5. SITE PREPARATION

A￿ OLD BATH REMOVAL

Disconnect the drain at the trap. Remove the old wall material. S￿￿￿ b￿a￿d￿ ￿￿d￿￿ ￿￿￿ ￿￿d ba￿￿ ￿￿￿￿ ￿￿

￿￿￿￿￿c￿ ￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿,and slide the old bath out of the recess as illustrated.

￿￿￿ ￿￿￿h

￿￿￿￿￿

 

 

￿￿￿￿e￿￿￿￿n

 

￿￿￿￿￿￿

B￿ SUBFLOOR PREPARATION

Make sure the flooring offers adequate support for your whirlpool, and verify that the subfloor is flat and level.

C￿

STUD

POCKET PREPARATION

 

 

 

Construct a recess designed for your particular

 

 

 

 

installation. Framing is of

2x4 construction. Make sure

69º (175.3cm)

 

you allow for access to the pump in the event the unit

 

 

requires service. When constructing the

framing,

allow

 

 

for

the thickness of sub

and finished

wall materials.

 

 

If an apron wall without

a ledge is desired, the finished

 

 

apron wall surface must be 1/16" (2mm) under

the

bath

 

 

rim.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

40º

The

whirlpool

can be installed in a corner. Recess

or

19º R.

(101.6cm)

sunken installations are also possible. Steps 1.

through 3.

 

below illustrate suggested stud construction.

 

 

 

 

Modifications may be needed for other types of

 

Vintage Cutout

 

construction.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTIC￿: D￿ ￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿a￿￿ ￿￿￿ ￿￿￿d ￿￿￿ ￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿d

￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿a￿￿a￿￿￿￿￿.

1.C￿￿￿￿￿ I￿￿￿a￿￿a￿￿￿￿: The suggested stud construction is illustrated.

Kohler Co., Kohler WI U.S.A.

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