Scott Baxla
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Has anyone seen this done? Using the claw foot tub as a drop in does not seem like a difficult task, but adding a shower introduces a drainage issue. The tub lip will be above the deck its mounted in and the shower will fill the space around the tub rim w/ water - so... how to drain that space???
I'm working in a very small space and I've found a 48" clawfoot tub (very little hot water to fill it for a soaking tub), but need a shower for typical construction dirt bathing... Added advantage of being able to make the space (tub deck/"shower floor") 36" wide for a more comfortable shower width if using the tub as a drop in. (can't stand those tiny circular shower curtain rigs...)
I'm considering sinking the whole thing down into the floor about a foot (easily step in and out of) and creating a shower curb style rim in the access side (with shower door), and rigging some sort of perimeter drain all the way round the straight sides of the deck/"shower floor" - along the curb and walls (clawfoot has curved back and curved corners at drain end). As far as I can tell, those linear floor drains are god-awful expensive...
I once was in a group shower at a festival where they had a perimeter floor drain formed into a concrete floor by using tapered 6" pipe in the concrete when they poured (Pipe removed after pour) and a regular floor drain at the low point. Considering doing something similar with a brass or copper pipe perimeter, cut in half w/ tile deck draining into it (open trench perimenter w/ pipe 1/2 in bottom). Not sure how pipe will spring out of shape if cut in half.
Any other thoughts or examples of others who have successfully done anything with this?
Thanks.
Scott
I'm working in a very small space and I've found a 48" clawfoot tub (very little hot water to fill it for a soaking tub), but need a shower for typical construction dirt bathing... Added advantage of being able to make the space (tub deck/"shower floor") 36" wide for a more comfortable shower width if using the tub as a drop in. (can't stand those tiny circular shower curtain rigs...)
I'm considering sinking the whole thing down into the floor about a foot (easily step in and out of) and creating a shower curb style rim in the access side (with shower door), and rigging some sort of perimeter drain all the way round the straight sides of the deck/"shower floor" - along the curb and walls (clawfoot has curved back and curved corners at drain end). As far as I can tell, those linear floor drains are god-awful expensive...
I once was in a group shower at a festival where they had a perimeter floor drain formed into a concrete floor by using tapered 6" pipe in the concrete when they poured (Pipe removed after pour) and a regular floor drain at the low point. Considering doing something similar with a brass or copper pipe perimeter, cut in half w/ tile deck draining into it (open trench perimenter w/ pipe 1/2 in bottom). Not sure how pipe will spring out of shape if cut in half.
Any other thoughts or examples of others who have successfully done anything with this?
Thanks.
Scott