It feels totally fine without the mortar base. Keep in mind that it IS plastic and if you push on the sides, there is a little "give" but it's not cast iron, so to be expected. I love the look of it, but to me it feels like it retains dirt more than other tubs, because it is plastic. I feel like I want to scrub it after every bath, as opposed to just rinsing/quickly wiping it and then scrubbing every week. But the overall clean lines look of it is amazing and I did not see any other tubs that I liked as much. I think we covered this in upper convos but remember that there are two heights (we chose the lower one and I would stick with that as it feels more standard. And the other thing is that it comes with a single or double tiling flange. If you need more info on that let me know, and I will give you more details.

I made these in 2-8 inch pans instead of 9x13. I froze one. Topped with lettuce,sour cream, onions, black olives etc. I don't use cilantro! Ground Beef Enchiladas Ingredients: For the Sauce: 1 large (29 oz) can tomato sauce 1/2 cup water 2 tsp. chili powder 1 tsp. ground cumin 1/2 tsp. garlic powder 1/2 tsp. onion powder 1 bay leaf Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste For the Filling: 1 T. canola oil (or other flavorless oil) 1 medium onion, diced 1 poblano or green bell pepper, finely chopped 1 lb. lean ground beef 3 cloves garlic, minced 1/4 cup water 1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper 1/2 tsp. ground cumin 1 1/4 tsp. chili powder 1/2 tsp. dried oregano 1 tsp. brown sugar 2 oz. cream cheese 10 to 12 flour tortillas (you may need more or less depending on the size) 1 to 2 cups cheese, shredded (Cheddar, Monterey Jack, etc.) Optional garnish: chopped cilantro Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x13 baking dish with cooking spray. In a medium saucepan, combine all of the sauce ingredients. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, while you prepare the filling. Discard the bay leaf before assembling the enchiladas.In a large skillet, heat the canola oil over medium heat. Add the onion and poblano/green pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables soften.Add the ground beef and garlic. Cook the beef until browned, breaking it up with a spatula or wooden spoon as it cooks. Drain off any accumulated fat.Add the water, cayenne pepper, cumin, chili powder, oregano, and brown sugar to the beef mixture. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Simmer until most of the water has been absorbed. Taste again, and add additional salt and pepper if necessary.Allow the beef mixture to cool slightly, then add the cream cheese. Stir to combine.To assemble the enchiladas, spread 1/2 cup of the enchilada sauce over the bottom of the prepared baking dish.Fill the tortillas with a little bit of the meat mixture.Place the tortillas seam-side down in the baking dish.Pour the remaining sauce over the tortillas. (You may have a little more than you need.) Sprinkle cheese over the top of the enchiladas.Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until the enchiladas are bubbly and golden brown on top. Serve hot, topped with chopped cilantro, if desired. Sour cream,onions,etc

We have a couple of local shops that do monograms on whatever you take to them--nice! I was wondering about installing 2 hooks at, say, 1/3 of the way in from the edges of the window sill. On the bright side, your current bar location is pretty high. I think you could get away with moving your existing towel bar down a few inches and that would be fine too. It's nice that you have a heater vent just below them. Warmed towels--yum! In our master bath, I use a bar and DH has his towel on a hook. My towels tend to dry faster, but his are easier to put away. C'est la vie!

In June we put in a 66x32" bellwether in our first floor hall bath. It was replacing another 66" bathtub--a pink one I had stupidly painted white with one of those cheap kits 10-15 years ago. Our contractor charged extra for the privilege of installing the beast. I think it weighs 380 lbs according to the spec sheet. There was a Kohler foundry fire awhile back that caused long delays in obtaining the bellwether (or at least the size we needed). By the time we began ordering for our project I assumed the lead time would be more predictable and normal but that wasn't the case. Our large plumbing supply house said Kohler was predicting a 3-month lead time but the saleswoman said it would more likely take 6-9 months or even a year. I think it ended up taking 6 months to arrive (and it was worth the wait). [Nevermind, just checked and I think it did take closer to 3 months, not 6 months.] Toto makes a decent looking 66x32 alcove cast iron tub but the bellwether has a plainer front and better lines. And if you're already paying almost $2k for a 66" cast iron tub (supposedly with our contractor's discount) plus extra install costs, I did not want to look at it every day with regret while I'm sitting on the hall bathroom toilet (which is basically our powder room) wishing we had waited for the bellwether rather than going with the toto. Again, worth the wait (for me at least)! This is a tub we use for occasional showering so I don't know how it is for bathing. And I've always grown up with cast-iron. Even one of my apartment dorms had a cast-iron tub. I had an acrylic tub in an apartment once that was part of an acrylic shower surround and for me it did not feel as nice or clean up as easily as cast iron. But the apartment complex probably didn't get a really nice acrylic tub/shower either. Back to the bellwether though. Here it is. FWIW, we have an extra long (84" tall) shower curtain on a chrome curved shower rod by Kartners (I would have preferred a rod with less utilitarian rod ends or whatever they are called but apparently options are greatly limited for a curved rod for a 66" tub):