How to Add a Shower to a Claw-Foot Tub | Ask This Old House
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey helps a homeowner add a shower to a freestanding tub. (See below for a shopping list, tools, and steps.)
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This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey outfits an old standalone tub with a new showerhead.
Cost: About $200 to $400
Time: 2 to 4 hours
Difficulty: Moderate. There are a surprising number of parts that must be assembled
Shopping List for How to Add a Shower to a Claw-Foot Tub:
- Chrome-plated tub-and-shower kit, including shower-curtain ring
- Copper pipe and assorted fittings
- Emery cloth, to clean copper pipe
- Lead-free solder and flux, for soldering copper pipe and fittings
- Teflon tape, to create a watertight seal on threaded fittings
- PVC primer and cement, for adhering plastic pipe and fittings
- Plumber's putty, to create a watertight seal at tub drain[BR][BR]
- Shower curtain and rings
Tools for How to Add a Shower to a Claw-Foot Tub:
- Locking pliers
- Close-quarter tubing cutter, to cut copper pipe
- Pipe brush, to clean copper pipe
- Propane torch, for soldering
- Adjustable wrench, for tightening threaded fittings
- PVC handsaw, to cut plastic pipe
- Level, for plumbing up the shower arm
- Cordless drill
Steps for How to Add a Shower to a Claw-Foot Tub:
1. Turn off the water to the bathroom at the water main or well pump.
2. Use an emery cloth to buff clean the two water-supply pipes protruding from the floor.
3. Gently pull up on the hot-water supply pipe, then clamp locking pliers onto the pipe to hold it in position. Repeat for the cold-water pipe.
4. Cut both pipes to length with a close-quarter tubing cutter.
5. Use a pipe brush to clean the inside of a copper male adapter.
6. Apply flux to the inside of the adapter and to the outside of the hot-water supply pipe.
7. Press the adapter onto the end of the pipe, then use a propane torch and lead-free solder to solder the adapter to the pipe. Repeat to solder an adapter onto the cold-water pipe.
8. Wrap the threaded portion of each adapter with Teflon tape.
9. Slide an escutcheon over each pipe, then tighten a valve onto each adapter with an adjustable wrench. Release the locking pliers.
10. Turn the water back on and check for leaks.
11. Use a PVC handsaw to cut the plastic drainpipe slightly below the surface of the finished floor.
12. Adhere a PVC fitting onto the end of the drainpipe with PVC primer and cement.
13. Set the chrome-plated escutcheon over the fitting.
14. Wrap a rope of plumber's putty around the threaded portion of the tub's drain fitting.
15. Assemble and connect the tub's drainpipe and overflow tube.
16. Install the new faucet to the tub wall, then connect both the hot- and cold-water supply pipes.
17. Tighten the showerhead onto the shower arm, then mount the shower arm to the tub faucet.
18. Attach an adjustable ceiling bracket to the shower arm.
19. Use a level to hold the shower arm perfectly plumb (vertical), then screw the bracket to the ceiling.
20. Connect the shower-curtain ring to the shower arm, then suspend the ring from the ceiling with vertical supports.
21. Install a shower curtain to the ring.
22. Attach a handheld showerhead to the tub faucet.
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How to Add a Shower to a Claw-Foot Tub | Ask This Old House
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Why am I watching this? Its 1am and I don't have a claw-foot tub lol
matthew9631
You don’t want to
matthew9631
Hehe... Well why are you up at midnight?
Bandito Rules
Cool avatar pic
Shepherd Wolf VGCPE, UTTPH & AKKTK
What can say 👍 U2
Bandito Rules
Your welcome I guess. I didn't understand
Lived in a house for a couple years that was built in 1857 and had one of these combos which was original to the house. Nothing like being wrapped in a shower curtain trying to get clean. It's like a rare earth magnet, all it did was stick to me. I'm a carpenter by trade and it cracks me up how people love these types of things.
That's why u need heavy curtains with magnets.
That’s why I DEMAND YOU to leave the carpentry business.
Same. Showered in one of these for 20 years and the curtain stuck to me like Saran Wrap, even with magnets. Looks cool and vintage and great for a bath, terrible for showers.
LOL! Still chuckling, haha
This little ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxVoi3B4CB6Oygq1-vo4OTL1M_M5JkrXif tub works perfect in our 6 x 6 shower and is easy to get in and out. Also easy to drain.
When Rich said "alright now try-out your new shower" I thought for just a second he wanted to see this lady in the shower.
Thats only on the bonus dvd collection
He definitely smashed
She was down
@@BobBob-we3wr I'd buy that for a dollar!
You know, haven’t seen this one in a while and I gotta say, ...... nah. I am a gentleman. It is only about the work.
Just remember to put the shower curtain inside the tube when you're using the shower or there goes your hardwood floor.
pine floor
@Smarter Than You
He meant to say tub
@Smarter Than You "That's what she said".
I am a heating engineer/plumber in the UK and find it fascinating to see the sometimes subtle or substantial differences between the UK and USA
EXPLAIN pls
@@deeRay7292 Well, for one thing they don't have showers in the UK.
@Smarter Than You I'd say 90% of the time Americans only take a shower, bathing is a past time only some people enjoy.
And what might those be ?
Diego Raya Europe is way ahead of the USA in plumbing and electrical. Way ahead.
I have been wanting to do this to my 119 year old claw tub in my 119 year old childhood house. My hubby is just as excited as I'am. Can't wait.
Lol at Richard nicking the escutcheon with the saw.
this guy loves his plumbers putty!!!
harrison herring old school
It is his best "Mait".
Rightfully so.
Jason C. No reason at all to use that much
KelMaster Construction I understand, use it daily. Still just overdoing it
Most master bathrooms have a HUGE deep soaker tub and a separate glass enclosed shower, but given that this is a vintage house and doesn't have the room for that, this is a perfect and beautiful solution for the elegant Master Bathroom. :)
I do have a soft spot for the exposed free standing external shower pipes with beautiful sun flower shower heads. :)
6:50 That's great!
That’s a little bit of putty like how the Hoover Dam is a little bit of concrete
I know he’s not actually wasting any because it’s squeezes out but it’s still annoying how he apples it
1:43 the tub looks terrified.
ha ha
5:30
Richard: Alright time to fill the holes
Shower: o o
O
you'd put the chrome fittings on after you've sawn the pipes!
I was thinking the same. That way you don't nick or scratch the chrome.
I agree. All that chrome is super expensive.
I would have paid cardboard on the floor and taped everything.
Never seen vise grips used like that. Nice tip Richard!
Works good for PEX as well, especially inside the wall on retrofit. Just have to remember only tight enough to hold, not squeeze.
Richard sure makes it all look so easy. I suppose that it is a lot easier when you know what you are doing.
LK Campbell Anyone with a bit of life experience knows that it's not easy. Doing this for your first time, you know that you'll mess up at some details. Especially the sawing of that PVC pipe was dodgy.. Not to scratch the floor or those bits of chrome next to it, or losing the PVC pipe when it gets sawed through.
LK Campbell
Everything is staged first
Always the best case scenario for this plumber..
very nice the shower close to the lamp on the roof , unbelievable
scary thing to have a shower on wood floors
@Scott Summers nope, concrete
He makes it look so easy.
Richard - come on girly get inside the tub 😌😌
BECAUSE YOU WANT A CLAWFOOT TUB!
I woke up one morning and searched for a second hand clawfoot; right out of the blue. Now I'm looking for interesting plumbing fixture ideas😅
1:38 “that’s beautiful”
Installing the shower rod hoop would be nice
I had used one of these at a B&B once , When you put the shower curtain inside the tub there is very little room to move around without the curtain sticking to your body. It does the job but it tends to be more frustrating than it's worth.
Bath tub experience great, shower not so great... take your flex... as rare as one uses a bathtub one might want the shower experience to be better but on the other hand a great bath tub experience is where the magic really happens!
hopefully somebody checked to see if that floor could support that tub
son muy buenos sus videos .gracias por la enseñansa sobre el trabajo..
These videos interest me so much, great work!
The biggest shortcoming of all these episodes is that none of them show you the finished project, for more than one second, before the episode ends. In this instance, it would have helped to show how the new tub looks from all angles of the room, rather than just showing a cropped video of the faucet.
