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[i] unless you want the burn the house down. [/i]

if you used sodium you could fill the bath with water and have an auto extinguishing fire?


 
Posted : 05/02/2014 9:30 am
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Well crack on! 😉


 
Posted : 05/02/2014 9:31 am
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Neighbours notified. HERE GOES.

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Posted : 06/02/2014 7:47 pm
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A pick axe wouldn't be my first choice. 😯

Is it too late to suggest a sledge hammer?


 
Posted : 06/02/2014 7:48 pm
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A pick axe ?!

Did you not read any of the advice given by people who've done it before.


 
Posted : 06/02/2014 7:49 pm
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Liquid nitrogen


 
Posted : 06/02/2014 7:54 pm
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Somebody up there ^^^ pointed out a pick was better.


 
Posted : 06/02/2014 7:56 pm
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One person.

The bulk of advice (and experience) says lump/sledge hammers are the way forward.

And oddly enough, they are 😉


 
Posted : 06/02/2014 8:06 pm
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Did you think that through before typing?
*innocent face*
Yeah, cos it's stupid. Sound carries through water even faster than air. Duh.

I was more thinking of the effect achieved when a bath full of water, and still in the bathroom of a house, is smashed with a hammer. Where would the water go? 😀


 
Posted : 06/02/2014 8:14 pm
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Where would the water go?

Well, obviously, down the plug hole, like usual! Where does it go in *your* house? Or do you siphon it out?

Duh!


 
Posted : 06/02/2014 8:15 pm
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My friend once asked to borrow my lump hammer
Why I asked
To smash my cast iron bath up on the forth floor .
so I says if we get it down can we have it
he says yes but no damage to the stairwell on the way down .
the bath in question is a clawfoot and a rather nice wedgewood paint job .
so three of us get it down his stairs and into the back yard
then off to get the van .
we were gone 10 mins and some bastid nicked it while we were away 👿 👿


 
Posted : 06/02/2014 8:16 pm
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Pick axe worked for me.

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Posted : 06/02/2014 8:28 pm
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Blimey! What a small pile of bits. There isn't much to these baths, is there?

Having done three bathrooms may I suggest that rather than try to make that wall good you simply batten it, stick up some sheets of Kingspan and re-board? The insulation will make your bathroom much much warmer.


 
Posted : 06/02/2014 8:34 pm
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woah! you just killed a very rare cloisterman avocado rolled lip enamel bath! I sold one which needed extensive re-enamiling and I still netted £1700!!


 
Posted : 06/02/2014 8:37 pm
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Did it deflate like a balloon once you put the pointy thing in it?

I SAID "DID IT DEFLATE LIKE A BALLOON ONCE YOU PUT THE POINTY THING IN IT?"

Ears still ringing much?


 
Posted : 06/02/2014 8:38 pm
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Bear, this house you've purchased, is it a squat per chance 😉


 
Posted : 06/02/2014 8:43 pm
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Having done three bathrooms may I suggest that rather than try to make that wall good you simply batten it, stick up some sheets of Kingspan and re-board? The insulation will make your bathroom much much warmer.

Thanks; that sounds promising, but I'm on my todd without much budget, so albeit short sighted, I think I'm better off just getting it skimmed?

this house you've purchased, is it a squat per chance

Not that bad, but still bad!


 
Posted : 06/02/2014 9:29 pm
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Where would the water go?

Well, obviously, down the plug hole, like usual! Where does it go in *your* house? Or do you siphon it out?

Duh!

Not if you smash it whilst it's full, Der! 🙄


 
Posted : 06/02/2014 9:34 pm
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Pick axe worked for me.

A steel fence post would have "worked"

But using the [b]right[/b] tool makes any job easier 😉


 
Posted : 07/02/2014 12:17 am
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A steel fence post would have "worked"....

pick axe is definitely the way to go. you only have to hit it once instead of trying ridiculous ways of deadening the sound as you pound away at them with a lump hammer. once they have a serious crack it's child's play


 
Posted : 07/02/2014 1:49 am
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