Browse Forums Bathrooms and Laundry 1 Jul 22, 2015 11:33 pm I tried painting my bathtub with Rust-Oleum Tub & Tile Refinishing Kit from Masters. It was a disaster. I took a hammer at the tub. Now it's gone: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I am trying to put in a new tub like this: https://www.masters.com.au/product/900009136/sonata-inset-bath-tub-1505mm - dimensions are identical to previous tub. Problem is stupid drain pipe has nut that has to be tightened from bottom: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Obviously, once I lower new tub into same location, I can no longer get to the nut! Unless I break down brickwork of course... even then it's hard. I have seen American YouTube videos where drain wastes have been unscrewed from the top, but seems system used in Australia is different with nut below the tub. Anyone done this or any advise about what I should do!? Re: Replacing a bathtub 2Jul 23, 2015 11:34 pm the idea is to cut the pipe, fasten the nut to the drain, align the waste in the sand to fit the new tub's waste position, glue a coupling to the pipe in the ground, Dry fit the tub without gluing the pipe check that it all lines up Drop some aggregate under the pipe to stop it sinking when you push the bath and waste into it Apply glue to pipe coupling and pipe (male and female) Drop bath in whilst keeping it aligned. Silicone in bath. You will have to find the exact same bath again. Re: Replacing a bathtub 3Jul 23, 2015 11:36 pm you will need to jackhammer a bit of the loose mortar bed away from the waste area too. And i forgot to mention the reapplication of said mortar bed after dry fitting and lining up the waste! Re: Replacing a bathtub 4Aug 07, 2015 9:44 pm Thought I'd just post my conclusion here for benefit of others. I ended up using a flexible Waste Pipe Joiner from Bunnings for $10: http://www.bunnings.com.au/connector-wa ... u_p4760802 This had enough flexibility in the pipe to allow me to tighten the waste pipe joiner to the waste and simply lower the tub down again - no breaking of brick walls. Simples. Re: Replacing a bathtub 5Aug 13, 2015 8:14 pm you COULD do that, but thats not to code. Ensure you have no air trap in that pipe, basically if there is a trap at all in it (a bend in the pipe down then up then down again), you will have very slowly draining bath, as the air in the trap will want to push up while the water in the bath will be fighting it to get down. Well done on finding a solution though. Re: Replacing a bathtub 6Jul 22, 2016 10:10 pm I also have some bad experiences in terms of renovating a bathtub. You have to have experience when it comes to those things because you can easily make things worse. I once tried to renovate my own bathtub and it turned out as a disaster. Thankfully I've asked the specialists from the http://www.aprefinishing.com company and they fixed what I messed up. Hello It is good to have a planned bathroom reno to suit your budget and design, living for 10 years I think you need a bathtub 4 10352 2 8297 Yes, get a builder, make sure he is experienced and a registered building practitioner 5 8935 |