American Standard Studio 60 x 36-Inch Drop-In Soaking Bathtub With Zero Edge - AMS-2934002-D0

Build the deck opening around the tub's outside footprint: the Studio 60 x 36 drop-in measures 62.5 inches long by 38.8 inches wide overall, with a height of 22.5 inches. The 60 x 36 in the name is the nominal bathing size, not the framing size, so a carpenter who cuts the deck at 60 x 36 will be short. Frame the platform so the tub body drops through and the rim lands on the deck.

Both are supported. The Studio zero edge tub can be set as a conventional drop-in with the rim sitting on the deck, or finished as an under-mount so the surround material laps over the edge. That choice changes your deck material and edge detail, so settle it before the tile or stone gets fabricated, not after the tub is set.

The tub ships as the shell only. Order the waste and overflow assembly, the trap, and the deck-mount or wall-mount filler separately, and pick the drain finish to match the trim you are specifying. On a drop-in you also need access to that waste connection after the deck is closed up, so plan an access panel or a removable skirt section into the platform.

American Standard classes the Studio 2934002 as a residential fixture. For a multi-family unit renovation or a single-family bath it is on spec; for a commercial or institutional bathing application, check the fixture schedule against a product carried for that duty rather than assuming this one covers it.

It is a plain soaking tub, no jets, no pump, no blower. That means no electrical rough-in, no GFCI circuit, and no motor access panel to plan for. If the spec calls for whirlpool or air bath, this is the wrong model in the family.

No mortar bed. The Studio tub has a pre-leveled bottom, so it sits down on a flat, solid deck platform without setting compound underneath it. Get the platform flat and level first, because the tub bottom is only as true as what it rests on.

White is the finish offered, ordered under manufacturer number 2934002-D0.020. If you are matching a toilet and lavatory on the same job, that is American Standard's white code, so the fixtures in the room read as one set.

The bathing well floor is textured to reduce slipping. For a rental or an aging-in-place bath that is a real point in its favor, though grab bar blocking in the surrounding walls is still on you to frame.