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   calvin | Apr 26, 2003 04:54am | #1

   Well, if you're ripping it out, you should be able to hang your head over and take a peak.  Feel will sometimes tell you.  Tapping on it with a knuckle or screwdriver butt end usually sounds deeper on a cast, higher pitched ding on a steel.  Once you get it freed up, if you can pull it up and tip it to you, probably steel, if you need to go see the chiropractor, probably cast.

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   4Lorn1 | Apr 26, 2003 07:27am | #2

   Sometimes, especially in cheaper steel tubs, you can push a thump into the largest flat surface you can find and feel it oil-can slightly. In cast iron you will break your thumb before it dimples. Stop when you hear the bone crack.

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   chiefclancy | Apr 26, 2003 05:53pm | #3

   Steel tubs usually have much thinner metal than the cast iron. Is there any "give" in the tub if you stand in it or push on the sides? Try shifting your weight around and see if it moves at all. Cast iron tubs are much thicker and quieter (and heavier), so you should not feel any give even if you really move your weight around. Do you have any indication as to how old your tub is?

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   andybuildz | Apr 27, 2003 12:25am | #4

   uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....if yer definatly gettin rid of it. Take a sledge and slam it with all your might on the middle edge of the top of the tub. If it cracks/breaks its cast iron. If not...use a saw zall

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