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Sculpture Stone Tubs

5 years ago

last modified: 5 years ago

Hello, looking for a deep soaking tub (60x32 alcove) made with a product similar to the Scuplture Stone by MTI Bath - which I found out is a Lucite product not acrylic. Love MTI Andrea but it is shallow. Porcelanosa has one similar (KIRON) but it doesn't come in the size I need the dealer told me, the only alcove they have is acrylic. What I like about it, is the soft mat feel and the how sturdy and substantial it feels. (I have an MTI Sculpture Stone shower base, and I love it. I want to lay on it.

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5 years ago

Take a trip to a local plumbing supply house. Step over the high rim of these tubs. Repeatedly. Now tell me you want to do that 90% of the time that the tub is used for a shower. If the answer is yes, look at placing the grab bars to make that safe.

Then just go buy a Kohler. They’re inexpensive and do the job that you need.

BTW, Lucite IS acrylic. AKA Plastic. As is everything else with the fancy marketing names that want to charge you more for the fancy marketing names.

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BeverlyFLADeziner
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago

You can order the MTI tub with an optional Tile Flange for an alcove installation.

https://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Kohler-K-1957-LA-Underscore-60-Acrylic-Soaking-Bathtub-for-Three-Wall-Alcove-Installation-with-Left-Drain-Integral-Apron-and/18621253/product.html?refccid=P2VPPGIMDP7IT7KIH3O4UBQNTA&searchidx=4

https://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Kohler-K-1118-RA-60-Three-Wall-Alcove-Curved-Apron-Soaking-Tub-with-Right-Hand-Drain/16083076/product.html?refccid=P2VPPGIMDP7IT7KIH3O4UBQNTA&searchidx=6
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Myra Nissen
Original Author
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
I have been to the Kholer supplier and seen those, it is not the same. Not the same feel. MTI is too shallow, 16" soaking. My Kholer distrubutor is also my MTI distributor.
Myra Nissen
Original Author
5 years ago
Oh my rep just called, she wanted me to look at this one https://mtibaths.com/products/tubs/boutique/162A/
Myra Nissen
Original Author
5 years ago
Sophie, I know it is acrylic but it feels different. Have you felt them?
beckyp03
last year
Hi Myra. I am currently considering an MTI scupturestone shower base for my bathroom remodel and I was hoping to get your opinion on yours multiple years in. Do you have the honed or glossy? A concern I have is how hard they are to keep clean. In showrooms they seem to get grimey easily, even a salesman commented on it to me. Is it a labor of love to maintain?

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