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Agreed, I ripped a 5/8" section off a 60" long 2x4. That should provide good support for the apron. I'm going to tile the 5'x6' remaining area of the floor. With enough mud, the tile and mud should conceal the shim. I called American Standard support and they confirmed that the mortar under...

I guess I have my terms wrong if you mean the 60" stringer is the back. If that is the back, then the 2 x 4 stringer and the apron will support the weight of the tub. But without mortar under the bottom, all the weight will be on the back (60" section that rests on the stringer) and the apron...

I am replacing a second floor tub with an Americast Princeton tub. The subfloor is about 5/8" out of level in the 30" width of the tub. It slopes down on the apron side. The old tub was not level and water ran out from showers and did some minor subfloor damage at the front corner of the...