How to take a bath out of the bathroom. Secrets of dismantling a cast-iron bath without which it is better not to start work. About the weak point of the bath

Albert Yasaulov
How do you split a cast iron bathtub into pieces? Why break up? Make cuts with a grinder - and a sledgehammer. Autogenom. Cut is not destiny? With a sledgehammer - punch a hole in one place and it will start to crumble like there is nothing to do, just hit with sharp blows, and take a sledgehammer with a short handle - God forbid you take off your clothes and blow everything in the apartment. One of my friends did just that, beat and beat with a sledgehammer and smashed it, then took it to the trash heap piece by piece. True, he lives on the first floor, and if you are taller, I don’t think the downstairs neighbors will be very happy.

Lyubov Opalikhina
Is it realistic to cut old bath grinder? just not really make cuts and smash with a sledgehammer. It should turn out better than mine - I just smashed it with a sledgehammer, but it's too heavy and very noisy. Is it worth fooling around - two hits with a sledgehammer (but in certain places) and broke into three pieces. Will break only on the way. Found a problem call a couple of homeless people - they will endure. And they will drag you to the metal collection point. I had this from the trash, the bath was instantly dragged away

Victor Samokhvalov
How to break a cast-iron bath They are taken whole. They will come straight home and take them away. At least in our city this is practiced. Even the ads are hanging. Cast iron is not difficult to break. Take it outside and hit. Cast iron is pricked. Cut with a grinder. With a sledgehammer.

Valentina Lisina
How to get a cast-iron bathroom out of an apartment (5th floor, no elevator)? Two homeless people and a bottle of vodka You can break it with a sledgehammer through the window or from the balcony. We carried it out together. Also cast iron (more than 100 kg If a bath is not needed, write to declare that you will give it for free and there are no problems. They will also pay extra. You go to the construction market, find any seller from the Central Asian republics and agree on the labor force for minimal funds

Vitaly Negushin
What's better? Buy a new bath or cover the old one with a special coating? There is money, buy a bath! We made an acrylic insert - for more than 5 years the bath looks like new, the pleasure cost 5500 rubles. , the master spent 2 hours. if the old bathtub is not split into pieces, I see no reason to spend money on a new one. It seems to me that it is better to put a new cast-iron shower stall. Steel and acrylic for free.

Vadim Okunev
How to make a cast iron bath? Can I break it? If it is cast iron, then you can break it into pieces with a hammer and turn it over to the metaplom, it's expensive now! Throw out the window. I called the Tajiks, who work as janitors, they dragged away like ants, you won't find it. It won't break. And alone in any way. You can call industrial climbers, and through the window. Hardly to split, to saw. It's easier to throw out the window, it will split itself)

Denis Veshnyakov
How to break a cast iron bathtub? Kettlebell 32 kg. Another CAST IRON BATHROOM! aaaaaaaa NIGHTMARE

Albert Gladkikh
Which bath do you recommend from personal experience - complete nonsense. acrylic bathtub 3 years. Great thing. Easy installation, because it is easy…. The most excellent is steel, since cast iron is brittle like acrylic, and steel is rikhtianul with a hammer, painted and everything is ok.

Alexander Dryablov
A plastic sewer pipe was connected to a cast-iron pipe with some kind of solution - how to fix it? It happens often. Do not engage in amateur activities. Call a locksmith from the housing office, pay him money, he will do everything. It will become cheaper. Dig out this solution and buy a special rubber cuff. Insert a 70-40 mm rubber cuff into the cast-iron socket. Into this cuff 50mm plastic pipe with difficulty, but enters. This is the most reliable. If it does not work out, put on a 70-50 mm cuff.

Valeria Kondratyeva
Hello) Faience sink in the kitchen, how is it? seems to have done something stupid \u003d (? / + No, there used to be cast iron sinks with a coating like bathtubs and enamelled steel sinks. pots and teapots And faience is the same type as the sink in the bathroom ... Refuse of course. Earlier, when there were no stainless steel sinks, we had such first 5 years that it was well cleaned, but then.

