Steel or "plastic" bath?

George_Bray

If you pack loft type insulation into the entire space beneath a steel or plastic bath (all hidden by the front panel), then I suggest the heat loss will be minimal. That's probably why my steel bath loses heat far slower than the old (builder fitted) plastic bath, which (of course) had no such insulation. So heat loss then becomes an irrelevance in the decision between a steel and plastic bath.

Regards
George

littlereddevil

i always prefer a steel bath as plastic moves too much and can cause water to eventually get over and out.

Tahiti

Arrghhh! You're making my decision harder . Luckily it's not an urgent thing to do!!

teedee123

my bath doesn`t "move" I am 14 stone and its plastic.

calmgirl

littlereddevil wrote:

i always prefer a steel bath as plastic moves too much and can cause water to eventually get over and out.

(CG'S) Husband here again


What are you doing to make this bath overflow
:rolleyes: (no dont answer that) :rolleyes:
We have a plalstic bath I am 15 stone and it only my fat butt that makes the water overflow.

mattt44

Not boasting either, we've got both as well.

Neither was fitted by me.

The plastic one, seems to be a cheapy, flexed all over the place when we moved in, it only had the two supports that came with it, under it. I had to add extra supports made of wood to stop a gap appearing around the sealant, it still not ideal and I don't like it. Thats the main thing to look for, the flexability.
When you seal the bath, fill it three quarters full of water, thats roughly half way between a full wieght with you in it and empty, if it does flex, the sealant will be halfway between the two extremes. Hope that makes sence?

We also have a free standing victorian copy, steel bath, nice and big, very heavy, doesn't get colder so we've noticed, but I suppose it must do. Its solid, I'm not worried about breaking it or anything like that. I prefer it. But its on our ground floor, would'nt fancy having it on the first floor, likely to find it in our kitchen one time...... its heavy.

Sorry, I meant our stand alone bath is a cast iron one, sorry for the confusion