From across the showroom, two glass shower doors can look nearly identical. Get closer and the frameless vs semi frameless shower question comes into focus: one is built around thick,...
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Stand in front of the shower door section long enough and the terms start to blur: pivot, sliding, bypass, semi-frameless, return panel. The good news is that the pivot vs...
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An acrylic shower base is a factory-made, one-piece floor that arrives already waterproof, with the slope to the drain engineered in at the plant. It installs in hours, usually set...
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The best two-person bathtub is 66 to 72 inches (168 to 183 cm) long and at least 36 inches wide, with a centre drain and sloped backrests at both ends...
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Pull the surround off a bathroom in a wartime house or a postwar bungalow and there's a decent chance the alcove measures 54 inches wall to wall — not the...
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A jetted tub is worth it only if someone in your home bathes often and has a real reason to want massage, such as chronic back pain or arthritis. A...
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An empty bathtub weighs anywhere from 30 to 230 kilograms depending on its material: acrylic tubs run 30 to 50 kg, enamelled steel 35 to 60 kg, solid surface or...
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A small soaking tub is usually a Japanese-style soaker: a short, deep tub in the 40 to 48 inch range that you sit upright in, often on a built-in seat,...
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Replacing a cast iron bathtub usually costs several times more than a single professional refinish, because the bill covers far more than the new tub: demolition, disposal, tile or surround...
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From ten feet away, a drop-in tub and an undermount tub look almost identical: a bathtub set into a built platform — the "deck" — finished in tile or stone....
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Walk into almost any Canadian bathroom built in the last fifty years and you'll find an alcove tub: a bathtub tucked into a three-walled nook, usually with a shower above...
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Victoria + Albert QUARRYCAST tubs are freestanding baths cast in one solid piece from finely ground volcanic limestone and resin, white all the way through and finished in a soft...
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A freestanding tub is the one fixture in a bathroom that gets treated like furniture: it sits in the open, visible from every angle, and sets the tone for the...
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