Lilia Glebovskaya

What happens if the hair dryer falls into the water? Let's calculate) the hair dryer is an electrical appliance 220-240V 1200-1800 W (heater) The motor itself is 150 W. Further, if you fall in the bathroom, you can break your head and even die if a strong blow is not specified how to slip ... If the bath is cast-iron and grounded, then an electric shock is not excluded, because there will be a phase on the hair dryer. And so, a short circuit will be through the wire located before the heater, since the electrical conductivity of the water is very high.

Olesya Ozerkova
Riddle! I have a bathtub 70 cm wide, and the bath passage is 55 cm. Question: How did it get there and how to remove it from there? 60 cm high bath can not be. She has a standard height on legs of only 56-58 cm. Sideways it was brought in. I have a passage 60. And a corner bath 105 by 150. Calmly entered The depth of most of the baths is standard about 45 cm without legs. except for cast iron of course. When dragging cast iron instead of a song, obscene sounds ...

Victor Lebedev
I'm certainly not a plumber, but I feel sorry for the money for an uncle from the outside: HOW TO REPLACE THE SEWER PIPE IN THE BATHROOM WITHOUT PROBLEMS? Ho ho! And don't think without problems! I am a plumber and I can say one thing: without moving the bathtub it is sooooo dreary and difficult. With all the tools and experience, I alone did this work for two days. But if you decide, remember: the most ... The whole difficulty is to throw out the old pipe so as not to break the common riser. If you succeed, then collect the plastic. The pipe is simpler than a steamed turnip P.s. If you do it yourself, do not forget about a slope of several degrees from ...

A cast iron bath, along with its strength and reliability, has one significant drawback - a lot of weight. And when it comes to dismantling a cast iron bathtub, the owners have to face a number of difficulties - it is not so easy to pull the product out of the apartment onto the street, and in some cases, due to the narrow passages, it is completely impossible to do this. There is only one way out - to break the bath.

Ways to break a cast iron bath

In order to break a cast-iron bath you will need:

• sledgehammer,
• bulgarian,
• gloves,
• reinforced bags for construction waste,
• soundproof headphones (optional),
• an old blanket or other soft material (optional).

It is customary to break a cast-iron bath with a sledgehammer. Entrusting the matter, of course, is worth a man. Even a person with an average level of physical fitness can do such a task. Keep in mind that you will not be able to quietly break the bathtub, so this work must be done during the daytime. If possible, warn your neighbors so as not to scare anyone or cause discomfort to anyone. Now you can get down to business with a clear conscience.

Before starting work, prepare a tool (sledgehammer), free up space around the bath, so that it will be easier to collect the fragments in the future. If you're afraid to hurt flooring, lay an old blanket or soft cloth on the place of work. Be sure to wear gloves to avoid accidentally cutting your hands. As we said, breaking cast iron bath is accompanied by a lot of noise, reminiscent of the beating of a bell, so it is advisable to have soundproofing headphones.

To make the cast-iron bath easier to prick under the influence of the blows of a sledgehammer, cut its sides with a grinder in several places. If desired, you can divide the bath into several parts only with the help of a grinder. But this procedure is laborious, lengthy and accompanied by a large amount of debris, or rather construction dust. Therefore, it is easier and more convenient to break the cast-iron bath with a sledgehammer.

5-6 persistent blows should be enough to break the bath into at least two parts. If necessary, break the large pieces again, then it will be easier and more convenient to take out the parts of the bath from the apartment.

Gently collect small fragments together with the remains of tiles or other trim elements, if any, and pack them in special reinforced bags designed for construction waste. So you can easily get rid of the old cast iron bathtub.

As a rule, carrying out repair work in the bathroom is inextricably linked with updating plumbing equipmentin particular by replacing the bathtub with a newer model or shower enclosure. One way or another, the old plumbing equipment will require dismantling. Usually this process does not cause any particular problems, but if a cast iron bathtub is installed in the room, you will face some difficulties.

Usually, replacing a bathroom with the installation of new equipment can be associated with all sorts of problems. The sequence of actions in the event that you need to leave the old container intact will be such that you will have to remove the plumbing fixture from the place of its installation and with difficulties transport the container from the apartment to the street. This is a rather laborious process. It will be useful to attract several helpers here.

