American Standard Acrylic 30 x 60-Inch Walk-In Shower – Left-Hand Drain - AMS-3060SH.L

The 3060SH walk-in shower is built for a standard 30 by 60 inch alcove footprint, and the shipped unit measures 64 inches long by 36 inches wide by 42 inches high. Note the length and width: the 64 by 36 outside envelope is larger than the nominal 30 by 60 opening, so measure the framed alcove and the path in, not just the old tub. It stands on a free standing metal support frame with five leveling feet, so the floor does not have to be dead level, but the framing does have to accept the full unit dimension.

It carries the features an aging-in-place remodel is usually after: a wide, full-sized chair-high seat, a built-in wrap-around safety bar, a slip-resistant floor, a built-in armrest, and a 24 inch chrome ADA compliant grab bar. There is also a hand-shower glide bar so a seated user can reach the spray. American Standard lists the unit as residential, so for a commercial or institutional accessible-fixture spec, confirm the project's requirement against the fixture schedule rather than assuming the unit satisfies it wholesale.

The shower itself is one-piece cast acrylic, and wall surrounds are offered in either a tile pattern or a flat acrylic finish. That means the surround is a selection to make alongside the base unit rather than something that comes molded into the shell. Plan the order to cover the walls you are enclosing, and plan the valve, hand shower and trim as separate items as well.

A walk-in shower like the 3060SH is the choice when the user cannot or will not sit in filling water. There is no door seal to wait on and no drain-down time; you step over a low threshold onto a slip-resistant floor and sit on the chair-high seat with the hand shower on its glide bar. A walk-in tub is the choice only if soaking matters. Both belong to the same American Standard walk-in family, so the plumbing rough-in thinking is similar, but the shower is the simpler and faster fixture to use daily.

The shell is cast acrylic in a single piece, which means no tile grout joints to fail and no seams in the pan, and it sits on a steel free standing frame rather than relying on the subfloor for its support. American Standard classifies it as a residential fixture, so it suits single-family, multi-family and assisted-living unit work. For a heavy-traffic institutional washroom, spec against the project's fixture schedule.