Bath replacement

We still have 2 baths with showers over. To avoid slipping (particularly when I was still wobbly after a nasty dose of pneumonia) I always use a rubber mat with suckers underneath, from Boots, about £7. Have to remember to hang it over the side of the bath every time, though, or it goes mouldy underneath.

I haven’t invariably remembered, so if it’s been for any length of time (e.g. just before going away) I’ve had to buy another. Currently on my 3rd….

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I'd get the taps now for both the bath and sink and that you'll still be happy with when you change the subject later. Like an idiot, I let my husband get a replacement tap for the kitchen sink while I was at work. Being the cheapskate he was/is, rather than replacing the whole mixer tap, he replaced just cold water tap with chrome though the rest of the mixer tap was white. That chrome tap bugged me for years because he wouldn't change it to white.

I have kept a bath in the bathroom in my flat (with shower above it), and a shower in the en-suite. I know many of the flats here have changed to having just a shower in both rooms. But, there are times when still want the luxury of relaxing in a bath.

My eldest grand=daughter (aged 22 yrs), rents a lovely flat with her boy-friend right in the centre of the city in which they live. However, this has just a shower, and top of her wish list is for them to find somewhere different where she can have a bath (and a cat).

When she visits her Mum back home, she always uses the opportunity of having a long bath in the P-shaped bath she remembers from her childhood. My daughter, (her Mum), never uses the bath, only the shower. Another adult granddaughter has to ensure anywhere she rents has a proper bath as she needs to this at least once a week for her skin condition.

When I had a new bath in the bathroom, I purchased some sticky shapes that I put in the bath at the shower & tap end, which hardly can be seen, but make that area completely non slippy. Have a grab handle on the wall by the shower and a very firm screw on grab rail to get and out of the bath. It is very safe.

I don't see any logic here at all. Why don't you wait the '2 years' and do it all at same tme as opposed to just changing bath just now????? I defo would not have taps different colours! Why getting a bigger bath...very unusual in this day and age as it takes more water to fill it!

FranP

M0nica

We are about to change our bath. The hosue we have just moved to has a Victorian style bath on legs. It is very deep and very narrow and is not easy to get inand out of. We are replacing it with the bath we had in our previous house, relatively low and easy to get in and out of. Both of us prefer baths to showers, so will use a bath as long as we can

Advertise it for sale - they are very sought after.

I found deeper and narrower were easier to get out of, but if you are changing, then do look at one with built in handles. Some of them also have patterns by the taps to enable you to get purchase for your feet. And do check sizes, because some of the older baths are smaller, and you may need space at the back if you are a bath soaker to lay your head more easily.

We are buying exactly the same bath we had in our last house and bought again for our French house, when we had it. We were using this model of bath until we moved house in July and look frward to having it again.

Big, deep baths take forever to fill and use a hell of a lot of water. Our bath which we had removed was a large P shaped bath and by the time it was deep enough you had used up all the hot water.

I'm with the bath lovers here. I'm planning to redo my bathroom soon to feature a good shower cubicle and a new bath, so I'm taking notice of the helpful advice here.
The shower ( I plan to fit a shelf/ seat) is for future proofing, but for as long as I can, I will continue to enjoy my lovely scented bathtime.

M0nica

We are about to change our bath. The hosue we have just moved to has a Victorian style bath on legs. It is very deep and very narrow and is not easy to get inand out of. We are replacing it with the bath we had in our previous house, relatively low and easy to get in and out of. Both of us prefer baths to showers, so will use a bath as long as we can

Advertise it for sale - they are very sought after.

I found deeper and narrower were easier to get out of, but if you are changing, then do look at one with built in handles. Some of them also have patterns by the taps to enable you to get purchase for your feet. And do check sizes, because some of the older baths are smaller, and you may need space at the back if you are a bath soaker to lay your head more easily.

I hate my flat with a shower. When I move again I will only take a flat with a bath. I love the relaxation of laying in a pool of warm water with luxury bath oils.

