Flipper/Rehabber · Littleton, CO · Member since 2014 · 75 posts · 75 votes
I'm flipping a 1930's tudor that has a claw tub in the main upstair bathroom. It is really nice but I also think a walk in shower or traditional tub with shower and tiled walls would be nice. Some people don't like stepping into a claw tub because it is a high step and the claw tub is a tad bit smaller than a modern tub. There is a normal bathtub/shower in the downstairs basement so at least there would be one bathtub if I did a walk in shower. My question is would you keep the claw tub or put in tiled shower?
I'm a plumber I'd lose the clawfoot tub every time. Ive had many experiences with "leaks" where it was just upstairs tennats being sloppy with shower curtains and water exiting the tub. Bad tennants dok not care about the water they spill outside the tub. Limit the amount of shower curtains and you eliminate the odds of calls like that.
Plus there arent many cheap options for pressure temperature compensating shower roughs for clawfoot. Theres alot more affordable options for a tiled in bathtub
The clawfoot tubs are also deeper (and can be colder). I'd keep what is there if it fits with the period of the home. IF not, see if you can sell it on facebook market place.
If the bathroom in question is close to the bedrooms and it is a family house, I'd do a regular tub with a shower as no parent will want to take the kids to the basement for baths (and kids are generally afraid of basements). If the bathroom is a master and there is another tub on that level, then either a tub with shower or walk in shower would work.
I'm a plumber I'd lose the clawfoot tub every time. Ive had many experiences with "leaks" where it was just upstairs tennats being sloppy with shower curtains and water exiting the tub. Bad tennants dok not care about the water they spill outside the tub. Limit the amount of shower curtains and you eliminate the odds of calls like that.
Plus there arent many cheap options for pressure temperature compensating shower roughs for clawfoot. Theres alot more affordable options for a tiled in bathtub