| Steel bathtubs come in many
different shapes and sizes. They also come in a variety of colors, white
is probably the most common color of any bathtub.
Steel bathtubs are not as hard to handle as a cast iron bathtub because
of their weight. A standard sized steel bathtub usually weighs under 100
pounds. One person can usually install a steel bathtub but it will
require two people to install a cast iron bathtub.
If you drop something hard like a piece of tile on a steel bathtub you
could chip the tub. I have done this a couple of times and they can be
difficult to repair, they could also be expensive to repair.
If the bathtub does get chipped it would be cheaper to remove the
bathtub if possible. If you are too far along in the remodeling stage
there are professionals who repair bathtub chips. While tiling a steel
bathtub makes your bathtub is covered properly with a drop cloth or some
plastic covering.
I personally like steel bathtubs and preferred them over cast iron
because of the weight and the difficulty of installing them but if I had
to choose the most durable bathtub would be cast iron.
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