Only two people can take out the cast-iron bath from the room

When carrying out such work, it is necessary to adhere to a certain algorithm. The dismantling sequence has some features that make the technical process as easy as possible. You can optimize the dismantling of the cast iron bath as follows.

First of all, you should carefully check the quality of the brackets fixing the bath in its original position. If during dismantling one of the supports is knocked out, the possibility of injury is possible. Therefore, you should secure yourself in advance.

If during the installation of the structure you wedged the legs of the tank, make sure that all the elements are in place and securely hold the tank. Loose wedges can simply be hit with a hammer.

Previously, the bath was connected to drainage system through a cast iron siphon. Due to the action of such a factor as corrosion, the articulation of the parts of the drainage system is compacted to such an extent that it becomes unrealistic to disassemble the piping while maintaining the integrity of the elements. In this case, separate the part by cutting it with an electric cut-off machine. When doing this, do not forget to observe safety precautions and use protective glasses. You will need to lie down to cut the flange connecting the drain piping.

Sometimes it is possible to disconnect the bath from the cast-iron communications only by cutting the pipe with a grinder

Another common problem is that today, in most cases, the walls of the bathroom are tiled tiled tiles... This will create certain inconveniences in the event that dismantling is planned. old bath... The tile should be removed together with a layer of hardened adhesive construction mixture around the perimeter of the product. This is necessary so that the old container can be pulled out. At the current stage, dismantling the bathroom can be considered fulfilled.

A method of replacing a cast iron product in which the container remains intact

When starting work on removing the reservoir, first of all, the plumbing fixture must be pushed forward. The most convenient way to do this is with a lever, which is advisable to use a crowbar or a pry bar. Provided that two people are involved in the work, it would be more correct to move the bathtub away from the wall by about half a meter, that is, so that one of them can easily fit in.

You need to take the bath out of the room on its side

After that, you should lay the container on one side. For this it is necessary that one of the workers is between the wall and the side of the product. Now the product needs to be taken out of the bathroom. Here it is appropriate to use the bath supports as handrails. By grasping them, you can conveniently transport the cast iron container.

There are some rules to follow at this stage. If you neglect these recommendations, you will not be able to take out the plumbing fixture. You need to move the product into the doorway on the edge and, taking into account the turn, first remove the front legs. Further, gradually turning the container, take it out of the bathroom in such a way as to be able to hold the second pair of brackets.

Now it remains to take the product out of the house. Since the size of the canvas front door, as a rule, not less than 800 mm, with this there will be no special difficulties. What to do with the old tank is up to you. Maybe you will decide to take him to vacation home, where the container can be used at least ten different waysallowing the old plumbing fixture to perform a useful function. In particular, an old cast-iron bathtub can serve as the basis for a decorative pond.

Dismantling a cast iron bath with a hammer

If the decision is made to hand over the cast-iron bath for junk, you can recommend using this in a simple way removing an old product from the bathroom, like destroying the body of a bath with a sledgehammer. It is the most lightweight and rational option dismantling. In order to reduce the likelihood of injury, you must adhere to a certain sequence of actions. The work should be carried out in this order.

First you need to cut the sides of the bath in half with a grinder

First of all, it is necessary to cut off the connection of the bathtub to the sewage system with a grinder and free the sides of the plumbing fixture from the layer of tile mortar and the remnants of the cladding around the entire perimeter. The reservoir should be moved about 10-15 cm away from the wall.

In order to easily split the body of the bathtub into two parts with a sledgehammer, it is necessary to make cuts with a cutting machine on certain areas of the surface. The incisions must be made on the rounded part of the container strictly in the middle of the product on both sides.

The sides of the bath must be cut completely, since in this case they serve as a load-bearing element in the structure. Now, one good blow with a hammer on the bottom of the tank will be enough in order to divide it into two equal parts. In this case, the bath will seem to fold down.

