You’ve got to be kidding. You must have plenty of extra cash to suggest such a thing. Besides, a clawfoot tub is an attraction for some guests.
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I have an original clawfoot tub in my 1923 home. I had it resurfaced a few years ago.
I do not allow the use of it as a ‘tub’ except on special request (it is a shared bathroom) but my guests always remark how cool and quaint it is.
I installed a handicap railing next to it as it is very tall. I would have loved to install a walk in shower in its place but the cost is prohibitive. It does, however, keep folks who have mobility issues or are large from booking, which actually is a good thing since there is nothing worse than a guest being uncomfortable.
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Oh no, it’s the first thing I removed from the last rental I bought.
It’s costs me some money to get it out (needed a crane) but in the long run it saved me a lot on water, energy and cleaning cost.
It’s a luxury rental, fully booked all summer and winter, nobody is missing that thing.
I renovate my rentals with the luxurious image but with focus on efficiency. If I have 60+ guest moving in and out on an average winter Saturday, there is no time to waste on scrubbing a tub.
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But when you advise other hosts to remove something like a clawfoot tub, as if it’s a no-brainer, you seem to assume that other hosts have luxury rentals that rake in lots of money. Many hosts here are homeshare hosts, and/or only have one modest listing, not a bunch of rental houses and 60+ guests moving in and out on an average Saturday.
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Thanks. I bought one in my list of things to try. First, I let tub soak with bleach for 3 days and it ever so slightly lessened that rotten orange spot, lol… Yes I am always shocked how magic erasers work so well. My only hesitation is - when you soak in a tub your body is soaking up chemicals and not sure how great magic erasers are for your body. But it maybe one of few things to work… Perhaps after repeated rinsing the chemicals can wash away and keep the spot covered. yes clawfoots are certainly tricky to maintain. I’m having to try to figure out how to solidify the ring for the shower curtain as its very rickety… and need to add some extra bolts to secure it… (which will require cutting of bolts etc) for the small space. The plumber charged a fortune and did a hack job and I’m thinking one person grabs the curtain too hard and the whole thing will come down. I’m also going to add a grab bar on the wall to help them get into the deep tub.
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Yes good points… I aim to add a railing since it is a small space and deep tub and someone remarked they almost slipped- so def adding a rail- I believe I have to add a piece of wood to attach to the studs and then add rail on top of the wood to secure it in this small space. Changing it out would be a fairly big expense - I don’t need at this moment for a summer rental.
Yes I think it might be an attraction for some.
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Magic erasers do not clean because they are impregnated with poisonous chemicals- they are not. It is the material that they are made of- melamine foam, that is what accomplishes the cleaning.
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What!? You don’t understand us!!? Amazing!!
However, i do intersperse my speech with a LOT of slang, plus lots of words get abbreviated.
On top of that we squish and run the words together while speaking really fast!! Easy to understand if only you actually knew what we were enunciating.
It must be the flies that make us keep
our mouths fairly closed while speaking!!!
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Ive got a claw foot tub too. It sits in my garden, full of water
…… and plants.
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Magic erasers are like super-fine sandpaper. They may change the sheen if used on paint. BarKeepers friend works the same, but has oxalic acid, too, which is why it can be more effective on some stains if you let it sit, like @muddy said.
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Biro was a Hungarian who invented the first usable ball point pen. The others were very messy! About 1950 ish!!
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It’s perfectly easy to manage the cleaning of tubs, if the host is organised.
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Hi Muddy, not exactly clear what you meant. Are you saying the magic eraser should be safe to use- that the chemical melamine foam isn’t a poisonous chemical and should be all right to use?
You gotta clean a tub either way… its’ pretty easy truth be told…
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After my hip replacement I got this for my tub to steady me getting in/out: FSA/HSA Eligible, Vaunn Adjustable Bathtub Safety Rail Shower Grab Bar Handle, Stainless Steel, White. $40 from Amazon. Might something like that work for you?
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Well, I wouldn’t say melamine foam is some benign natural product, that would be okay to ingest, but it’s pretty inert as far as leaving a chemical substance on the tub that would be dangerous to bathe in, if you didn’t thoroughly rinse the area where you used it.
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thanks I’ll look into it- as the one I got seems a bit flimsy…
We have a beautiful clawfoot that we installed in our own Mexican style bathroom, I love it and use it often. Nothing has ever stained it. It’s not hard to clean except underneath… but of course my in home standards are much more relaxed than our Airbnbn… so I can see ones point about cleaning time. It was a designer custom tub we got from a contractor who kept it for years thinking he would install it in a remodel of his own.
It had a custom inside and outside finish, when we got it there were some small parts of that inside finish that were scratched off / missing, and now there are a few more. Someday maybe we can hire someone to do a new inside finish, but the areas are not that objectionable even now. Everyone thinks our bathroom is incredible. We also have a walk-in shower.
We have a jacuzzi in the str and it is easy to clean as it has a tiled deck. Some folks install an old clawfoot onto a deck for easy cleaning and if the legs and outside finish are bad.
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It occurs to me that if the base that a clawfoot tub sits on was elevated under the feet, like 4 short columns, the issue of it being hard to clean under would be moot. That’s what I would do if I was going to install one.
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