On Dec 21, 8:38*am, Jules Richardson
wrote:
On Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:47:04 -0800, harry wrote:
Your bath is like gold dust over here in the UK. *Worth around *$1000
even if in needs re-enamelling.

Old claw-foots maybe... not so sure about the plain ones, though.

Ours are odd - the exposed flat side panel is cast as part of the bath,
but there's no opposite side (hidden against the wall), so they must have
been available in 'left' and 'right' configurations. (Well, that's not
'odd' because there must have been lots of them made, but I don't know
why they didn't make a bath with a seperate side panel that you could put
on whichever side you wanted.)

cheers

Jules

"...but I don't know why they didn't make a bath with a seperate
side panel that you could put
on whichever side you wanted."

Probably cheaper to just cast them in one piece.

Think TCO.

You'd have to add in inventory storage costs, packaging, shipping,
cataloging, etc.

Then there be the attachment method to consider - another expense.

Besides, how would you design a cast iron tub that had a lip in each
side so that either one could be installed against the wall and allow
the wallboard to cover it? If the lip was part of the side panel,
you'd have a seam that would have to be dealt with.