You can use a heavy hammer to break the remains of the bathtub into small fragments so that you can carry them out in bags alone

The fulfillment of these conditions will be enough to facilitate the dismantling of the bath. Two workers can take parts of the old product out of the room, although this can be done alone. To do this, it is advisable to split the parts into small fragments, collect them in strong bags and take the bath to the scrap metal collection site or to a landfill. In order to break parts of the bathroom body, you do not need to make cuts with a grinder. Cast iron is a brittle material, and the rest of the structure can be easily broken into small pieces with a sledgehammer.

Safety precautions when dismantling the bath

During work, traumatic situations may arise. This may be caused by inconsistency in the actions of two people, non-observance of the rules for working with a cutting machine or hammer. Most often, injuries occur in several typical cases. Let's consider them in more detail.

If the bath tubs are tiled, remove the container from the mounts and lower it onto the floor

The likelihood of injury may arise due to uncoordinated actions of workers. It is very important to accurately coordinate each action. In the event that one of the assistants accidentally releases the bath, the second person will not be able to hold the product on his own and will be pushed into a cast-iron container. Most often, during the dismantling process, the hands suffer. The limb can press against the wall or stretch between the body of the product and the frame of the doorway. At this point, you should be especially vigilant, as this is one of the common causes of injury.

Care should be taken when lifting the edge of the tank. The bathtub can slip on the slippery surface of the tile, and one person will not be able to hold it. In order to avoid this, it is necessary to lay a non-slip gasket under the side of the sanitary tank. This could be a rubber mat.

In the event that the edges of the product are firmly embedded in the wall, the dismantling procedure is somewhat complicated, and additional sources injury. It is quite problematic to beat off a layer of old tiles and cement mortar from the sides of the plumbing device so that the product can be freely pulled out. In this case, the task can be facilitated by knocking out the supports of the structure in turn. After that, you need to apply force so that the container falls to the floor. Before detaching the struts of the structure, it is necessary to put a layer of shock-absorbing material under the bath on the floor to compensate for the impact force when the tank falls.

Working with tools such as an electric grinder and hammer inevitably scatters a mass of small pieces of scale, metal shavings or debris that can cause serious injury if they come into contact with the skin or eyes.

Special precautions should be taken when breaking the body of the sanitary ware into small fragments. In this case, the enamel coating of the bath breaks off in large pieces, which, flying off, can cause serious injuries. During the work, it is necessary to protect from damage not only the organs of vision, but also all parts of the body. To do this, you can wear work pants made of dense material and a jacket or a thick shirt with long sleeves. Of course, in such clothes, you can become covered with profuse perspiration, but in any case, this is preferable to injury.

Do not neglect eye and hand protection as this will help to avoid accidental injury

Increased injuries during dismantling activities can be avoided by fulfilling the necessary safety requirements.

Getting rid of the bath

To free the room from the details of the plumbing structure, you will need the help of several strong men. It also requires transportation. Movers and cargo taxis can be quite expensive. Today there are firms that carry out the export of baths. You don't need to do anything yourself, just call the team, and the specialists will quickly and efficiently dismantle. You don't have to pay for this - the company pays for its expenses and makes a profit from the sale of scrap metal. Also, the old bath it can serve for a long time if the damaged layer of enamel coating is restored.

To get rid of an old bathtub, you can contact a company that recycles such plumbing.

Cast iron bathtub, according to the craftsmen who repair work professionally is the most durable accessory. However, there comes a time when it needs to be replaced. Many owners of old bathtubs try to delay this moment as long as possible, covering the product with new layers of enamel for this. Some approach this issue radically. This category prefers to completely remove the old bathtub from the house, rather than install a new one in its place. It can be dismantled with or without saving. Having tried to make this accessory whole, beginners face difficulties and wonder if it is possible to break a cast-iron bath. Or will you have to endure it whole? In this case, you will have to hire a team or call someone for help.

How to break a cast iron bathtub in a bathroom? This question becomes very relevant for those who decided not to use the old accessory anywhere else. Coping with this task will not be difficult. You will find information on how to quickly break a cast iron bath in this article.

