Steel bath or acrylic?

[ukheather]

I am wanting to get a new bath suite and don't know which to buy.

I want a bath that won't move much but I heard steel scratches.

If I get acrylic is there any that won't move much?

Also where is best to buy from? I want a cheap suite but decent quality

 

[ChrisR]

they'll both chip or scratch if you try. Go to a plumbers' merchnant. Look at the usual-armitage shanks, Ideal, and Twyford. And Kaldewei for steel.

You can get a good plain bath for about £150, or a bit less in steel.

 

[2scoops0406]

If you go for acrylic, do NOT buy a 3mm one, as a min 5mm ideally an 8mm one, obviously expense goes up depending on the thickness. Also note this is from experience, I am not a plumber. Even with steel baths, don't go for the cheapest of cheap, cheap means exactly that.

 

[masona]

I always found hot water in steel bath always seem hotter for longer peroid than plastic bath.

 

[ukheather]

If you go for acrylic, do NOT buy a 3mm one, as a min 5mm ideally an 8mm one, obviously expense goes up depending on the thickness. Also note this is from experience, I am not a plumber. Even with steel baths, don't go for the cheapest of cheap, cheap means exactly that.

Where can I get thicker baths? I don't think I have ever seen the thickness stated

 

[2scoops0406]

I always found hot water in steel bath always seem hotter for longer peroid than plastic bath.

Not disputing, but I'm surprised by that.

 

[2scoops0406]

If you go for acrylic, do NOT buy a 3mm one, as a min 5mm ideally an 8mm one, obviously expense goes up depending on the thickness. Also note this is from experience, I am not a plumber. Even with steel baths, don't go for the cheapest of cheap, cheap means exactly that.

Where can I get thicker baths? I don't think I have ever seen the thickness stated

Something like this http://www.bathstore.com/product_master.asp?code=10370

Not really a recommendation, but I think it's what I've got, seems OK, it's a steel bath BTW. WRT to acrylic baths, probably best to wait for a grown up to answer.

 

[masona]

I always found hot water in steel bath always seem hotter for longer peroid than plastic bath.

Not disputing, but I'm surprised by that.

Maybe the metal doesn't cool down as quick as plastic (?)

 

[2scoops0406]

I always found hot water in steel bath always seem hotter for longer peroid than plastic bath.

Not disputing, but I'm surprised by that.

Maybe the metal doesn't cool down as quick as plastic (?)

I'd have thought the the conductive properties of the metal would make it cool down quicker Similarly I'd have thought that a hot drink would stay hot longer in a plastic cup than a metal cup, but then theory and practise can often be different

 

[jtaunton]

I changed a steel bath to an acrylic one and, personally, found the acrylic one stayed hotter longer. This may have been because it was mounted against an external wall though and so the steel one tended to be a lot colder to start with. Also meant that when you got in the bath you'd be nice and warm, but then you'd lay back on the freezing cold bit that wasn't in the water.

Or rather, my wife did, which is why I had to change it.....

 

[htgeng]

I'd go for steel anyday. stick some insulation under it if you've got a cold bum

plastic looks s**t after a few years - all those swirls and scratches. I'd swear those 8mm baths weigh more than cast iron bath!

 

[2scoops0406]

I'd go for steel anyday. stick some insulation under it if you've got a cold bum

plastic looks s**t after a few years - all those swirls and scratches. I'd swear those 8mm baths weigh more than cast iron bath!

Depends how abrasive your arse is dosen't it !!

 

[htgeng]

Depends how abrasive your a**e is dosen't it !!

have you heard of the saying - as rough as a badgers a**e?