How do you remove a bath tub?

I cannot remember if this was posted by me before (been awhile since I stopped by) but how on earth does a DIYer remove a tub? It is not cast iron but does not seem as flimsy as the tubs today, prolly about 18 years old builder's grade

We started taking down the tiles by cutting an entire sheet of drywall off and that is working out okay. They appear to have put up a sheet of drywall on top another. Beats me why they did that. Below the first sheet of drywall is another sheet. No mold yet so that's a blessing.

If it is a steel tub, you'll have to remove the walls at least 24" up, exposing the bare studs and the nailing flange of the tub in order to pull the tub out.

Disconnect the tub overflow plate along with the drain shoe, sometimes it makes the removal easier when you cut off the tub spout water line coming out of the valve.

We had the plumber come out and shut everything off and he took out the drain flange? Not sure if that's what it is called. Who installs the tub, tile guy or plumber? We're doing the demo to save money.

The plumber most times since it involves the hooking back up of the drain assembly.


But, there are tile guys that would rather do the drain work on custom shower units where the floor is tile as well.

This is a tub so no tile work needed there. Do we need to have the plumber work on the drain before putting the tub in?