Bath/surround liners? Any experience - good/bad? Cost?

[Andrew S.]

Tenants just reported major peeling of a previous re-glaze on tub and tiles and water infiltration into the wall.  Its an old cast iron tub with ceramic tile surround that was re-glazed a few years ago.  I'm considering a liner (bathfitters, re-bath, luxury bath) instead of tearing out everything and re-building, mainly because this is the only bath in the house and I would like to avoid having to put up the tenants in a hotel.

Does anyone have experience with such products?  What should I expect to pay for a tub/surround liner?  

Any input appreciated!

[Justin Tahilramani]

Originally posted by @Andrew S.:

Tenants just reported major peeling of a previous re-glaze on tub and tiles and water infiltration into the wall.  Its an old cast iron tub with ceramic tile surround that was re-glazed a few years ago.  I'm considering a liner (bathfitters, re-bath, luxury bath) instead of tearing out everything and re-building, mainly because this is the only bath in the house and I would like to avoid having to put up the tenants in a hotel.

Does anyone have experience with such products?  What should I expect to pay for a tub/surround liner?  

Any input appreciated!

This doesn't make sense. You know that you have water infiltration into the walls, but you don't want to tear out what is there because you don't want to put up your tenants in a hotel? So essentially you want to encapsulate whatever existing damage/mold/rot is present in the wall? 

Sounds like a terrible idea to me unless you could care less about the physical condition of your property.