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Putting a bathroom upstairs - joists for bath

oxfordmark · 2013-08-28 20:53:57

Hey We are moving a bathroom upstairs. The bath will run the same way our joists run. I know back in the day you probably needed to reinforce joists for cast iron, but how about for modern steel baths - Do they need to be reinforced?

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googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite

1 September 2013 at 2:52AM

martinsurrey wrote: »

its not the weight of the bath thats the problem, its the 150L of water + a person = 200+ kg when its full.

200kg is around 30 stones, which equates to two reasonably heavy people. Are you worried that two people standing upstairs in your home will fall through the floor? If not, there's no reason to worry about a bath .....

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