North Leeds Plumbing & Heating – Home Improvement and DIY Advice

Solid stone baths are very fashionable at the present time but they do tend to be very expensive, they stain easily and need careful, specialised maintenance to keep them looking as good as the day you bought them. They are also extremely heavy and it will probably be necessary to check that floors are strong enough to hold the weight of the stone and a bath full of water. This kind of structural work can be very expensive so it needs to be taken into consideration when deciding whether to choose a real stone bath, or something a bit lighter.

There is an alternative way of getting a very similar look. Composite baths look like stone but they tend to be much lighter and they are easy to clean and care for. This type of bath does not make the water go cold as quickly as a stone one would and there will be no need to do any structural work to accommodate the combined weight of the bath and the water.

Stone resin baths are moulded into shape and have all the natural looking beauty of solid stone without the expense, or the additional installation problems. They can also be purchased in a resin that looks like marble but does not have all the attending cleaning problems. Colours look natural and will blend with stone floor tiles, or other bathroom features and the most popular shape is a freestanding oval.

Stone resin baths offers an alternative way to get that realistic stone look without having to spend so much money, or worry about installation problems.

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