American Standard New Salem 60 x 30-Inch Integral Apron Bathtub With Left-Hand Outlet - AMS-255212

The New Salem 255212 is a left-hand outlet tub: standing at the front of the tub facing it, the end drain sits on your left. That has to match your rough-in, because the waste and overflow is already stubbed to one end of the alcove. If your drain comes up on the right, you need the right-hand version instead, not this one.

Nominal size is 60 x 30 x 14-1/4 inches (1524 x 762 x 362 mm), which is the common alcove footprint for a recessed bath. It is a one-piece recess bath with an integral apron, so the finished front skirt is part of the tub and the three remaining sides tile in. Measure your stud-to-stud opening before demo; a 60 inch nominal tub needs the full 60 inches of clear alcove length.

No separate skirt is needed. The apron is integral to the tub, formed as part of the one-piece body, so the exposed front face arrives finished. You are framing, setting, and connecting the waste, not building and finishing a front panel.

Steel. The New Salem is a formed steel one-piece bath with a porcelain-style finish, which is why it holds its shape in a rental or multi-family alcove better than a thin thermoformed tub. It ships in white.

The New Salem 255212 comes with a fully-bonded support pad on the underside, so the tub bottom is already backed rather than relying on you floating a bed of mortar to stop flex underfoot. Set it level on a sound subfloor and it bears on that pad.

It has a straight tiling bead on the three wall sides. The bead runs behind the backer board so tile laps down over it and the joint is flashed rather than relying on caulk alone. That makes it a tile-in tub, not a surround-kit tub.

American Standard model 255212.02 is the white finish, left-hand outlet New Salem 60 x 30 inch integral apron bath. The .02 suffix is the white color code; specify it on the order so you do not land the opposite-hand or a different color body.

The bathing surface is slip-resistant as formed, so you are not adding adhesive strips or a mat to get usable footing. Combined with the steel body and integral apron, it is the configuration most property managers standardize on across multi-family and hospitality alcove baths.