Has anyone replaced their tub with a shower?
I have been searching online for a couple of days and can't find any shower bases that are the same size as our tub. More importantly, I can't find any videos or websites that show how to do it, and ...
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beemerphile1 wrote:
Many tubs/showers have a high step because the trap is between the pan and the floor. If so, it probably is not easily rectified.
For sure . I have seen under a few bathtubs through access panels and nearby cabinets . Every one that i have seen in a TT has been raised over the plumbing. Adding a new shower pan would probably have to be built up on a base.
It could probably be made to be a little lower than the OEM tub in order to help someone unable to lift themselves over a tub's edge, but the new base, would have to have some height to it. Measure it out carefully if that is the reason for doing this.
I actually made one in my class B , out of marine plywood. I used 3m 5200 to join and seal the seams. I finished the entire base with polyurethane, probably 10 coats. It looked like a glass cover on stained wood and lasted many showers over its 5 years. It never molded up.
