American Standard Gelcoat Premium Series 32 x 52 -Inch Walk-in Tub With Air Spa System - Left-Hand Drain With Faucet - AMS-3252OD.109.AL

Left hand. On the 3252OD.109.AL the door, the drain and the faucet deck mount are all on the left side of the bath as you face it. American Standard also builds this Gelcoat walk-in tub in a right hand door/drain configuration, so confirm which wall your drain rough-in sits on before you order. Getting the hand wrong means the door swings into the wrong side of the room and the drain will not reach.

Plan the alcove around the shipped envelope, not the nominal 32 x 52 name. The Gelcoat Premium Series walk-in tub measures 54 inches in length, 34 inches in width and 45 inches in height. The extra inches over the nominal size are the apron, deck and door frame, so frame and finish to the 54 x 34 footprint and check ceiling and door clearance against the 45 inch height when you carry it in.

No extra plumbing. The patented Quick Drain is built in and pumps the water out of the tub in under two minutes once activated, so the bather can open the door and step out without a long wait. You plumb the standard drain and overflow, which ship in polished chrome, and the pump works off that.

The faucet is included on the 3252OD.109.AL. It ships with a premium fast-fill deck mount faucet and a handheld showering wand, plus the polished chrome drain, overflow and safety grab bar, a neck rest and easy-touch push button controls for the air system. The faucet deck is on the left, matching the left hand door and drain.

Out. The door on the 3252OD.109.AL is a full-sized outward opening watertight door on the left end, which is what makes it a full-transfer tub, a wheelchair or transfer bench can come right up to the low threshold. The trade-off is floor space: you need clear swing room off the left side of the tub, so check it against a vanity or toilet on that wall before committing to the left hand model.

The tub itself is 219.197 pounds dry. That is a two to three person carry through a finished house, and it is before water and an occupant, so a standard residential floor framing check is worth doing on a second storey or over a crawl space. Gelcoat construction is what keeps it in this weight class rather than heavier.

No, and the difference matters if a client asked for jets. The 3252OD.109.AL uses an air spa: 26 air jets fed by a variable speed heated blower that pushes thousands of small bubbles through the water for an effervescent massage, rather than the pressurized water jets of a whirlpool. Air systems give a softer, whole-body feel and are easier to keep clean, and this one runs an automatic purge cycle after use to clear the lines.

It is built as a residential fixture. The Gelcoat Premium Series walk-in tub carries residential accessibility features, an outward opening watertight door with a low threshold for full transfer, a contoured chair height built-in seat, a built-in grab bar and a textured floor, but it is specified for residential use rather than commercial. For multi-family units that is usually fine; for a licensed facility, check the fixture requirements for your occupancy type first.

Two: White and Linen. The White is ordered as 3252OD.109.ALW-PC and the Linen as 3252OD.109.ALL-PC, both with the left hand door and drain. Linen is the warmer off-white if you are matching older fixtures; White is the one that will line up with most current toilets and lavatories in the same room.