garden tub support

[Jerry Lozier]

Heres the scenerio:

New home... garden tub in master bath, supported by rim only. Couple inch gap below tub to subfloor ( particle board and engineered floor joists)

anyone heard of support by pouring a concrete 'slab' beneath as opposed to support by wood. Concrete seems a little overkill

no idea the manf. of garden tub so cannot refer to manf instructions

thanks Jerry

[Jim Katen]

Heres the scenerio:

New home... garden tub in master bath, supported by rim only. Couple inch gap below tub to subfloor ( particle board and engineered floor joists)

anyone heard of support by pouring a concrete 'slab' beneath as opposed to support by wood. Concrete seems a little overkill

no idea the manf. of garden tub so cannot refer to manf instructions

Unless the tub came with a specially reinforced bottom, it's supposed to be set in some kind of grout -- concrete, mortar, or even plaster.

- Jim Katen, Oregon

[Brad Manor]

I've seen quite a few acrylic tub installation instructions that call for the tub to sit in a mortar bed. I've also seen a couple tubs that were not installed with a mortar bed and they had cracked around the lip.

-Brad

[Jerry Lozier]

I've seen quite a few acrylic tub installation instructions that call for the tub to sit in a mortar bed. I've also seen a couple tubs that were not installed with a mortar bed and they had cracked around the lip.

-Brad

Gor it........ thanks guys for the fast comeback........ Jerry

[Scottpat]

One of the common things I see are several bags of drywall mud (removed from the box) and placed on the floor and then the tub is set on top forming a pad of sorts.

[Les]

Our usual is couple bags of quick-mix. Most mfgs spec a bed of some nature, never seen a spec for wood platform.

[hausdok]

Hi,

I looked at a new all-fiberglass accessible shower installed in a 57 year old home today. They'd filled the void under the pan with expandable foam from a can and then cut through all of the foam to expose the hole in the pan so they could connect the plumbing from the basement below.

ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!!

Mike