Cast Iron roll top bath suppliers often extol
the qualities of cast iron material however, they fail to cite the many
drawbacks such as extreme heat loss and excessive weight. The Albion Bath
Company’s baths however, are made from a unique material called Iso Enamel
which creates a solid, one-piece, 15-20mm thick bath. This gives a luxurious
and strong construction much like that of a cast iron bath but without the
obvious drawbacks.
As Albion use
a resin and mineral mixture, their baths are not as heavy or cold as a cast
iron roll top bath. Albion baths weigh roughly a third of the weight of a
comparative quality cast iron roll top bath e.g. 65-70kg for a 6ft Albion bath as opposed to approximately 200kg for a cast
iron equivalent.
Further development of our production technique
allowed us to create our bull nose bath range emulating fire clay baths popular
in the early 1900's in North America and Europe .
These baths being substantially thicker are therefore heavier than our
traditional roll top baths however, none weighs more than 215KG which is
approximately half the weight of an original fire clay bath.
An Albion bath
will keep your bath water hotter than a cast iron roll top bath as the material
insulates rather than loses heat. Cast iron roll top baths also have a
proneness to chipping and many cleaning substances cannot be used on, this is
not the case with Albion baths.
Unlike many Cast Stone Resin Bath manufacturers,
The Albion Bath Company do not use Acrylic within their mixture nor do they use
an ‘Acrylic skin’ with a resin back fill, Albion bath tubs are wet cast into a
mould and are one solid piece, not many companies can say this is true of their
bath tubs! This allows Albion to ensure every bath has that luxurious feel of a
Cast Iron Enamel Bath, where your hand ‘glides’ over the bath material rather
than the ‘Tupperware’ feel of an Acrylic bath, but without any of the aforementioned
downfalls. The look and feel of our baths is totally unique and cannot be
compared to the feel of inferior acrylic.
Visit our website www.albionbathco.com or call us on
01255 831605 for more information – you won’t be disappointed!
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