Reinforced baths - better?

silversixpence

Hi, just wanted some advice - I'm buying a bath (1700 by 700) and am quite restricted with my budget - I plan to buy a Trojan Cascade 5mm acrylic bath but have seen that they also have a Trojancast version - supposedly has the properties of steel and much stronger. Does it really make a lot of difference? The bath will be used for showering as well so want it to be decent quality. I'm assuming it should be equivalent or better to B&Q etc but haven't seen the bath in real life.

Canucklehead

Good evening: If you're concerned about durability and cost, you can get a 1700 x 700 steel bath for less than £100 from plumbers' merchants, Bathstore etc...unless you have a preference for acrylic;) We had a discussion about steel vs. acrylic baths last summer

HTH

Canucklehead

phill99

Steel baths are better as they don't move which is important to avoid water seeping down the sides, which is a problem with acrypic baths when they are not masticed properly. You don't get the flex on steel. TH only down side is that if you drop something heavy on a steel bath it is likely to chip the enamel, but this won't occur on an acrylic bath.

TimBuckTeeth

phill99 wrote: »

TH only down side is that if you drop something heavy on a steel bath it is likely to chip the enamel, but this won't occur on an acrylic bath.

It will go straight through instead