Bath tub Aquaglass brand

[Jenn]

Wanted to hear any horror or happy stories about this brand of tub and break down (wall) unit- before I get one to replace the shower in the girls' bathroom.

The surround is acrylic and the tub is 'styrene' or I guess fiberglass.

Thanks all!

[Jenn]

Anyone? These are on sale in Lowes if anyone has gotten bath tubs there.

[coalroadcabin]

we bought two for the house we are building. Mostly because the price was right! I wish I could give you an idea of how well they hold up but without running water they haven't seen much use yet!!!!

[Jenn]

I got Sterling instead. Had a more solid sound when I tapped on it and cost about the same. Thanks CRC, hope you get to use yours soon! (And me mine.)

[starjj]

Got a shower and surround Aqua Glass for the "little" bath. Only had it about a month but I like it seems to be sturdy. Sterling didn't seem to have the sturdiness of the Aqua brand for the shower at least. I had a small tub in there 48" and was going to go with a tub and expand into the 3rd bedroom closet but I really take more showers and already have a new tub in the main bath so now I have a really nice 48" shower

[Sawmill Jim]

Don't know about the new ones but the older ones were some of the best ever made .

[Bentley]

BEFORE you buy at Lowes, Check your local plumbing supply houses. I am in the process of building a new home, and have spent some time shopping for shower and tub units. Anyone ever been to Luter Supply in Tylertown, Miss? Interesting place, but their tubs/showers are all gellcoat which do not hold up well.
I was advised by a plumber to only buy acrylic units. Anyway, to make a long story short, I priced an aquaglass shower at the local Coburns supply and it was $620. I took their quote over to Lowes to see if they would match it. At first they said they would, but their computer system would not allow them. Even the store manager tried, but could not make it happen. They finally gave up and told me "sorry, but no"
Then I called LCR Plumbing supply, and they even beat Coburns price, so I ordered both the shower and the tub from LCR.
So, shop around. I used to think that Lowes would be competitive on almost all items, but have found that to not be the case.

Ex: I needed several joints of 3" pvc conduit. Lowes was over $13 per ten foot joint.
I bought seven joints. I called a couple of electrical supply houses, and found the exact same conduit for just over $7 per joint. HUH? That's a heck of a price premium for the priviledge of shopping at Lowes. What a profit margin that is.

After wising up a little, I also priced toilets, and the exact same toilet was $30 less at LCR, and that was compared to Lowes sale price.

Anyway, I'm a little smarter now than I was.

Yesterday, I loaded up two toilets, and seven joints of conduit and returned them to Lowes.

Good luck with your project