Moving Bathtubs

[LLKH]

DH has admitted he's bitten off more than he can chew. We bought a cast-iron bath which weighs nearly twice as much as him, and his certainty that he could lift it up the stairs didn't survive the first step. To be fair, the assistant in the shop had said that it weighed no more than I do and as DH is perfectly capable of carrying me up the stairs . . .

Does anyone know how, in London, we go about hiring professional bath-lifters to get one ludicrously heavy lump of iron up a narrow flight of stairs?

i got a ridiculously heavy bath on freecycle. in the end dh roped in my brother, my best friend and the neighbour who happened to be passing and inquired what he was up to! can't you just round up some pals?

You could talk to almost any moving company and hire a crew from them. But, TBH, I would round up some friends, ropes, and blankets, and pay them in beer and cake (or whatever else they like). That's what I did the first time I had to move a piano.

The bath may well weigh no more than you do, but the shape is much harder to pick up.

i would sue the shop for defamation.....

We had roped in DH's dad, but as for other friends and family, well, they're scattered all over the globe - and our neighbours are all retired. Removal men sound like a good suggestion.

As to bath weight, if I did weigh that much, I'd never fit into it!

Success! The bath is upstairs!