Sooner or later, the repair affects all parts of the apartment, but when he gets to the bathroom, the question of replacing the old cast-iron bath ripples. I don't want to leave the old woman, especially if the enamel crackled and darkened, it is meaningless if you are going to redecessing, and dismantle scary, difficult and not clear how. A large and very hard cast iron thing that in some cases does not even deploy in a compact room - what are the conversations about replacement? However, the dismantling of an old bath is not as terrible as it is small, and in this article you will learn everything that will be required for yourself.

Methods of dismantling bath

In this article we will tell about two ways to dismantle the cast-iron bath, but in any case it is necessary to take into account that this work is conjugate with some risk and is not devoid of difficulties. Often, it is necessary to work in 4 hands and in a limited space, weighing with cutting or percussion instruments, so it is necessary to follow safety. If you are not confident in your capabilities, perhaps you should entrust work to professionals.

Useful advice: Before completely dismantling the old cast-iron bath, think, it can better renovate it than to buy a new one. New baths are quite expensive, and cast iron will serve for many years. If enamel placed, but the tank itself is the whole, it can be installed a special lining and change the cast-iron siphon to a more modern one. Thus, you will avoid the extra financial costs and complete dismantling difficulties.

Before proceeding with the process, find out if there are services or special brigades in your city, which are engaged in free export of old cast iron baths from the apartment. The fact is that cast iron due to the high weight is taken at the points of the scrap metal, and the bath can weigh the order of 100 kg. If you managed to find such a service, we recommend using its services and without unnecessary trouble getting rid of the old bath is completely free. If there are no services, you can pay private workers. By the way, the services for the dismantling of old baths are not so expensive, although there is no fixed price, because it depends on the complexity of work, the export, the need for descent on the stairs, the number of floors, etc. If you are accustomed to solve problems on your own, you can remove the bath in one of the following technologies.

Sparing way of dismantling bath

By and large, the dismantling of the bathroom cabin suggests the disconnected communications and removing the capacity from the room, however, it is known that the cast iron weighs incredibly a lot, and pull out a large product from it very problematic. One person here is definitely not to cope - it will take at least one strong and strong assistant. Completes the work of a limited space of bathrooms in the houses of Soviet buildings and narrow doorways. In order not to spend extra effort, it is necessary to follow the sequence of actions.

How to dismantle the old bath:

1. Make sure that the legs of the bath itself are fixed quite firmly, because if in the process of work one of them fall off, it can lead to serious injury. Usually legs are fixed with wedges that need to be adjusted if necessary and check whether they are clogged.
2. Almost all cast-iron baths are connected to the sewage of the cast-iron siphon, unless, of course, it was not replaced with a newer polypropylene or any other. But if the siphon is still a cast iron, then for a long decade of operation, he probably had so closed to the bath that it would not be possible to unscrew it, as they try. Therefore, the main acting tool will serve Bulgarian. Cut her siphon and set aside. Of course, before starting work, it is necessary to overlap the water in the apartment and warn neighbors about possible discomfort (dismantling the cast-iron bath is a rather noisy event).
3. Another frequent satellite of cast iron baths is a fat Soviet tile, which surrounds the container from all sides, is tightly adjacent to it not only cement seams, but also salts that have been postponed from constant wetting for many years. As a result, the bath becomes simply immovable, so to remove it, you need to knock off the tile all over the perimeter. Therefore, it should be taken into account that if you decide to dismantle the bathroom, you will have to make overhaul throughout the room. By beating the tile, immediately collect her and take it to garbage to work out.
4. Move the bath from the wall. If it is not amenable to place ("risk" to the place), use a lombing or mont. If you have an assistant, move the bath from the wall by 40-50 cm so that a person can pass there.
5. Install the bath in a vertical standing position and tightly grab the legs. Now, to bring it out of the room, you need to clearly follow the instructions. Just to take it out will not work, because the width of the bath will not give her through the doorway. To do this, you need to deploy it 45 °, skip the front pair of legs, carefully tighten the door of the door and thus release the bottom end of the bath.

Now the most difficult part of the work is behind and remains only to decide what to do with the old bathroom - to throw out or take to the cottage and give her a second life. We will talk about this topic in more detail at the end of the article. By the way, if you decide to pass the container in scrap metal, you can rescue well money. As you can see, there is nothing complicated in technology, but you have to gain patience and call for the help of a strong neighbor.

