. Also, what would your great aunt tell you to do if she were still alive?
Actually, that was very easy. Disconnect the tub from the pipes and carry out of bathroom. Lat tile floor around pipes and drop in escutcheons. Bring tub back in and hook it back up.
It is much more difficult to install a claw foot tub on a concrete floor. You will need an angle grinder with a diamond blade to cut a hole in the concrete for plumbing. See this video on moving a toilet on a concrete floor. You will have to do a lot of the same things. How To Remodel a Basement Bath - Part 1 of 3 (HowToLou.com) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fVcw7GrZ6Ok.html