About dismantling methods

There are two ways to replace an old bathtub:

• With preservation. The bathtub is neatly disconnected from the rest of the communication in the house and taken out. You can use it later. Judging by the reviews, this method is difficult and time consuming.
• Without saving. In this case, you can either break the cast-iron bath or cut it with an angle grinder. The pieces of the bath are then removed. Due to the fact that the product now weighs much less, one person can cope with this work. According to experienced craftsmen, if it is necessary to dismantle the bath, they mainly resort to this method. The disadvantage of this method is that the procedure is accompanied by a very large noise.

What is the peculiarity of the method?

According to the reviews, we can conclude that the procedure for breaking a bath with a sledgehammer is the most proven method of dismantling in practice. Nevertheless, it requires considerable physical effort. Not everyone can break a bathtub into several parts. The work must be performed by a physically fit person. In addition, the procedure itself should be performed during the day. Otherwise, a scandal with neighbors is inevitable.

Training

Before proceeding with the dismantling, you need to prepare the room in which the work will be carried out. It is desirable that there is nothing superfluous in the bathroom, namely various cabinets and nightstands. In order not to damage the toilet, if the bathroom is combined, it is better to remove it from the room as well. The floor should be covered with a rubber mat. Otherwise, the cast iron product laid on the tiled surface will slide.

Tools

Since the bathtub will first of all need to be disconnected from the pipes, the master needs to acquire the following:

• Adjustable and conventional wrenches.
• Screwdrivers.
• Pliers.
• A hacksaw for metal and a grinder.
• Scrap.
• With a sledgehammer.

In view of the fact that rough physical work will be carried out, the master should worry about the means of protection. Special gloves and goggles must be prepared.

Where do you start?

Before breaking a cast-iron bath, you must first disconnect it from all communications. The first step is to disconnect the overflow. According to experts, cast iron pipes were installed in many old houses. Therefore, after many years, they become very rusty, covered with scale, and the master may have difficulties with dismantling the cast-iron plumbing. The situation is better if the communications are represented by metal-plastic components. In this case, they simply unscrew. It is enough for the master to prepare only the pliers. It is not uncommon for the overflow grate to stick strongly.

Before breaking the cast iron bath, you need to dismantle this element. Many craftsmen clamp it with pliers and scroll it counterclockwise. If it is not possible to dismantle the overflow in this way, it is cut off with a grinder. Judging by the reviews, often fasteners have a heavily rusted thread, which can only be dealt with after it has been cut. First, several cuts are made on the grate, and then the overflow is knocked down with a chisel. Then the crosspiece is knocked out under the grill. As a result, the siphon should hang freely, connected to the rest of the sewer system. To remove it, the master needs to get rid of the coupling. Some newbies are wondering if a cast-iron bath can be smashed with a sledgehammer. According to experts, it is quite possible to do this. It is only necessary to adhere to a clear sequence of actions.

About the weak point of the bath

For anyone who has never done anything like this before and does not know how to break a cast-iron bath with a sledgehammer, experts recommend finding its most vulnerable place in this sanitary ware. Judging by numerous reviews, it is located in the bottom, namely near the drain hole. This is where you should hit with a sledgehammer.

Working process

After finding its most vulnerable point in the product, the following steps have to be performed:

• The first step is to move the bath slightly away from the wall. To complete this task, you will need a chisel and a hammer, with the help of which the plumbing product is removed from the cement mortar around the perimeter. The optimum distance of the bath to the wall is 100 to 150 mm.
• Using an angle grinder equipped with cut-off wheels, several cuts should be made on the bath. The task of the master is to deprive the product of its strength. Places of cutting on the bath should be its curved edges on both sides. They are used as stiffeners. If the work is done correctly, then it will fold from strong blows to the bottom of the cast iron product.
• Break the drain hole. There is no need to turn the tub over at this stage. The master only strikes very hard with a sledgehammer on the drain from the inside of the bath. Judging by the reviews, after these actions, the bath is divided into two separate halves. If this did not happen, then you will have to deal with its sides.
• Turn the tub on its side and cover with old rags. Burlap is also fine. The blows are applied to the outside of the cast iron product. As a result, the previously broken drain hole in the bathroom should turn out to be even more expanded. After a few blows, a long strip forms along the entire bottom of the tub.

