Removing the drain pipe from the bottom of the bath

[jjgang]

I didn't intend to start an argument in here...all I asked was if anyone had any ideas on how to remove a bathtub!

[bitingmidge]

I didn't intend to start an argument in here...

Note to file:

If you don't intend to start an argument, don't ask a question here!!

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[Harry72]

jjgang, its not an argument its called a thread hijack... just a side tracking of the original question, its still valid in the grand scheme of all things plumbing you're question will still get answered and then some!

[floydus]

Common sense really does go a long way, plus if i want a job done without burnmarks, with taps put in at the right height, and without too much swearing and shouting coming from under the house, i'm going to do the bloody thing myself.

[pharmaboy2]

Removing a bath is not for the faint hearted - they are a ..... to get in and a ..... to get out. If its a cast iron bath, and given they weigh 100 odd kilos I would put on earmuffs, get big sledge hammer, and hit very hard (cast iron is nice and brittle), if its pressed steel, then either the angle grinder, or at the least you need to remove tiles and wall from front of bath to give you access underneath, get stilsons and turn. If access available underneath house, cut plumbing off with saw. Either way, removing baths is demolition work - not subtle, and never easy and quick.

[Markw]

Whilst on the subject of legalities, how many of the bush lawyers are aware that it's actually illegal to work on a vehicle that is not your own yet the sale of spare parts carry no warnings. :eek:

If you look at this issue, its far easier for Joe average to stuff up the brakes on his car, especially with todays high tech abs systems and kill himself or somebody else on the road. This scenario is also far more probable than him connecting the sewerage system to the mains and poisoning the local population (in fact I believe this style of reasoning for plumbing "protectionism" to be absurd).

Whilst I can appreciate the use of licensed electricians to some extent (generally in large industrial situations), I believe that this crap of "can't change a light bulb or tap washer" is just self perpetuation of an industry (think the word here is something like nepotism but not quite). When most standards and regulations are born or reviewed, its not the polititions who are to blame but the self centred industry representatives, including unions, plumbers guild etc, etc, who come up with this trash.

A real system would be where in the domestic area you would be able to install what ever you need, be it a new circuit, a new bath or cistern or a complete re-wire. Prior to final connection an installation inspector would for a small fee comparable to job size, inspect and approve the work. The insurance company would be happy , the home owner would be happy and the inspector would be happy . Who would NOT be happy, the rip off electricians and plumbers - well too f-in bad

But this will never happen whilst protectionism of an industry is still happening.

As said before domestic basic plumbing is actually very easy provided you understand the basics (has your plumber ever confounded you with technobabble? Not likely). Even reading AS3000 for electrics is not rocket science (you don't need a masters degree). But like good little Aussies we've taken another one up the a-hole so that business can blindly rip us off.