American Standard Princeton Americast 60 x 30-Inch Integral Apron Bathtub Right-Hand Outlet With Integral Drain - AMS-2391202ICH

The Princeton Americast apron tub is a recessed alcove tub built for a 60 x 30 inch opening, and the shipped unit measures 61 inches long by 31.5 inches wide by 16 inches high. That extra inch of length and inch and a half of width is the integral tile flange, which laps onto the studs on three sides. Frame the alcove to the 60 inch nominal, not to 61, and set the flange over the framing before the backer board goes on.

Right-hand outlet. Stand facing the tub from the room side, with the apron toward you, and the drain and overflow are at your right end. That is a fixed cast feature, not reversible, so the waste rough-in has to land on the right. If your existing waste is on the left, you need the left-hand version of the Princeton instead.

A drain stopper and escutcheon ship with the tub, and the overflow is installed at the factory. What is not in the box is the tub filler or shower trim, so a spout, valve, and any diverter come from your trim order. Plumbers used to buying a separate waste and overflow assembly for a bare tub should note the factory overflow is already on the shell, which is where the install time gets saved.

The tub bottom is pre-leveled from the factory, so it seats on a level subfloor without the mortar or plaster bed a thin enameled steel tub usually wants to stop deck flex. Get the subfloor flat and level first, then set, shim the flange to plumb, and screw or nail through the flange into the studs. Skipping the bed is where the install time comes back on a multi-unit job.

The floor carries a full Stansure slip-resistant surface across the whole bathing well, not just a textured patch under the standing area, and there is an integral lumbar support with a beveled headrest formed into the back slope. American Standard classes the Princeton as a residential tub, so specify it for apartments, single family, and multi-family units rather than a hospital or commercial bathing spec.

Tile is what it is built for. The three-sided integral tile and water retention flange runs up the two ends and the back wall, so cement board or tile backer laps over the flange and the tile finishes down onto the tub deck. That flange is also why it cannot be dropped into a finished surround after the fact, the walls have to come open. A one-piece or multi-piece wall kit works too, as long as the kit is sized for a 60 inch alcove tub.

White only, in a glossy porcelain enamel, ordered as 2391202ICH.020. For a property manager standardizing a building, that is the practical answer: every unit matches, and the white porcelain pairs with any standard white toilet and lavatory in the same line.