Bathtub. More like Bath-ugh

September 6, 2022 9:32 AM

You have a concrete floor and a rear outlet/wall outlet plumbing situation. You put a new 66” long cast iron bathtub in the bathroom without digging out part of the floor for the drain. What bathtub did you get?

Several of the neighbors have SHORT tubs. This apartment had a short tub. The upstairs neighbor doesn’t remember their tub brand and we can’t find a marking on it.

We wanted the bellweather from Kohler but the 2.75 inches for the tub drain needs to be partially in the floor. Which we can’t do. Because concrete.

posted by bilabial to Home & Garden (4 answers total)

Best answer: Instead of digging down, can you build *up* and put the tub you want a bit higher? build up a small platform, with room underneath for the plumbing. (assuming this would not make entry/exit of the tub unsafe)
posted by mrgoldenbrown at 9:56 AM on September 6, 2022 [1 favorite]

My bathroom is complicated, but my tub definitely rests on a wooden platform, so lifting it a few inches is certainly a possibility.
posted by How much is that froggie in the window at 10:26 AM on September 6, 2022

Response by poster: Yes! The bathrooms floors need to be raised to match with the wood floor in the rest of the apartment. Contractor thinks that framing a little trough before they pour the self leveling stuff will give us the room we need.
posted by bilabial at 7:32 PM on September 8, 2022

Response by poster: For a home who comes to this question in the future:

Hahahaha the toilet is also rear outlet so apparently raising the whole floor interferes with that.

The contractors are going to build a sturdy platform and finish the area between the bottom of the tub and the floor with bullnose tile.
posted by bilabial at 7:58 AM on September 17, 2022