Hopefully a simple question due mostly to my ignornace of the "how to" part..... but here goes:
I am in middle of a complete gut master bath remodel and next week should see a ton of activity. I have been hampered by the size/layout of my room, having only 143 or so inches to squeeze in a tub, shower and toilet. I settled on a 60 inch tub (I am the bath taker and have long legs but found a tub with sufficient legroom in a 60 inch chassis).
Tub deck was built late last week and we were able to maintain 34 inches for the toilet bay (after tile is installed) and have about 42 to 43 inches interior tub space (width), which is ahuge improvement from the builder installed peripherals.
However, to do this, they constructed a deck with a 2 x 6 on the leading edge and 2x3's rest of way around. The tub will be an under-mount installation with granite on top. I am assuming granite installer will do granite in 4 pieces but have not yet verified. After seeing the deck I am having trouble seeing how the granite is going to work. I truly do not have the room to do 2x6's all the way around for the top but could have fit another one in opposite the one in place now. My gut feel says the deck as done now isn't going to work well as I am assuming the granite weight should NOT be on the tub itself but rather just the deck.
This is where my ignorance is coming in and would welcome some expert comments. The tub top edge is approximately 3 inches wide . Thx in advance.
I am in middle of a complete gut master bath remodel and next week should see a ton of activity. I have been hampered by the size/layout of my room, having only 143 or so inches to squeeze in a tub, shower and toilet. I settled on a 60 inch tub (I am the bath taker and have long legs but found a tub with sufficient legroom in a 60 inch chassis).
Tub deck was built late last week and we were able to maintain 34 inches for the toilet bay (after tile is installed) and have about 42 to 43 inches interior tub space (width), which is ahuge improvement from the builder installed peripherals.
However, to do this, they constructed a deck with a 2 x 6 on the leading edge and 2x3's rest of way around. The tub will be an under-mount installation with granite on top. I am assuming granite installer will do granite in 4 pieces but have not yet verified. After seeing the deck I am having trouble seeing how the granite is going to work. I truly do not have the room to do 2x6's all the way around for the top but could have fit another one in opposite the one in place now. My gut feel says the deck as done now isn't going to work well as I am assuming the granite weight should NOT be on the tub itself but rather just the deck.
This is where my ignorance is coming in and would welcome some expert comments. The tub top edge is approximately 3 inches wide . Thx in advance.