Mary Fisher wrote:
"Lobster" wrote in message
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When I went into a specialist bathroom outlet recently, the proprietor
launched into a tirade against cheap'n nasty you-get-what-you-pay-for
suites at the sheds before I'd barely had a chance to open my mouth.

He affirmed that the 'diy shed' baths were all far too thin, and his
were of decent thickness; the interesting part for me was that he said
that the reason that 'diy shed' baths always have lots of ribbing and
designs built into their fabric is to give them a bit of stiffness so
they don't collapse under their own weight; he reckoned if you wanted a
very plain bath with no drip grooves, soap recesses etc, you had to go
for thicker material.

And did you buy one from him?

Well I did as it happens! - a combination of believing what he said; a
bit of a desire to support a local business rather than Wickes/B&Q et
al; but mostly that it was a really nice-looking, well made, plain bath!

David