Getting ready to install freestanding tub, have ?

[EightFingers]

Took out a huge built in tub and will soon replace with an HGTV required freestanding tub and faucet.

I’ve installed several regular tubs but no freestanding ones. Has anyone installed one? What to look out for? I’m sure the faucet rough out plumbing will be different as it goes through the floor, but that’s about all I know.

I plan to do a Google search, but I thought I’d ask here first.

Thanks for advice!

[Cabinet Monkey]

You’ll need to look at the spec sheet/ install manual for your specific tub.   Some really just sit there, others need to be glued down, some get dropped in beds of morTar , others foamed.  

Same with the faucet. We advise doubling up the floor underneath the subfloor in the area of the filler, but not all faucets will allow for this.   It’s also dependent on the thickness of your finish floor.

[MstrCarpenter]

The only thing I can add is that a cast iron tub full of water has four substantial point loads. Just saying.

[EightFingers]

This will be a plastic tub.

[mdhills]

Are you installing on a wet floor or dry floor?
This will affect what you are using for a drain (overflow vs. no overflow, and how the drain/floor are sealed)

Matt

[EightFingers]

Dry floor, tub will have a built in overflow.

[Bob10]

Took out a huge built in tub and will soon replace with an HGTV required freestanding tub and faucet.

I’ve installed several regular tubs but no freestanding ones. Has anyone installed one? What to look out for? I’m sure the faucet rough out plumbing will be different as it goes through the floor, but that’s about all I know.

I plan to do a Google search, but I thought I’d ask here first.

Thanks for advice!

I have a cast iron clawfoot tub I sought out chromed brass pipe for the supply lines I have shut off valves below the floor to those pipes.  This is regular pipe think brass nipples.  They weren't cheap but they beat out what most places offer up for supply lines.  I picked up a wall faucet from Chicago faucet and made a brass shim to level up the faucet on the tub that I had plated to match.  

This is the place I found the pipe, it has held up well for 17 years.  I am not sure they stay have it but it is worth calling

https://sinkfactory.com/about-us/

[EightFingers]

I have a cast iron clawfoot tub I sought out chromed brass pipe for the supply lines I have shut off valves below the floor to those pipes.  This is regular pipe think brass nipples.  They weren't cheap but they beat out what most places offer up for supply lines.  I picked up a wall faucet from Chicago faucet and made a brass shim to level up the faucet on the tub that I had plated to match.  

This is the place I found the pipe, it has held up well for 17 years.  I am not sure they stay have it but it is worth calling

https://sinkfactory.com/about-us/

I clicked on freestanding tubs: “ Under construction”.
So I thought I’d check out freestanding faucets. “Under construction”

[joe1086]

I clicked on freestanding tubs: “ Under construction”.
So I thought I’d check out freestanding faucets. “Under construction”

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[EightFingers]

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