Do you install a bath tub before or after the house is built?

Our tub is old and needs replacing. How do we do it?Do you install a bath tub before or after the house is built?
Many ways go to Lowes or something and look at the products they offer, when they put in 1 peice tub/showers that is often the case because thats the only time you can get them in.





The sell 2,3 and ,4 peice tub/showers depending on your needs





when putting in a new tub and enclosure





1 frame out area to fit desired size





2 set tub in to see how level it is





3 prepare drainlines to suit





4 mix up a batch of skim coat to bed the tub in





5 set tub and let dry





6 install new shower control





7 measure pnl for new shower controls and drill out using hole saw





8 put pnls up, following directions (calk vs no calk, screwing locations ect)





9 finish new drywall to fit





This is very elementry and there are many more small important steps





If you do not do it right (like the previous owners of my home), it will crack, my tub cracked along the outside on the return to the floor.





Becarefull and maybe consider a pro to do this, if your walls are not square and strait you will have many problems with installDo you install a bath tub before or after the house is built?
there is no need to replace a tub anymore. Brand new tubs only last 10 to 15 years bc the enamel finish is sprayed on by computer nowadays. even plumbers and contractors often hire an acrylic overlay company to cover their own tubs bc it is a dirty messy job and there is inevitably wall and floor damage. acrylic liners and walls last 30 years or more.





call Bath Fitter and you get a lifetime warranty/guarantee and never have to touch your tub again. any other method and you replace the tub every 5 to 15 years. remember it gets more expensive every time you do it. do it once and do it right.





P.S%26gt; Fiberglass which is all they have at Lowes or Home Depot will last only 5 to 7 years. There is nowhere you can buy acrylic except a company like Bath Fitter who makes their own and installs it.
Assuming it is a tub fitted into a recess, with a tile surround, you will have to remove roughly 12'; of tile above the tub. On the back side of the tub, there is a lip that is attached to the wall to keep the tub from tipping forward.


This is not a DIY job unless you are a particularly skilled carpenter/plumber. In the long run, it will be cheaper, safer, faster to let a pro do it. (Otherwise, you run the chance of water seeping into the wall and rotting the studs or starting a mold infestation. Both of these are very expensive problems to resolve and they are hard to discover until the damage is pretty far along.)


To answer your original question, the tub is usually set after the walls and roof are installed. Water proof backer board is installed, then the tub is set and attached to the water source and drains. The tub has to be inspected by the city inspector to prove it can hold water, then the builder can proceed with tile installation around the tub.
As one of the other answerer's said, this is not a regular DIY project. In many areas there are companies that specialize in this sort of repair, some of them install new tub liners over the old tub and add a new surround to dress up the shower area as well. It's not cheap, but they do a nice job. You might check them out before tackling this job yourself.
Tubs are installed after the studs and before the drywall. You will likely have to cut the drywall out around the tub to get it out and repair the drywall after new tub is in.
We tore out an outside wall to get the new one in. The old one was fiberglass and we cut it up with a chain saw to get it out in big chunks.