Install bathtub with tub support correctly
Whether in a new building or in the renovation of a bathroom, a bathtub with a tub support is then also installed. Although some preliminary work is required here, this installation is relatively easy to carry out. There are complete kits in which all accessories are already included.
What you need:
- Tub support installation kit
- saw
- pencil
- Spirit level
- Assembly foam
- Folding rule
Of course, you must do the preparatory work before installing the tub support and using the bathtub is provided. That means that you've already got that far with the wall surface Tiles provided that only one tile height remains free up to the tub. To do this, of course, you first have to measure your tub support.
A bathtub always requires a support for the installation
- First, take your tub carrier and place it on your head. Now you have to saw out an inspection shaft at the point where the later outlet will be.
- Now put the tub support back on and insert the tub. Now bring the whole thing into position on the wall and ensure that it is positioned evenly on the two walls.
- Now align the tub support so that it is level. To do this, place compensating elements on the edge of the bathtub at every corner until this has been done using a spirit level.
- Now carefully turn your tub support on its side and glue the compensation elements on all four corners. Then put the tub support again in the specified position and check again whether it is level.
- Now carefully turn the tub support including the bathtub upside down. Now attach the waste and overflow fittings to the bathtub.
- Then apply the mounting foam to the bottom surfaces of the tub support, put the whole thing on the fixed position and press the whole thing down to the floor until the tub support on the compensation elements sits on. It is essential that you work on scales here as well. After a few minutes, repeat the printing process and check again whether everything is in balance.
- Now all you have to do is mount your waste set on the waste pipe and you have installed your new bathtub. Now, however, you still have to check the tightness of your drain fitting by adding a few buckets of water to the bathtub and then draining it off again.
- If everything is now perfect, you can close the inspection shaft and tile the bathtub and the rest of the wall and then seal the walls with silicone.
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