Babamaman

If you don’t mind me asking, how much did it cost to replace Bath with walk in shower?
I think it is very expensive

I gave a price earlier. A local man did it for us for £3,000. I was quoted £8,000 approx from one of the big companies who advertise in magazines. That didn’t include new shower unit either.

We were thrilled with the job and since then he has got 3 further similar jobs from people who have admired ours.

If you would be bothered, in two years time you may not get the taps for sink to match those on the bath if
done now.

I dread the day when I’m no longer able to use a bath. I loathe showers and only use one if there’s no alternative. If I had to use a shower all the time I might end up very grubby!

You pull the plug out of the bath before you make any attempt to get out of the bath, so that if you do slip, fall and get knocked unconscious the plug will already be out of the drain. water will be draining our of the bath and already be too low to drown in.

I do this every time I have a bath., and have done now for over 50 years, pull the plug out before I try to get out of the bath. I have not yet fallen and knocked myself unconscious.

M0nica

Astitchintime

A few years ago we decided to future proof our bathroom…….out came the very dangerous bath tub, we had both slipped in it - no serious injury - and we installed a walk in shower. Best move we ever made. Yes, I know it is possible to slip in showers but as far as I know, no one drowned in a shower like you can in a bath after slipping and becoming unconscious.

To protect from slipping and drowning in the bath, pull the plug out before trying to get out. Unless you fall with a part of your body completely blocking the waste, you may slip but not drown as all the water will drain away.

I started to do this when my DC were tiny and DH travelled a lot so I was often alone in the house with them.

Useful information, however, if the casualty is unconscious they are unable to remove the bath plug.

I did the same for that very reason.

If you don’t mind me asking, how much did it cost to replace Bath with walk in shower?
I think it is very expensive

Now we had a new kitchen refurb a few years ago, didn’t change the flooring as it was Karndean, the sink was a Porsche design one that I’d had a few years before… I now wished we’d changed them too… Funnily enough, we now come to the bathroom, hubby was thinking one option was to change our bath for a larger one and the taps, but we ended up having a complete refurb with the larger bath. Just finished yesterday and it looks fabulous…. So definitely do it all.

Oh dear, sometimes men can't see the logic in decor decisions. Can you try to explain the logic in terms he can relate to? Not having a complete set of golf clubs if only one needs to be replaced, or something similar?

I know I have had to convince my DH when it comes to decor; once we couldn't agree on the colour of paint trim on the inside edge of a doorway, and had to drop the subject for a few days until he finally came around to see that I was right!!

Although I only ever have showers, I kept the Bath, when I was re- vamping the house.
The advice was that, in all probability, my house would appeal to a young couple with a young family.
Children love to splash about in a bath. So I kept it.
Hopefully, when the time comes, my children will have no problem selling it.

The bath in our house was a bit shabby when we moved in so we started looking for another one. In B&Q we found a nice Royal Doulton Bathroom suite, reduced from £450 to £200. It was reduced because the bath had been left out in their yard in the rain! I may be wrong but I thought the whole point of a bath is that getting wet doesn't damage it!

I coudn't cope with unmatching taps either. Reminds me of a house DD considered buying. Every item in the (coloured) bathroom suite was a slightly different shade of pink because the owner was doing the house up as cheaply as possible and the bathroom alerted us to the fact that the house was badly maintained with all the work skimped or compromised.

We had bath taken out and replaced with shower cubicle. We love it. Cost about £3000 and included new shower, full length non slip tray, no clean glass shower screens and two grab rails and panelling to match tiles. All the accessories are chrome. Couldn’t have odd colours.

I couldn't live with different coloured taps. Years ago, I can't remember why, but I needed different taps at the whb. Only a different shape to the bath taps, and I couldn't live with that.

I now have a shower with a removable, adjustable stool, perfect.

We are about to change our bath. The hosue we have just moved to has a Victorian style bath on legs. It is very deep and very narrow and is not easy to get inand out of. We are replacing it with the bath we had in our previous house, relatively low and easy to get in and out of. Both of us prefer baths to showers, so will use a bath as long as we can