Dismantling bath sledgehammer

If you are going to make the final disassembly of the bathroom and installing it in the country you do not interest you, you can not ceremony with the design and do not squeeze it through a narrow doorway. In this scenario, the main role is not given to the Bulgarian, but a more primitive tool - a sledgehammer. With it, you will need to break the cast-iron container into pieces and easily take them into a landfill. By the way, despite the enviable durability of the cast iron, it is a rather fragile material and does not carry out shock loads.

Despite the simplicity of work, there are nuances here. Split a sledgehammer heavy metal container in a cramped room can be unsafe. It is better not to work barefoot and put on closed tight shoes so that if a piece of cast iron falls on the leg, it was not hurt. Pants are also better to wear from dense fabric (Roba will be the best option).

How to smash an old bath:

1. Disconnect water in the apartment and disconnect communication. If the cast-iron siphon "Prick" to the bathroom, cut it off with a grinder.
2. Remove the tile around the perimeter and free the design from the cement solution.
3. Move the bath from the wall by 10-25 cm using the score or mont.
4. Next, you need to make two sands with a baccle and a few blows of a sledgehammer. There are two possible options here: smash the bath to chaotic pieces or divide it into two neat halves. From these halves it will be possible to make stylish chairs or other elements of the interior, and they will be easier to carry them out of the apartment. So, in order to break the cast-iron bath you need to make a grinder of cuts on the sides are clearly in the middle. Since the "wings" of the baths serve not only for beauty and convenience, but also increase the strength of the structure, they must be cut to the end. When it is finished, heat the sledgehammer along the bottom of the bath in the center, and it will "be" inside.
   
5. Next, it remains only to take half of the bath and decide how to do with them. If you are not interested in saving and reuse the balance sheets, it can be broken with a sledgehammer into smaller pieces, folded into construction packages for garbage and attribute to a landfill or to a metal pickup point.

In the video about dismantling the bath, it is shown in detail how to cut the design with a grinder:

Tips and recommendations

Both technology dismantling with a bathroom removal seems fairly light, but in each case there may be some complications. By and large, it all depends on the size and severity of the design. So, the small baths with a length of 150 cm usually do not cause problems, and you can cope with them alone, which you can not say about long containers in 170 cm, which weigh more than 100 kg.

During operation, security techniques should be observed. If you work with an assistant, actions need to be coordinated, especially if the quadrature of the room does not allow to turn around.

Painting safety techniques who should pay special attention to:

1. Consistency of working with the assistant - clearly uniform and coordinate each step, especially when carrying the bath. If the cast iron container falls, it not only can distinguish the legs, but also to split (the cast iron does not withstand strong shock loads), and fragments can cut.
2. Very often in the process of dismantling, hands suffer, so work in thick construction gloves or mittens. During the removal of the bath from the room, watch the hands do not give the jacket in the passage.
3. Working a grinder or sledgehammer, remember that in the process they will throw out a lot of small fragments that can injure the skin and eyes. Put the protective building glasses and close your face with a handkerchief.

If we are talking about dismantling acrylic bath, such difficulties will not arise, since this material is rather lightweight, and the design can easily raise and endure alone.

Where do you put an old bath?

If you decide to make overhaul in the bathroom and change the bath itself, it does not mean that from the old cast-iron "girlfriend" need to get rid of. If you attach a bit of fantasy and skill to work, a stylish interior object or other useful thing can be obtained from an unsightly design. Magnificent chairs, sofas, tables and other furniture are obtained from the old bath. The images below clearly demonstrated how to add a "highlight" to the interior with the help of furniture created on the basis of cast iron baths.

But most of all options for using such structures can be implemented in the country. So, the bathroom turns out a pretty compact decorative ponds, they can be used for their intended purpose, for example, to plunge into the cool water of a hot summer day after fruitful work in the garden ...

If you like to work with plants or want to try out your hand in landscape design, make a luxury original flower garden from the bath. Fill her fertile land and plant blooming plants.

Another unusual and efficient way to use an old bath is to turn it into a brazier and cook delicious treats for a large company:

If you still decided to get rid of the bath once and for all, do not throw it out simply for a landfill, and take it to the metal metal reception point - from the revenue money you can pay a part of the amount for a new bath or shower cabin.

Examples of creative use of old baths: