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Those apartment style "never gonna use it as an actual tub" tubs are just the worst for this
Girl thinks she's miserable, meanwhile her man is trying to hold in a yelp from having the faucet all the way in his back like it's trying to steal his kidneys, and if you've got a drain plug with anything sticking up from it, it is going to be a butt plug for the evening
I had a dream of owning a proper sized tub. Finally bought a house and got all ready to upgrade the bathroom and it turns out the tub isn’t even the expensive part. After talking with about 5 different general contractors and engineers, we learned that to hold up a real tub, the whole fucking house basically has to be rebuilt with twice as thick beams and twice as many 2x4s. Even putting one down on the ground floor is a full upgrade to the beams and posts in the crawl space and basement. It was going to cost ~25-50k in re-engineering of the framing and associated removal and repair of drywall/plumbing/siding/insulation/electrical/trim/flooring/etc… plus reinforcing the stone foundation
Turns out most houses built on the east coast between 1800 and 1950ish literally can’t have a good tub because water is super fucking heavy and these things are built out of toothpicks
I guess that makes sense, a lot of people didn't have indoor plumbing until the early 20th century. Among the heaviest things in most homes was the people, so having a static object filled with nearly a hundred gallons of water Plus one or more people would be way above spec.
...what the fuck
what are your houses built ofthese things are built out of toothpicks
Toothpicks he says.
2x4s, I guess 😃
but seriously, there's many old buildings in Europe where you probably should consult a statics person before placing a large tub in your bathroom. Just guessing, but if you take a 300L bathtub which alone is a surprisingly light 30kgs and then put two people in it, you have a ~ 400kg load on a very small area