Installing A Cast Iron Alcove Tub

I m about to install kohler bellwether 60x30 cast iron tub in my small bath 5x8.

Installing a cast iron alcove tub. If you re installing a cast iron tub then you don t have to worry about leveling the floor because you ll be pouring a bed of mortar to set the tub in. I read your instructions how to place it but i m kind of confused about how high to set rear ledger board. Connect a combined bathtub shower valve to the cold and hot water supply lines in the wet wall of the alcove sweating the valve to copper pipes or applying cpvc glue and primer to the junction. However you will want to screw some 2 4 s to the wall to support the rim of the tub if you re using a bed of mortar.

Measure and mark the location for the top of the ledger usually about 1 inch below the first mark. By the way my. Push the tub into the enclosure and mark the top of the flange on the wall studs with a pencil. Do i have to go by what instructions drawings say looks like there is 14 from the bottom of apron to the bottom of tub flange.