George X this is a real show they only post clips like every other show that has a youtube channel
I love these old claw foot tubs.
The old saying is that "the plumber gets to give the first shower" !
Cool
Extremely specialized niche. Not everyone has a room like this
These types of setups are nice, but why would you put finishing caps on before cutting the pipe?
One got dented in the end, when sawing the last part of the pipe. :'(
Mimmo Barba I imagine so
Yeah it chipped a piece of it
I am installing this exact feature into my home; and seeing as I abhor plumbing this video was right on time! Thank you.
Tyg Rahof do you know the name of the fixture? I would like one for my tub thanks!
goodfella19134 Any good plumbing store; NOT Home Depot or Lowes; can get you the fixtures and specific drain for a claw foot tub. Measure the distance between the tub holes; usually 4 inches and drain hole to tub end for the drain and overflow piping. I wouldn't scrimp here either. Drain should be brass or chrome plated brass, no plastic anything. You can also get risers; the pipe from the hot/cold spigots to the shower head with the curtain ring assembly. Comes all together in a kit. Can put it together yourself but it is a pain; have patients.
Not specifically but talking to them about what you need; they will know. Usually it is just spigots for a tub.
Which store and brand would you recommend. Thank you!
3 years later how is v everything look? including your floors? please update
Good to see Tommy gets the good tools and the other guys get the outdated dewalt.
Now I need to cut this pipe without scratching the floor. Cuts pipe and throws saw and pliers on floor lmao
Why not put a piece of cardboard or wood under the saw?
me watching remodeling videos when I am supposed to paint the bathroom only
Hiya!!!!! Welcome Claw-Foot-Bath-Tub-Shower-Oyster
very good work, neat and clean.
if you have one of these you need to shorten the curtain so it stays in the tub without being annoying.
i have a clawfoot shower conversion, and it was annoying to use before i shortened the curtain. now it's pretty good.
Could you please tell me where you ordered the adjustable ceiling bracket from? I need this exact piece of hardware and cannot find it anywhere. I see a few others have asked this question as well. Help us please and Thank you!
Kudos for this guy, is really good and on point.👍
"you have a shower" "weoeoeoeow" This made my day
My kids would clean the whole bathroom with that hand shawer.
and how does a “sleeping porch” have a perfect set up with hot and cold and a drain ready for install?
She's 🔥!!
beautiful
TOH , Rich, or someone please link at the exact elbow he used at this time stamp: ua-cam.com/video/J1BiQzM0Upo/v-deo.html. I cannot find that part anywhere and our bathtub is in an similar position in our bathroom as this video so we need this part to install a shower kit on our clawfoot tub. Any help would be appreciated!
Same here. Let me know if you find it, and I’ll do the same!
my over flow preventer is covered. I live dangerously
I wish they would mention manufacturers of this stuff.
It’s a beautiful bathroom but a wooden floor like that seems incredibly impractical.
I myself would leave the cooper unpainted and have it a natural cooper color though the whole system
I would have cut the PVC first.
I was thinking that, but maybe once you have enough experience and skills it doesn't matter.
I would like to do this, but what about code and scald guard?
So interesting
I would like to buy this exact same shower kit. What is the name of this one? And I need the part that keeps the showerhead stable to go in the ceiling just like he doing it on here.
Me too!!! Did you ever find it??
Same, so that is 3 of use...anyone one knows where I can find the kit?
Ah the classic 'there's a few more things we've added'.. Just to make the bill just that little more.
There is a drip coming from the pipe connecting my shower outside the clawfut tub. I can't describe it verbally. I don't know exactly where the leak is coming from. Does anyone have a diagram of this tub and shower set up? Very hard to get to space between tub and wall. help!
Might first want to check if that floor can support the added weight other wise she's going to be taking a bath/shower in the living room
I might use a Clawfoot Tub on my deck but not in my house.
QUESTION- Could you have installed the soaker tub closer to the shower head wall to accommodate a shorter faucet instead of using the pot filler?
6:46 1 is a hand shower
Why did I get excited when he told her to try it out?
I'l bet that room gets freezing in the winter. Have fun taking a shower!
