![]() If you can cut some of the corner of the tub out, you can figit it out in one piece, stand it up and pull it out through the door and into the staging area where you will place your other scrap pieces into it. So what I did was set my circular saw to a depth of 1/4 of an inch (maybe a bit less) and cut as much as I could in 3x3 pieces, then I used a sawzall to cut the areas like around bends etc.Ĩ. When you saw near the walls, you risk hitting a pipe or electrical line. I couldn't find the one that I was happiest with. The sawing part was the hardest, for me. With teh respirator and the goggles, you will be miserable and barely be able to see what you are doing, and you will probably sweat.ħ. WEAR A RESPIRATOR or AT THE VERY LEAST a TIGHT rag over your face and ESPECIALLY FULL EYE PROTECTION, not those cool looking sunglass saftey goggles.the goofy ones that are like ski goggles that suck to your face. If you have pets or children, you risk hurting them - not to mention yourself if you do not contain the fiber materials blowing everywhere. You are about to saw fiberglass, and this is not a nice thing to do EVER. If you COULD have someone help you by holding a shop vac at teh end of your tools while you cut, you would greatly reduce your dust. DO you know if your ceiling fan(vent) goes OUT of the house or just into the attic or into the floor ? If you are NOT 100% sure, DO NOT turn on the fan to ventilate. OK now, grab an old sheet, and COVER the doorway. This resulted in a bit of stain in my back, but less fiberglass dust blowing around the house.Ħ. I started by grabbing the walls with my gloves, and physically cracking pieces of the walls off from the corner down towards the floor. Then I removed the screws/nails holding the unit together, and then took a break.ĥ. At the very least you will have to cut the drywall back again after hacking to the stud to do a stud to stud repair and seam of the drywall.Ĥ. Don't be bashfull about this, you new system will have to go into place and you will need to replace the drywall. The drywall lays over little flanges of the tub/shower. I started by using a claw hammer and just wacking at the drywall (with the claw) ALL the way around the tub where the tub meets the drywall (NOTE: except along the floor) and hacking out/ exposing the flanges that are screwed/nailed to the studs. Not a problem if you are removing the items to be replaced, however even then remove them so you can get this hunk of junk outta there. ![]() Next, I put jeans on and a long sleeved shirt and took A RESPIRATOR AND GOGGLES, along with every saw and blade that I owned, up into the bathroom after gutting EVERYTHING out of it, otherwise you will damage everything trying to get it out. ![]() I ALSO STUFFED A RAG in the holes of the drain to keep junk from falling in.Ģ. I should have shut off the electric as I have SEVERAL electrical outlets behind my unit! I then removed the tub spout, shower head, the overflow drain and the strainer of the tub (couldnt remove the drain itself.even with a drain wrench). First I shut off the water in case I kill a pipe. I can tell you how I took my shower / tub (one piece) out, but there's probably a better way.ġ. Experiencing the same things right now Except I am a step ahead of you, you might want to follow my thread.
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