Bath or Shower

mumlady1

Sooetie, I'm in a position similar to yourself with 2 teenage boys. We all shower & no one uses the bath!
Regards the p shaped bath though, this is what we currently have & now that the boys are getting bigger, their weight (and the fact that there are 4 of us taking showers every morning - though not together :rotfl:) pulls the bath down which causes water to leak behind the seal & into the lights downstairs:eek: We've been told by 3 separate plumbers that over shower baths are not meant for heavy use like ours and the leaking is a very common problem.
We are in the process of having our bath taken out & a corner shower unit put in
Easier to clean too!!

loracan1

I've got one teenager and another soon-to-be teenage boy - we all like the option of being able to have a bath. It's a fairly large bath with a bigger than average screen for the shower, best of both worlds. You would alienate a large section of potential buyers with no bath, regardless of how easy it would be to put one in.

We've been told by 3 separate plumbers that over shower baths are not meant for heavy use like ours and the leaking is a very common problem.

first time I've heard that, our shower gets very heavy use but that doesn't happen here, sounds like a cop-out to me!

Idiophreak

Sooetie wrote: »

The bath just takes up elbow room lol

Sorry, but I'm really interest what else you're going to use the space for

claire16c

Also just because you have a shower over the bath doesnt mean it has to be a rubbish one, it can be the same type of shower as youd have in a shower by itself. Then you can get a glass screen, so its essentially like a shower but just happens that you stand in the bath.

Our screen goes completely around the bath in a circle when you are showering so it really is like a shower on its own. We had to do this because there is a window at one end of the bathroom, so no wall to attach a standard shower screen to. Dont know if thats what everyone else means by a P shaped bath?

Like this (except we dont have any shelving in ours:

Sammie_03

MoaningMyrtle wrote: »

How about a p shaped bath/shower?

That's what I was going to say, OH fitted one when he fitted our new bathroom. The shower is really powerful too.
I would want a bath in the house if we looked at moving.

WillowCat

loracan1 wrote: »

I've got one teenager and another soon-to-be teenage boy - we all like the option of being able to have a bath. It's a fairly large bath with a bigger than average screen for the shower, best of both worlds. You would alienate a large section of potential buyers with no bath, regardless of how easy it would be to put one in.

first time I've heard that, our shower gets very heavy use but that doesn't happen here, sounds like a cop-out to me!

Some of the light weight plastic baths flex a lot when you stand in them, so very hard to keep the seal intact.

Hubby insisted on a bath when we refitted the bathroom, I would have preferred shower only. I chose a thick steel bath (Kaldewei 3mm) and it doesn't budge at all even with my considerable weight.

I think he's used it as a bath once in three years :mad:

Starrystarrynight

Our house only has room for a 1400mm bath. The standard, I believe, is 1700mm. When we last updated the bathroom, we got rid of the bath and replaced it with a big shower cabinet and we love it! Our house is very small and is never going to be a family home, so we didn't think it would adversely affect it's value or sale-ability.

catkins

I hate baths and can't even remember the last time I had one. It would not put me and OH off of buying a house if it only had a shower

megela

pigpen wrote: »

I wouldn't consider buying a house with no bath. I'd get a shower over a bath then you are not ruling out sellling to a whole lot of people.

Friends of ours who were selling had several people who were put off because they had a shower instead of a bath. Would definetly go for a shower over a bath everytime.

Faith177

I would be lost without my bath. I have a bath every day it's my escape (though the cats still think they have the right to just walk in!).

I spend so much time in the bath OH has actually gotten concerned I've drowned.

I hardly ever have showers I hate them. Except when I visit my friend in Canada his shower is super powerful and I love it lol