We discovered shortly after moving into the house that our bathtub had been painted white over the original blue. I was washing a hard plastic container and it scratched the white paint off. We decided to replace it, not realizing it was CAST IRON.
We bought a new tub and had quite a fight getting it to fit in the tight space. Finally got all the tile out and concrete chipped out that was behind the old tile. We got the tub in and it looks so nice. . . BUT it is an inch taller than the old one SO. . . there was no room for the spout cover.
We decided to try redoing the plumbing by shortening the pipe coming down and putting a smaller nipple and elbow there to raise it up some. HD could not get the pipes apart and was afraid to put too much pressure and cause a leak. He did some research on Google and found the solution. He bought a small butane torch and it didn't take a minute of heat to get the pipes apart. That did the trick!
We are now ready to replace the tile around the tub and a small area on the floor next to the tub. We have never done this before but a friend has loaned us tools to help and Utube video also will help.
FINISHED AT LAST!!!
