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   dieselpig | Aug 17, 2002 01:52am | #1

   If the old tub is the "clawfooted" type tub, it may be worth the time to figure out a way to get it out as there is actually a fairly lucrative market for them.  At least there is here in Massachusetts.  If you are not interested in saving it, than the solution is actually quite simple... cover it with quilts and take a sledge hammer to it.  It will break up fairly easily and as long as its covered well with blankets, it won't make that much of a mess.

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   JeffBuck | Aug 17, 2002 08:00am | #2

   once again..with feeling...circular saw.....cheap abrasive blades. Jeff

   .......Sometimes on the toll road of life.....a handful of change is good.......

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   nigelUsa | Aug 17, 2002 08:37pm | #3

   Smash it into bite size pieces!! don't spend two hours plus cutting materials on this five min. job.

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   KenHill3 | Aug 17, 2002 09:19pm | #4

   Once again- Blankets and a big sledge. WEAR SAFETY GLASSES! Nasty porcelain/glass shards.

   Ken Hill

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   Redfly | Aug 18, 2002 01:07am | #5

   I totally agree with the sledge-hammer and blanket advocates, but didn't the original post mention replacing the tub also?  That's a job for 3 or 4 buff teenagers who don't know anything about back pain yet.  I can remember (not fondly) wrassling a new CI tub up to the third floor of a house.........makes me sore just thinking about it.

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   nigelUsa | Aug 18, 2002 05:45am | #6

   Good point. If its above the ground floor then get help to take the new tub up the stairs. I have sometimes slid the new tub in from the room next to the bathroom. If not then you have to gut the walls to give a little extra pivot room to work the tub in place.

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   JeffBuck | Aug 18, 2002 08:44am | #7

   Circular saw takes 10 min...ya save time on the clean up! Four easy pieces. Jeff.......Sometimes on the toll road of life.....a handful of change is good.......

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   KenHill3 | Aug 18, 2002 08:48pm | #8

   Dang, Jeff. You've practically convinced me to let the sparks fly on the next CI tub demo.

   Ken Hill

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   MARKVTURPIN | Aug 18, 2002 09:17pm | #9

   I had to remove a 700 lb tub recently for a bath remodel.  The owner wanted to keep it for a future addition.  I'm nearly fifty and have moved my share of heavy things including tubs and always found it a fun challenge, but this time, no.  I called a piano mover who charged a couple hundred dollars--a base rate plus a charge "per step".  He asked me to crate it up, which I did, and which made his job a lot easier.  He brought the right equipment, four huge guys, and the two hundred seemed cheap to me compared to the liability and the back pain I might have had.

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   RogerMartini | Aug 20, 2002 05:01pm | #10

   I used a big hammer (no blankets though).  Wear hearing protection, this is LOUD.

   Also, make sure that when you remove it, put it somewhere visible from the street.  The scrap metal guy will be knocking on your door shortly.

   Close enough for government work
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   elad22 | Aug 20, 2002 05:57pm | #11

   Everyone-

   Thanks for your comments.

   Dale