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A guide on how to build a bathtub skirt

Last updated: July 24, 2018

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A guide on how to build a bathtub skirt

How do you build a bathtub skirt? I assume that after reading these best bathtub reviews of mine, you’ve chosen yourself a very good tub already. So, here is a guide on how to build one:

You can start by sketching out your plans for a bathtub skirt depending on what you need. It is important that you know the optimal width, height, and depth that would work perfectly well for you. By carefully measuring the thickness of materials, you will have an easy time planning on how to use completed skirt by sketching it in all dimensions.

It is important to account for the right height of your skirt including the exact distance from the tub’s lip to its bottom flange. You will be able to get the right height when you do it in a perfect way. You must know the level of thickness depending on what would work perfectly well for you.

You must also calculate the length and width of the skirt before tailoring them to your preferences. For instance, you can always design sizes that use uncut tiles ranges in 4, 6, 8, 10 or 12 inches or even multiples. You will get a good size that fits you well.

By cutting 2-by-4s when creating a sole plate for your frame, you should outline the length as well as the width of your design before screwing them to sub-floor. You will always have a perfect option that would work for you depending on a design that would work perfectly well for you. If you do not know how to do it, you can always get help from the experts who knows how to do it.

You can lay marine-grade plywood right on top of a plate before screwing it in place. You can also create spacer blocks right out of scrap wood similar to your planned coverings the thickness, like cement mortar and backer board.

Finally, you can screw cement backer board right on the frame sides and to the top of plywood if you want to finish your skirt with tile.

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