Dave Phillips wrote:

Hello all

Quick one. I am fitting a new bathroom suite in my house this Spring
and am currently looking at different types of bath. These either fall
into plastic/fibreglass or metal, as far as I can see. I'm thinking
metal, but are there good reasons for choosing plastic, other than
weight/cost ?

what does the team think?

A good quality one of either type costs similar.

Cheap ones of both are flexible and need more care to support.

Pressed steel is robust, and if thick enough gauge, fairly solid, but
pulls heat out of the bath water faster.

Acrylics are more easy to mould in complex shapes, and a bit warmer.

Enamelled steel chips when things are dropped in it, whereas the gel
coat on acrylics - if thick- is less noticeable when this happens.

I ended up spending a fair bit on some very thick acrylics, because they
were warmer, and very stiff.

At the absolute bottom end, I think I'd probably prefer a cheapo tin one
to a cheapo fibreglass one - as being a tad more robust.


cheers
dave P
London