Its an alcove tub which will be a combo tub and shower, and I think the weight etc was part of the issue. He also said his experience is people going against replacing with cast iron. We have a 40 yo house and on other remodels there have been surprises, so that might be another concern of his. Its also for our kids bathroom, so not looking necessarily for a super high end tub. Likely it will be used a lot more for showering than actual bathing. I came across a few that seemed decent, and within our price range: Kohler Expanse (no available glass doors for this tub) Kohler Archer Mirabelle Edenton There was another at Lowes that was quite a bit cheaper, but a glass door is available with it, which is appealing: American Standard Saver.

enduring, we ordered the 30" Bellwether today. I was really hoping he'd change his mind and decide on the 32". We would have had a lot more options. The 32" I saw today had a really bad case of the "dimples" :o The entire outside surface was very dimply. I'm hoping mine won't be as bad. Is yours like that? Ohhh, turn the overflow upside down! Thanks! My plumber will do anything I ask (at least he has so far) :) roadrunnerrita, I considered having his tub refinished but learned that that has it's own issues. As grungy as he gets, I'd be concerned about the finish getting scratched and what I could and couldn't use to clean it with. He said he didn't want a "plastic tub". I like my acrylic air tub but I can't use abrasive cleaners (like Scrubbing Bubbles) and it can scratch pretty easy.

Yesterday I went back and applied the Epoxy Grout to the tub. I used Laticrete's SpectraLock Pro Epoxy grout and only mixed roughly a 50% mix. I added a hair more powder to make the mix a little stiffer than specified on the package. First thing I did was clean the tub again and buff out the edge on top. Then I taped off the area that would not see grout and protected the blower holes from dropping epoxy grout. I rammed the grout into the little void again with my finger and smoothed it close. I did this all around and then before using any sponge removed the tape. This left the job a little rough - so then I went back with the sponge and my finger (this time without the glove) and smoothed things down. The uneven height change made it hard to keep super even so I took my time and slowly added and removed a little grout here and there. I found using the baby sponge that came with the grout perfect if I used it like a block plane and gave almost no pressure. Then a smooth with my finger and it looked great. Took me two hours just to prep for grout, grout and clean up. Quite a change from last week. No more shadow lines and the colour is almost a dead match. I find that epoxy grouts darken a little as they dry and have not yet used LAticrete's white so I hope this will not happen much. Right now or rather yesterday when I left it was like Laticrete made this grout colour for the Blizzard Ceasar Stone Slab. Looks so much better and hopefully will stay put and make cleaning the tub a little easier for my client.

We replaced an older Underscore overmount that was improperly being used for a tub/shower combo with a newer Underscore alcove tub, no apron K-1121-R-0. The 30” width is no problem, I would be more concerned about her height as far as ability to get out of the tub as its somewhat deep (great for soaking!). I am 6’ 260lbs and feel the tub is still roomy. We did have problems ordering the tub so I recommend ordering before you start construction. We got a left facing tub first, the second tub was cracked, the third one was fine. Ordered through Home Depot first and then Amazon, returns were all handled just fine. Photo is after tile but before the glass swinging splash panel was installed.