Brass Clawfoot Bathtubs discount codes
The feet are made separately, so they can be a different metal to the tub. The plumbing shows, so it has to be finished as carefully as the tap.
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Can the feet be changed later?
Usually yes. They are cast and finished on their own and then fitted, which is why brass feet under a copper tub is a common combination, and why a tub you like on feet you do not is worth buying anyway.
How much space does it need around it?
Enough to get a hand and a cloth past the feet, and enough air on all sides that it reads as freestanding. Pushed tight against a wall it loses the reason you bought it.
What about the pipes?
They come up through the floor in plain sight, so they have to be finished to the same standard as everything else. Chrome flexible hose under a hand raised tub undoes the whole thing.
The feet are a separate decision
On most clawfoot tubs the feet are cast and finished on their own, then fitted, which means they can be a different metal and a different finish from the tub. Brass feet under a copper tub is a common and good looking combination. It also means the feet can be swapped later, which is worth knowing if you inherit a tub you like on feet you do not.
Plumbing that has nowhere to hide
A freestanding tub shows its pipes. The supply and the waste come up through the floor in full view, so they have to be finished to the same standard as the tap. Budget for that, because chrome flexible hoses under a hand raised copper bath undo the whole thing.
The tap goes either on the rim, on the wall, or on its own floor standing column. Each needs the plumbing set in a different place, and the floor standing kind needs the position marked before the floor goes down.
Space around it
A clawfoot needs air on all sides to look right, and needs it in practice too, because you have to clean under it. Allow enough room to get a hand and a cloth past the feet. In a narrow bathroom, a tub tight against a wall loses the reason you bought it.
The finish underneath
Nobody photographs the underside, and it is where condensation sits. Ask whether the underside is finished or bare, and if you live somewhere humid, expect the patina to arrive there first.