I can use the advice of the fine folks around here. I am now planning the bathroom remodel now that the kitchen is almost done.
I am struggling with what I should do about the tub. It is a beautiful, massive, deep cast iron tub... in a hideous shade of mustard yellow. The simplest route to go is to refinish the tub. I have read mixed comments about refinishing. A good tub refinishing is supposed to last 10-20 years. I don't want to go through all of the effort of redoing the tile walls and then deal with a peeling and chipping tub. To remove the tub will require me to rip out a thick mud job attached to a metal lath.... and who knows what I will find beneath that. At this point I will probably hire a professional demolition crew to gut the bathroom. This will probably double the cost of the project.
Thoughts?