bathroom renovations - australia?

Question

we're in a brick and tile home and we've just removed the bathtub from our tiled bathroom.  

the bath was tiled in and when pulled out, we discovered it was laying on sand and not the concrete slab as assumed.  when we dug through the sand to find the slab, we just kept digging.  the homes concrete slab doesn't look like it goes underneath the bath???  is this normal?  or is the bathtub supposed to lay on top of the slab?

handy man · Accepted Answer

Looks like someone saw the tub sitting there and decided to build a house around it! Just kidding, it is not normal to put the tub in the sand it should have been placed on the slab. With fiberglass tubs many contractors will put mortar on the slab and then place the tub in on the wet mortar, this will support the floor of the tub once the mortar is dry. This will prevent cracking in the tub if people jump around in it or if a person is very heavy.

Turnhog · Answer

I don't live in Australia but here in the US the tub is installed on top of a concrete floor or the subfloor on a pier and beam structure.  I've been in construction for over 30 years and I have never heard of your circumstances.

Anonymous · Answer

I'm from Aus, too, but you write too much :P

bathroom renovations - australia?

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