Installing steel tub

When installing steel tubs do you guys use liquid nails in between the ledger and tub? I was instructed to put some liquid nails on the 2x4 ledger, set the tub and then screw the tub to the studs with fender washers and stainless screws. Those the use of liquid nails sound redundant to you guys, especially when its on a high rice building?

i have never used liquid nails on a ledger of the tub, but then again, what harm could it do? The worst that can happen, nothing

liquid-nails to hold a steel tub to its ledger board? Completely useless and it will make replacing the tub in the future a real pain.

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In the first place, I would try to discourage you from even using a steel tub. They are the very last type of tub I would even install, and I would NEVER furnish it. The customer would have to supply the tub so they he/she had any and all guarantee issues with it. All you need is something to hold the flange against the wall. The ledger board only supports the back of the tub, so you do not have to put anything on it. I would use screws and fender washers because the process of driving nails could be a cause of the finish chipping.

Steel tubs are still widely used. It is a baked porcelain finish, so is more durable than any acrylic tub. True that they can be susceptible to rust, and can be chipped. But I would say the life expectancy is typically 20 years. My condo was built in '85, and the original steel tub is still serviceable. The finish is still in good shape, and with care and maybe some luck, we have no chips and no rust cancer around the drain or overflow. The bathroom could stand a remodel, but it will probably wait 5 more years!

Some last 20 years and others only 5 before they require touch up. It depends on whether someone drops an object into the tub, because once the metal is exposed corrosion starts.