All Forum Posts by: Justin C.

 Hi Adam, this exactly what I plan on doing.  

Correct. I never thought to check the inside level of the tub to see if it has a built in pitch to it. I simply checked against the flattest surface of the 3 sides.  Care to list a few of the ways of leveling?  

Hi James,

I put the tub where we need it and leveled it out.  Took the measurement and 1-3/8" is needed on left side.  Verified against the floor too.

Hello BP!

I am in the middle of a bathroom renovation where we are relocating the tub and vanity.  The place where we are putting the new right drain tub is very uneven.  The left side of the tub is 1-3/8" lower than it needs to be. Its also worth mentioning that the tub has a piece of insulating foam approx. 9x36 down the underside touching the floor.

Here are my 2 questions:

1) Do I level the floor which would create a step into the bathroom?  What is an acceptable step into the room?  This is the side where the door is located.  This would create a clean aesthetic look of the new bathtub/shower install.

2) Cut a portion of the floor on the right side out and sink the bathtub to rest on the actual joists?  This would not completely solve the problem as its the original floor boards at 3/4" or so, so I would have to shim the left side also a bit to buy the complete 1-3/8" level.  I do not believe this would create a clean and aesthetic install.

Are these my only two options?  Its too late to go back to the original layout plus this is way worth figuring out as it makes much more sense the way we currently have it designed.  Thoughts?   Thank you in advance!

Hi Sam, I see there are no responses to this... what did you end up doing?

This happened to me with a cabinet door missing in the kitchen.  Looked everywhere until I finally took one off the other cabinets and had a cabinet maker copy it - $75 oak exact copy.  I (my wife) had to stain and poly it : )

I'm going through this right now and we are going with sandblasted storm windows.  We removed the window that left the metal storm window.  Sandblasted the storm windows > foam backer > insulation > then cement board right over it for tiling.  Sandblasting was $50 and it eliminates the need to do something to the exterior.  We are also rewiring the whole house and adding an exhaust fan.

Glass block is very nice, but the framing and perimeter sealing is not bullet proof.  IMO

If I charge $500 at Lowes for supplies and list the entry as a supplies line item, then where does the credit card payment go?  Can't wrap my head around this one.

thanks in advance

 yup ^

Wow!  Great post Bob, thank you very much!  I really need a CPA, lol : )  I will certainly reference this while I'm putting my books together.  I might PM you a few questions if you don't mind.  thanks again