Bathtub Guide
Information about walk-in tubs, liners, refinishing, faucets, manufacturers, and installation.American Standard Bathtubs
From American Standards Website: “We provide the style and performance that fit perfectly into life, wherever that may be. At American Standard, innovation enver stops, ingenuity never ceases, history never dates itself needs never go unmet.” Now that is Hubris from a bathroom fixture manufacturer, even if their new tubs, featured below, are gorgeous. Bathroom industry marketing has gotten so fluffy that I think it has reached the level where it hurts business because it is so unrealistic. I have a particular problem with American Standard, because they brand themselves as an American company, and yet they import most of their products from China. Obviously, it’s legal to call yourself whatever you’d like, but I think it goes beyond bad ethics in this case. Regardless, here are a few pictures of their newer bathtubs, including the town square bathtub:
Kohler Bathtubs
This is our best effort to put together a complete summary of the Kohler line of bathtubs.
Kohler manufactures almost everything for the bathtub – steam generators, vanities, custom showers – but the focus of this article, given the nature of the site, is the bathtubs made by Kohler.
This topic alone is exhausting as Kohler has a huge selection of bathtubs.
Kohler has two broad Categories of Tubs:
1) Baths
2) Whirlpools & Air Baths
We’ll start with the whirlpools and air baths, because the category is smaller and easier to break down. Whirlpools are bathtubs with water jets,
while air baths are tubs with air jets. In general, water jets offer more of a deep tissue massage because the force of the water is so great.
Kohler whirlpool tubs allow only the usage of bath salts, while their air baths allow bath salts and bath oils. All of their air baths blow hot air, while an inline heater is an optional upgrade for the whirlpool tubs. Kohler tubs come standard with a one year limited warranty. Gathering information from Kohlers website can be incredibly difficult, and often the site is factually wrong; in one place it lists the Sok Overflowing bath at 45 x 25, and in another spot it lists it at 75 x 41. Most Kohler tubs are available only in white and biscuit (biscuit costs extra), but some are available in a wide variety of colors. Their site is overwhelming, so we’ve attempted to simplify the information for you.
K-1397-H2: $11300 – Riverbath Round 75″ – 8 whirlpool jets -
