Looking for 2-sided Tub

Great question. Might be worth mentioning why you need salvage or used and don't just buy a new one - as I discovered while renovating two bathrooms last summer, they don't make tubs with two aprons anymore. They only seem to make them with no apron or with one long-side apron and a choice of right or left side drain. The reason is that almost all tubs these days are fit into a three wall enclosure with only one side visible. Needless to say, this SUCKS.

Working with a one apron tub ends up costing inches in a bathroom redesign because after you fit a side-apron tub into a corner, you still have to close off the open end and the low head or endcap wall you have to build where the apron should have been is inevitably thicker than the old apron was, thereby lengthening the tub footprint and impinging on sink or toilet space.

And then the little wall you build tends to have much sharper edges than the soft curves of your old tub, which creates a toe-stubbing hazard in your naked-barefoot space.

My bathroom renos were planned on the assumption that everything could be replaced with size-identical items. Had I known that we couldn't just replace the tub, I would have re-configured the bathroom entirely to move the tub along the short wall rather than leaving it in the corner against the long wall. But my contractor had his head up his ass and instead of just telling me he couldn't replace the tub, he spent a week arguing with me that he could re-glaze it good as new. RE-GLAZE? In a brand new bathroom? Screw that!!

In the end my contractor built a low wall at the open end of the tub and edged it with bullnosed marble to try to create a roundy toe-stub-free effect. I don't love it, but it is the best we could come up with.

Sorry I'm no help. But maybe we can save the next folks from ending up in the same crap spot. If anyone wants pics, let me know.
MaxOmoxx

Posted by: MaxOthermoxx at August 14, 2008 4:49 PM