Bath - Steel?

RomfordNavy

Old fibreglass bath has cracked so need to replace it.  I notice that there are now Steel baths available, are these any good, would a steel one be stronger than firbeglass?

It is going to be a tight fit as it looks like the existing one is probably 700 x 1700 but very tight fit and almost recessed into the wall at one end.  Any suggestions on a good supplier or are they all much the same.

nofoollikeold

1. Generally better made, certainly than the cheaper plastic ones.
2. I personally like Kaldewei or Bette.  
3. They do lose heat faster than plastic.

Another_Level

As above, Have fitted many Kaldewei steel baths, they have been around for years . 

RomfordNavy

Thanks for the suggestions.  I'm surprised that they loose heat faster, I would have thought that once they were warm they would have stayed warm, but then perhaps I am thinking about the old Cast Iron ones I guess the Steel ones are much lighter.

ryan7

Steel baths look nicer when cleaned imo however I once dropped a shampoo bottle and it left a small dark chip on the tub which sort of put me off them. 

Rosa_Damascena

^^^^ this

I'd go with a good quality acrylic.

Slinky

I've wondered in the past if it's worth putting loft insulation in around the bath, but never have.

We had a Kaldewei bath when we did a refurb in our last house and plan to have another.

tacpot12

I've been very pleased with the acrylic bath we bought from Carron. It is a 'Carronite' spec so is better made than most. 

Bossyboots

A relative dropped a bottle of shampoo into an acrylic bath and split it. They advised we replaced ours with steel (which was what we had at the time).  I have dropped oodles of stuff on the new one and it has been fine. I did take a chip out of the enamel on our old steel bath by dropping the shower head on it though.

DRP

Steel. Especially if you plan to use it as a shower too. 

koalakoala

Steel. Much less movement