Replace Whirlpool Tub With Regular Tub

Use a straight edge to mark a guideline all the way around.

Replace whirlpool tub with regular tub.

By erin carlyle freestanding tubs lead the pack. We live on a lake where most homes are owned by retirees us or weekenders. Replacing your tub with a larger size adds steps to the process. Bathroom tub tub surround clearance bathtubs less than 45 45 50 in.

It would make a great place for a vanity. Rough in new plumbing. Most tubs fit into a 60 inch opening but some older ones may be longer. Learn how to tear out the old tub tub walls and faucet.

50 55 in. Turn off the water to the house at the main valve and replace old leaky. Bathtubs low profile walk in tubs custom shower tub how doers get more done need help. In the late 80s and the 1990s many homes were designed and built with a large master bathroom that included an oversized garden tub also called whirlpool tubs jacuzzis soaking tubs or corner tubs.

Measure to make sure your replacement tub will fit. A spa or whirlpool needs to plug into a gfci ground fault circuit interrupter electrical. Installing one is not much more work than installing a standard tub. You can buy a whirlpool tub that fits in the same space as a regular tub.

We first talked to dave about this trend to replace the soaker tub with a big shower and its potential influence on resale value back in 2010. Well it appears the tide has turned. Replace an old damaged or downright destroyed bathtub with the help of a bathtub installation specialist. And set the new whirlpool in place.

In 2017 he still claims as long as you have another bathtub in the house ripping out the old jetted tub in the master should not hurt your resale value dave maintains that oversized showers. The tub has not been used in 10 years but still works. Remove an old tub and replace it with a contemporary freestanding tub a walk in bathtub a traditional bathtub a combination shower tub a whirlpool tub or a soaking tub. Cut along the line with a drywall saw and remove the section between the line and the tub all the way down to the studs.

In some cases they re twice as large. Among that group 64 percent chose a soaking tub which is deeper and larger than a standard builder grade tub. Some spa or whirlpool tubs fit a standard tub opening. We only have 2 baths and the other one has a regular tub with a shower over it.

To make repairing the wall easier measure a standard distance up from the top of the tub.