Couldn't you tell from her voice that she's from Down South?
It's not as bad as you think. I've taken showers in outdoor campground showers at night when it's like 38 degrees. As long as the water is hot you are fine and afterwards (assuming you take a decent length shower) your body has been warmed up enough to give you plenty of time to get dried off and dressed.
Wonder how this jobs are plan and who paid for the service ? Nice tub !!
what are those clamps called that attach it to the ceiling?
i need 2.
4:26 made me uncomfortable
I could feel his frustration
😂
Probably didn’t get the coupling all the way down
What would an installation like this cost?
I need to replace just the hose on my Victorian handheld faucet. What size do I need???
3:07 that's a wack solder job. Plus he just did it over finished flooring without any covering or protection
how do we turn the hand shower on
kurt cummins there’s a button
@@ratcoon917 yep there's a button that's meant for.
That’s dope.
That drain had so much bounce in the floor he didn’t make a secure seal with the pvc glue
Where do you find ,ore ceiling supports. The one installed in my hour are not well attached so the whole chrome apparatus sometimes falls WHILE im in the shower.
use the wand to "clean your shower", lol
We all know what shes using that wand for haha
@@molonlabe1156 oh yeah she's worn that wand out thrice already brother
Beautiful
@thisoldhouse can you help me find the supplier of the tub hardware? I have the exact same tub and issue with where to attach the shower ring, yet I cannot find these exact supplies in my online research. Thank you!
Awesome I love this video he is an outstanding teacher.
We are about to add a shower to our claw foot tub and this video was a great demonstration. I am wondering what brand of pipe cutter would you recommend? They vary substantially in price from what I've seen. Thanks!
I'm about to do the same, can you tell me where you bought your shower kit?
Oh so an "overflow" keeps water from overflowing the tub?! Wow, great to know! Thanks!
Much too ornate, but very interesting! I like avant-garde, contemporary, scandi & mid-century modern
What is the size of water supply inlets ? Can I use regular flex water supplies ?
I have a jacuzzi tub. I have an angled ceiling above the tub following the dropping angle of the roof. There is room to install a shower but it is somewhat tight. I would like to install something similar to this however I already have a tub spout that is deck mounted. So I would like to splice onto the hot and cold and run a shower with a handheld coming out of the wall at the meeting place of the ceiling and the wall going to the center of the ceiling above the tub. I also need one of those large oval shower curtains. I wish This Old House will take a look at what I've got and give me some tips.
The real question is, why would you want to? With the side sloped towards the center and the back sloped towards the front. They are uncomfortable and super slippery to stand in.
You can put non slip pad or something in it.
I am installing one just like this. Where can I order these fittings?
don't understand putting a shower on a wooden floor ? how is that ?
why chrome it can be copper bud or even plex
what is the name of the tub and shower kit and where can i get it from!?
Whenever I hear the intro it sounds like mr. Beasts outro
4:21 he hits the new chrome with that saw and leaves a mark on it :(
I would have been prudent to cut the pvc drain pipe before installing the chrome supply valves as one slip of that saw blade and the new becomes the old with scratches!.,
Anyone think it doesn’t really look right in that room? I get keeping the appearance with the style of the house but....I dunno... appreciate the skill involved here don’t get me wrong.
How would I totally get rid of the claw foot tub and replace with walk in shower?
SERIOUS QUESTION... Is that up to code having that hanging light fixture that close to the shower head?
yes but if it where my house it wld be one of the few lights on a gfci/rcd
Hi where is this shower kit from I'm been looking but cant find one with everything
NurseT hey amazon this. My PlumbingStuff RX2300J JUMBO Clawfoot Tub Add-a-Shower - 60” D-Style Shower Rod with Shower Rings - JUMBO Chrome-Bell Showerhead - B3100 Ball-Valve Technology - 12 Shower-Curtain Rings. You can find them if you search for claw foot tub fixtures 🙂
Love that tub!!!
where's the shopping list? need the faucet. mines's worn out.
Isnt that the claw tub that was used to kidnap Sandy Claws from Nightmare Before Christmas?
were can i purches the part that holds the shower head??????plz help
Very convenient that neither pipe is secured to anything and just free flows in the floor space.....