Need advice on how to remove a large piece of bathroom furniture

yllw.ldbttr

I recently bought a house which contains a steam room/ bath/ shower unit still in the factory plastic. I do not want the unit in the house so I need to remove it asap.
Problem is that the house does not yet have a stairs, and the joinery guys fitting the stairs advised I get it out before the stairs is installed as it would be likely to damage the stairs while trying to bring it down.
It is currently upstairs and in total weighs approx 400 kilos (3 pieces together).
The white cover is manageable, the glass piece is manageable, but the bath itself with the motors attached is extremely heavy, over 200 kilos I'd guess.
The area for lowering it down is also very tight, it would fit at most two people, so it's pretty dangerous from that perspective.
Does anyone have any idea how I could get this out of the property?
There are double doors at the front in the hallway so that is fine but there are two steps outside, so again, getting lifting equipment in would be a challenge.
I have an offer of 800 for the unit, so I'm hoping the cost of getting it out would be a lot less than that. Pics attached.
Manufacturer spec: http://www.sswwbathroom.com/Detail.aspx?id=120
Would really appreciate your advice.

kellymick39

A few strong men,2 long cargo straps and roll of heavy duty bubble wrap,problem sorted and job done.

Alun

I'd be more worried about how to get the dead polar bear out

yllw.ldbttr

The polar bear has been rehomed in time for Christmas thankfully. (along with a second bear and a reindeer)

I think it's too heavy to just drop down, even with a few strong men. I reckon it needs some time of lifting equipment. Can anyone recommend something and advise a rough price?

kellymick39

yllw.ldbttr wrote: »

The polar bear has been rehomed in time for Christmas thankfully. (along with a second bear and a reindeer)

I think it's too heavy to just drop down, even with a few strong men. I reckon it needs some time of lifting equipment. Can anyone recommend something and advise a rough price?

You could remove the motors form the bathe to reduce the weight and then use some men and 2 cargo straps to gently lower it down.Or you could remove the velux window pane and then use a jcb loader and its long reach boom to lift the bath on its end out through the window.Both will be gently and slow operations but ou will get the bath out with no damage.

kellymick39

You could also go to a hire shop like hss and rent out a portable rsj beam lifter.Its basicly a large telescopic arm that you foot pump to extend it up into the air.Builders use them to lift up rsj beams up into place when doing house rennovation work.Id say 80-100 euro for a days hire would cover the cost of hiring it.It gets wheeled in through a standard door frame and then its wheels extend outwards to give a wide footprint,and then all you do is use your foot to pump it slowly upwards.It also has extendable arms on it to take large sized objects and hoist them upwards of lower them downwards.
One of these,a pallet,some ratchet straps and some bubble wrap and you would do the job in no time at all,