How does one go about ripping out an enamel bathtub?I want the neatest and quickest way.Sledgehammer?

I assume you mean a cast iron tub.Yes,once it all disconnected a sledge is the quickest and most efficient solution short of inviting the varsity football team over to your place to help you carry it out.

Wear some eye protection.

A sledgehammer is absolutely NOT the best way!

It will cause hundreds of shards of enamel (which are sharper than glass) to fly in all directions. It will leave jagged edges on the cast iron, which have a way of cutting you without you noticing until you see the blood. It will most likely damage the framing surrounding the tub.

Plumbers remove a tub by cutting it in have width-wise with a reciprocating saw and a bi-metal blade.

I answered this question about a month ago. The person who asked the question said;

"Yay, a reciprocating saw, and a few moments, and the tub has been removed!!"

GOOD LUCK :)

P.S. A little clarification - Porcelain is a vitreous china like plates, pottery,toilets. Porcelain tubs haven't been made in well over one hundred years. Tubs are either enameled cast iron, enameled steel, fiberglass, or acrylic. To the answerer below, it generally takes one blade for a steel tub, and 2 or 3 for a cast tub.

If it is cast iron, yes the sledge is the best way, as you do not want to try to lift it. Break into small pieces and remove. By sure to use goggles and gloves, pieces are sharp!

If enamel over steel, they are light enough to lift and remove whole. a sledge will not break it. Tap with a hammer to tell the difference. Steel will sound tinny, cast will feel solid as a rock. For a steel one, I usually cut in half with a sawzall, then remove. But you can just lift it out using a big crow bar to pry it up.

Don't even think NEATNEST, that isn't going to happen.

If it's grouted on three sides and floor, remove all grout and use one of those long heavy things with hook-type things on one end (OK everyone, you can stop laughing now, can't remember name of tool) and start moving it away from the three walls. With any luck you can at least get that far.

Don't know if it will fit through the door even if door is taken off. If it doesn't, then the sledgehammer comes into play.

Hay! Just remembered ... crawbar.

Most plumbers I know just disconnect every thing and carry it out with help. Cutting it in half is a good idea but how many blades do you need if its really porcelain. Sledge hammer bad idea.