Completion

At the very end, the cast-iron bath must be completely turned over. The bottom of the sanitary ware should point up. At this stage, the sides are processed with a sledgehammer. As a result, the bath is divided into several pieces, which will then be convenient to take out. In addition, the tub can be divided into smaller pieces. To do this, you will have to work with a grinder. The flame cutting method is considered to be quite effective.

For those who do not know how to break a cast iron bath, professionals recommend adhering to safety precautions. Most of this work is done by two people. Since a grinder and a sledgehammer are involved in the procedure, you can protect yourself from injury if all actions are coordinated.

Due to the fact that from strong blows of the sledgehammer, particles of chipped cast iron can get into the face, the sanitary ware should first be covered with burlap. This will also protect the bathroom itself. Dismantling speed and safety directly depend on the correct organization of work.

During the renovation of the bathroom, the question often arises of updating the old plumbing.

The first candidate for replacement is always a bathtub, especially if it is a cast-iron model that has been there since Soviet times.

After all, the industry offers the consumer a wide choice of others, more modern materials: acrylic, wood and even. Products made from them are often more practical than Soviet cast iron. But, of course, and.

But the question arises: how to dismantle and remove such a colossus? As they say - "break, do not build." Consider in detail all the nuances of this laborious process.

In total, there are 2 main ways of doing work:

1. dismantling while maintaining integrity:
   • only the body itself (when it is not important to keep the coating)
   • font enamel (when the bath is planned to be used further for its intended purpose, for example, after restoration)
2. destruction.

The first option is simpler from the point of view of carrying out the dismantling itself, but it causes great problems when removing the product. After all, such a font weighs on average about 100 kg.

This method is worth using if you still decide to restore the coating or do something with your own hands from the case itself.

You can breathe new life into an old cast iron bathtub.Craftsmen have come up with many options for its alternative use: flower beds, reservoirs, garden furniture and much more.

Tools

For high-quality work, the following tools will be required:

• puncher;
• chisel;
• chisel;
• a hammer;
• gas wrench;
• bulgarian;
• sledgehammer;
• respirator;
• protective glasses.

The work is very dusty and dirty, so you need to take care of protective equipment.

It is worth, at the very least, to take a respirator and safety glasses.

How to dismantle correctly with your own hands?

Below, we have resulted detailed instructions carrying out work with all the nuances.

Remove the old siphon

The first step is to disconnect the siphon. As a rule, in old houses these siphons are cast-iron, and under the influence of moisture and time, all connections are sintered and corroded, so do without special formulations, corroding rust - is unlikely to work. You can use, for example, WD-40 - in the common people "vadashka". You need to spray the connections and leave them in this state for 1 hour.

Then, using wrench it is necessary to unscrew the nut, thereby disconnecting the siphon.

The diameter of the nut is often very large, so you need a gas wrench for this job.

If the nut does not lend itself in any way and the "age-old layer" of rust is not corroded by any means, it remains to cut off part of the pipe with a grinder. Or not? There is one interesting life hack:

• insert the chisel into the hammer drill chuck (this is such a special nozzle in the shape of a spatula);
• switch it to "impact without drilling" mode;
• press the chisel into the nut end and press the start button.

With a high degree of probability, the nut will give in. Repeat this procedure several times until you can unscrew it with a wrench or hand.

Free the sides

Often in the USSR, tiles were laid from the side of the bathroom, or they even made a corner out of it around the entire perimeter of contact with the wall. In this case, it is easy to pull out the bathtub - it will not work, first you need to beat off the tiles from the sides. For this, the already familiar perforator with a chisel is suitable, in the impact mode without drilling.

Just pass them sequentially along the edges. If there is no puncher, it doesn't matter. A hammer and a chisel can handle this, but the work will take much longer.

If it is embedded in the wall of the room?

It also happens that the font is embedded in the wall, for example, as in the photo. In this case, you will need to remove the legs from the side of this wall. If you can't unscrew them with a key, or they are firmly embedded in the floor, you can cut them off with a grinder.

