Ready For A New Bathtub? Try These Tips Instead
- Date: 2007-04-21 - Word Count: 284
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Over the years, your trusty bathtub can take quite a beating. The years of use will start manifesting themselves on your tub with gouges, scratches, chips and even burns.Now that you're tired of your old tub, what can be done?You could always get a new one, but it certainly can end up being an expensive proposition:
* A new bathtub can be quite expensive.
* Bathtub removal is not trivial, so you will need to hire a professional.
* And of course, you have to pay a professional again to install the new one.
* There can be a significant amount of time involved (days or even weeks), when the bathtub will be completely unavailable.
Before you buy a new bathtub, examine some of the other choices available.
Before You Buy A New Tub, Look At These Choices
1. Repainting: You can have your tub repainted. Kits for doing it yourself are available, but if you're not handy, it would be better to find a pro. Still, this is a relatively quick 1 day process, and easier on the wallet. This is an easy way to give your bathtub a great new look.
2. Bathtub Resurfacing: This is probably the most reliable way to give your tub another twenty years of life. Like painting, this is usually done within 24 hours.
3. Liners For Your Tub: A liner, or new outer surface, is another quick way to make your tub look great.
4. Bathtub Surrounds: These are walls around the tub, so they do not actually do anything to improve the bathtub itself, but instead dress up the surrounding area.
Very often, one of the above alternatives will work just fine, but sometimes, nothing but replacing the tub completely will work.
* A new bathtub can be quite expensive.
* Bathtub removal is not trivial, so you will need to hire a professional.
* And of course, you have to pay a professional again to install the new one.
* There can be a significant amount of time involved (days or even weeks), when the bathtub will be completely unavailable.
Before you buy a new bathtub, examine some of the other choices available.
Before You Buy A New Tub, Look At These Choices
1. Repainting: You can have your tub repainted. Kits for doing it yourself are available, but if you're not handy, it would be better to find a pro. Still, this is a relatively quick 1 day process, and easier on the wallet. This is an easy way to give your bathtub a great new look.
2. Bathtub Resurfacing: This is probably the most reliable way to give your tub another twenty years of life. Like painting, this is usually done within 24 hours.
3. Liners For Your Tub: A liner, or new outer surface, is another quick way to make your tub look great.
4. Bathtub Surrounds: These are walls around the tub, so they do not actually do anything to improve the bathtub itself, but instead dress up the surrounding area.
Very often, one of the above alternatives will work just fine, but sometimes, nothing but replacing the tub completely will work.
Related Tags: bathtubs, bathtub refinishing, bathtub liners, painting bathtubs, bathtub surrounds
Brad Petros writes for Bathtubs For You, a consumer guide to help you select, buy and maintain bathtubs, covering topics such as bathtub inserts, bathtub repair kits and bathtub repair. Your Article Search Directory : Find in Articles
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