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I have a tenant moving out and his apartment is in desperate need of some updating. Currently their is a standard size baby puke green cast iron tub with matching sink and toilet, and even some green tile to boot. I’m going to be ripping out the fixtures, walls, and the floor (although I hope to save the subfloor).
Now I’m trying to decide between a cast iron tub, a plastic tub, or one of those one piece enclosure tubs.
A cast iron tub I know is supposed to last a long time (the baby puke green one is 30 years old and in great shape) but if I have a tenant abusing it (I don’t know how you’d abuse it though unless you take a hammer to it) can it get wrecked? I hate to spend $450 on a tub and another $500 on the enclosure to have to rip it ten years down the road because the tub rusted. Not to mention probable damage to the floor when removing it.
With plastic I still have to spend the money on an enclosure and the tub is much easier to damage. I don’t like the idea that if the tub gets damaged their really isn’t any repairing it and I may have to wreck my floor and my walls for sure to change it.
I’m inclined to go the real cheap route and use one of the enclosures since it’s a rental but if that gets wrecked the floor still may be damaged. How easy are those to break?
Any input or ideas would be appreciated.
Edit:
I just had an idea. If I go with the full kit fiberglass tub is their anything preventing me from just tiling the entire bathroom floor (save a small area for the drain) and setting the tub right on that? That way if five years from now it needs to be changed I can just pull it right out?
Also what holds the fiberglass tubs in place? I've installed cast which I know are held by their own weight but never a fiberglass which I'm assuming fiberglass must be secured somehow?
Now I’m trying to decide between a cast iron tub, a plastic tub, or one of those one piece enclosure tubs.
A cast iron tub I know is supposed to last a long time (the baby puke green one is 30 years old and in great shape) but if I have a tenant abusing it (I don’t know how you’d abuse it though unless you take a hammer to it) can it get wrecked? I hate to spend $450 on a tub and another $500 on the enclosure to have to rip it ten years down the road because the tub rusted. Not to mention probable damage to the floor when removing it.
With plastic I still have to spend the money on an enclosure and the tub is much easier to damage. I don’t like the idea that if the tub gets damaged their really isn’t any repairing it and I may have to wreck my floor and my walls for sure to change it.
I’m inclined to go the real cheap route and use one of the enclosures since it’s a rental but if that gets wrecked the floor still may be damaged. How easy are those to break?
Any input or ideas would be appreciated.
Edit:
I just had an idea. If I go with the full kit fiberglass tub is their anything preventing me from just tiling the entire bathroom floor (save a small area for the drain) and setting the tub right on that? That way if five years from now it needs to be changed I can just pull it right out?
Also what holds the fiberglass tubs in place? I've installed cast which I know are held by their own weight but never a fiberglass which I'm assuming fiberglass must be secured somehow?
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