Then under the freed space put wooden boards or a sheet of plywoodso as not to split the floor. It remains only to push hard on the side of the bath, you may need the help of a second person, and it will fall down, falling onto the boards. If you can't push through, you can try to knock off the part of the wall on which the font rests with a punch.

Should you cut the legs?

Sometimes the legs are deaf and deeply embedded in the floor. In such cases, it remains cut them off with a grinder... Take a metal disc and carefully file the back legs first, then the front legs. This is important because if the order is different, there is a chance that the font will fall on you.

It is better to file the legs at the base (floor). In this case, you will have additional handles for easy transportation. Of course, you should first check if they are firmly attached to the font.

How to take it out of the apartment?

After you have released the bowl, place it in an upright position - firmly grasp the upper legs. Then tilt it slightly to make it easier for your partner to grab the lower ones.

The doorway in the bathroom is usually quite narrow... Therefore, it will not work just like that. You must first put the front legs behind the doorway. Then move the font diagonally and only then wind the hind legs.

How is it tolerated if the legs are completely cut off? In this case, it will be easier to put the bowl on the long side on its side and gradually move it along the floor, directing it diagonally into the doorway. After you have taken it out of the bathroom, you can grab the front end for one person, the rear end for the second (as if you are carrying a stretcher), so it will be easier to pull it out. Then it is already a matter of technology to take out. What if there is no partner?

Can you chop or smash with a sledgehammer at home?

If you work alone and there is no one to help you clean the whole building, rational decision will carry out the take-out in parts. To do this, you need to break the font. How best to do this?

The fastest, but noisy and dirtiest solution would be to work with a sledgehammer:

• cover the tub with a damp sheet or other large piece of cloth. This will help prevent dust and debris from scattering.
• Then hit hard with the sledgehammer in side part baths.
• If the cast iron does not crack, you can use some kind of wedge, for example, scrap. And hit it already. The font will surely split.
• You can cut cast iron into pieces of almost any size.

The main disadvantage of this method is that it will take a long time to remove the space from small fragments and dust. And the noise, of course, will be very strong, because the shape of the bath vaguely resembles a bell.

Really break down without noise?

Many people often ask this question, because not all neighbors treat repairs with understanding. Of course, you won't be able to get rid of the sound, but you can make the work a little less loud:

• make several notches on the body with a grinder;
• insert a piece of scraped scrap into them;
• hit the scrap with a sledgehammer.

The tub should crack.

Is it better to cut with a grinder and break?

There is another way to divide the font. It was cut with a grinder. Here, of course, you will have to suffer a little longer than with a sledgehammer. But on the other hand, there will be several times less dust and debris:

During work, pieces of enamel and scale will scatter to the sides, be sure to wear safety glasses and a respirator.

• install a disc for metal on the angle grinder (grinder) (it is better to use 230 mm models, with them the process will go much faster);
• start cutting in the middle, moving sequentially from the sides of the bath to the bottom;
• when it comes to an end, you are already going to go to the bottom and close 2 cutting lines from the front and rear boards - ALWAYS, put wooden blocks under the van, otherwise the halves will come together and bite the disc.
• When the cut is closed, the work can be considered completed. If the halves do not open, it is worth slightly pressing on the bottom and it will break immediately.

The disc must be allowed to cool down during operation, so pause every 1-2 minutes.

The procedure can be carried out until the size of the parts suits you. What else can you saw and how to cut? It is difficult to find an alternative to the grinder, you can of course make cuts along the sides and using a hacksaw for metal, but you will not be able to cut further.

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It can be scrapped and a lot of money can be made. Some firms even offer free dismantling and removal services, this will save you a lot of time and effort. Read more about.

Second Life

With a little imagination and "straight hands", you can make really amazing things from cast-iron fonts. Furniture, ponds and even barbecues. More useful inventions from a cast iron bath in our article.

Useful video

We have prepared an interesting video about dismantling for you:

Conclusion

As you managed to understand from the article, dismantling cast iron bowl - difficult and troublesome procedure. But we have put everything on the shelves, so you can cope with this difficult task without any problems. Be sure to pay attention to the fact that by handing over the font for scrap, you can not only get rid of unnecessary problems with takeaway, but also get extra money.