What is best bathtub material
Bathroom Tub Selection Options...(Steel, Cast Iron, Fiberglass, Acrylic)
okay let's talk about this tub unit for
a minute here this is a cast-iron
porcelain coated tub cast-iron meaning
it was cast it's cast iron it's a cast
product which makes it extremely heavy
this tub weighs 338 pounds my dirty
pants all right this is the heaviest tub
you could possibly bring into the house
the homeowner picked this out we picked
it up for me if I had a choice I would
have went with a steel tub with
porcelain coating which weighs about a
hundred pounds that's about 230 pounds
lighter than this one it looks exactly
the same it feels exactly the same to
the touch you wouldn't know the
difference if I wouldn't tell how would
he tell you so you know when you go and
order your tub you can go either way
steel with porcelain coating or you can
go true cast-iron old-school porcelain
which I don't recommend these are kind
of dinosaurs and they're they're being
phased out because they're so heavy we
had to bring this tub up just so you
know we don't want an appliance dolly we
had to bring this 330 pounds hung up
this turning set of stairs just took
three men I mean it was very dangerous
very dangerous so you can also use if if
you'd like to you can also order a
fiberglass tub unit which will replace
the steel porcelain and the cats are
important the fiberglass tub although I
do think that the porcelain coated tough
steel or cast iron is a much nicer tub
it's when it's in especially if you're
tiling the proof the three walls around
it yeah and it's a lifetime tub it's
never gonna
the plastic ones they come in your house
I think they get good for 15 years or so
you know you end up because they dole
out they smell like spider crying you're
talking about the fiberglass the acrylic
tubs yeah yeah this is a this is a
forever tub or a fiber glass and acrylic
tops or not so just a little bit of
trivia there on your on your tub
selection and what I think you should
get I mean if it was up to me if I have
my choices steel tub with Porsche much
lighter get the same effect as the
cast-iron tub but with a lot less
backache
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