Ok, what I want to do is take the tub out of my downstairs bathroom & turn it into a powder room. I'm pretty handy & quite strong for a "little girl" (hubby can always help with the heavy heavy stuff). The main concerns that I have are with the pipes. I've already checked it out & it seems that there are connections just in the right places where if I were to disconnect them, they would be flush with the floor. Now, how would I go about sealing the pipes off? I hope I don't have to have a plumber come in to do this...our funds are limited. Any suggestions would be a great help. Even something temporary would be fine...I expect to have more of my budget to blow on the house within the next year, then I could call Mr.Plumber to fix it right. But until then I need to do SOMETHING. There's only about a foot of space between the tub & sink that you have to squeeze through to make it to the toilet!(If you really want, I could take a picture of it so you could see how desperate I am to get that stupid tub out of there!!!) Anyone that could help me gets a FREE used tub faucet ;c)
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What to do after the tub is out is much easier than getting the tub out.Without seeing, it's difficult to give advice however,the tub is taking the space up and not the pipes.I say,yank the tub for the extra space then deal with pipe issues as your next step.If you need to cut pipe to remove the tub and there is not a seperate shut-off for the tub then you need to be handy sweating pipes.If you work with a plumber on this and had it ready,the cost should not be much to cap pipes.
Thanks Matches! That's what I was hoping to hear. Yeah, I guess I didn't really give you a good description of the set up, but you still seemed to have hit the nail on the head. This bathroom is quite strange & from what I could gather from the neighbors, it's this way because an elderly woman lived here about 35 years ago & had the bathroom added on very quickly. The way it's set up, it seems that MAYBE they intended on putting a claw foot in, because the pipes come up right in the middle of the floor. They ended up putting a regular tub in & covered the exposed pipes with some awful looking paneling. It really is a sight, let me tell ya! Anyhow...thanks again for the advice! Now, aah, where do you want me to send this old faucet after it's ripped out? Ohh, you'll like it...it's the ONLY thing that the previous owners DIDN'T put those god-awful sticky flourescent flowers on...LOL!
