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DIY & Home Improvement

Siwsan

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3. I've always wanted a nice, deep old claw foot bathtub

Reply to htuttle (Original post)

Wed Dec 13, 2017, 05:28 PM

Dec 2017

My grandmother had one. We actually stopped by the house, when we noticed it was abandoned, to see if it was still there.

I'm guessing the door trim will have to be removed. Have you taken the measurements with a tape measure, or just an 'eyeball' estimate? I just had to move a huge cardboard box from garage to the screened in porch and thought I'd never get it through the doorway, but surprisingly enough, it just fit.

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Removing an old, large claw foot tub [View all] htuttle Dec 2017 OP

The tub is most likely mercuryblues Dec 2017 #1

They are in high demand and valuable randr Dec 2017 #2

I've always wanted a nice, deep old claw foot bathtub Siwsan Dec 2017 #3

I measured the width with a stick and my thumb, lol. htuttle Dec 2017 #5

It's probably cast iron Danascot Dec 2017 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Sinistrous Dec 2017 #6

Makes ya wonder doesn't it ! Wash. state Desk Jet Dec 2017 #7

My house was built in 1923 NanceGreggs Dec 2017 #8

I live in an old farmhouse. murielm99 Dec 2017 #9

Most of the time, it's as others have said, calikid Dec 2017 #10

The claw feet can be easily removed. marble falls Dec 2017 #11

Pls. tell me how, 'cause we have the same problem! dixiegrrrrl Dec 2017 #12

They're held on by a big square nut, WD-40 them and heat them a bit with a torch .... marble falls Dec 2017 #13

Thank you for the info. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2017 #14

They weigh in excess of four hundred pounds and are ungainly to move. Problematic removal tends.... marble falls Dec 2017 #15