Do the foam, it's less expensive and certainly less complicated. Just keep
squirting the foam under the base until it starts to ooze out everywhere.
As it hardens it will continue to expand. When fully hardened it has a
consistency similar to styrophone. Trim around the base and the job is
finished. The base went from being a bit bouncy and flexing to as solid as a
rock.
MLD
"den" wrote in message
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On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 17:49:42 GMT, "MLD" wrote:

Got to the site at Sterling. They are part of Kohler. I just put in a
shower that is not fiberglass but some mix of plastic. It has a trade
name
but can't remember off hand. In either case, the way it is installed it
is
very rigid and I'm very satisfied with the installation. The biggest
thing
to be aware of is the base. Mine, when put down, wasn't exactly on a
level
surface and had some flexing to it when you stood on it. Already
installed
with the drain connected so it couldn't be moved. Fix was to fill in all
the
spaces with foam. Took four cans but it did the job very nicely.
MLD

Very good website; and as other have noted; it's not as simple as
acrylic vs fibergrass.

Thanks for sharing your experience; I also said to a friend I wanted
to change the bath. Suggested to put a plastic sheet on the floor, put
cement (not to much water) then an other plastic on top of the cement
then put in the bath. This way it won't move.

I was thinking of doing something like that under the shower (and the
bath) but I also like this idea with the foam.

Den