New bath help

abwsco

Hi, we are looking at getting a new bath but I am struggling to view many in real life apart from somewhere like B & Q.

We want a bath that's 1700 x 750. Shower will be going over the bath but we don't want a shaped shower bath. We also want a bath that doesn't feel like a coffin when you're in it. Looking online so many of them seem to be so narrow at the bottom.

Any feedback at all on the Ideal Tempo Cube bath as it's marked "heavy duty" in the brochure I've got.

Thanks

A.Penny.Saved

Reading between the lines here, are you looking for a larger than standard, strongly constructed bath for showering by larger than average bodies?
20 year guarantee so they must believe that it should last
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abwsco

Not larger than standard bodies. Just want one that's not narrow like most of the modern ones I've seen are.

And yes, we want the bath to last as don't plan on redoing the bathroom ever again. Current one is 25 plus years old so would like one the same quality.

ukjoel

We bought one a couple of months ago thats pretty much what you are after.

It was a kaldewei (possibly a cayono) but cant recall 100% and the bottom is completely flat so bigger base for showering.

We went 1700x 750 to give a little more space as well.

It was about £500 but think that included anti slip and easy clean.

abwsco

ukjoel wrote: »

We bought one a couple of months ago thats pretty much what you are after.

It was a kaldewei (possibly a cayono) but cant recall 100% and the bottom is completely flat so bigger base for showering.

We went 1700x 750 to give a little more space as well.

It was about £500 but think that included anti slip and easy clean.

Thank you:)

cyclonebri1

Most towns seem to have a bathroom specialist, not the sheds just smaller family run companies. The 1 near me must have at least 10 displayed together on the wall, plus around 10 other full bathroom set up.
If you mention where you are someone may offer a suggestion.

A.Penny.Saved

There are 80cm baths available which should provide more room. The bath build type can allow more bum room and I must admit that some do look very tight even for fairly slim people like myself. Even the leg room looks limited with some of the double ended baths having only 1000 to 1100mm room to sit.

I am looking for a bath myself. Many of the lower priced baths seem to have 5mm base boards which, although slightly better than some 3-4mm that I have seen people mention, still might not be strong enough for larger bodied people. I have seen people recommend 8mm or even 10mm base boards for strength. I think that with someone standing to shower, the base board does need to be adequate to cope with the concentrated weight.

A couple that I came across, I still have piles of tabs open, under consideration so to speak.

This one has a 20 year guarantee so they must think that it will last fairly well. However, Steel will probably be stronger.

Variations on the above bath.

This one has only a 10 year guarantee but does appear to look more roomy. This one does not state the base board thickness but does say it's reinforced at the shower end. This does seem a bit taller as well.

There may be cheaper prices on these baths, I just picked one link from each that I have open ATM.

A.Penny.Saved

A 750mm steel bath, double ended so the internal length looks small and has a 10 year guarantee. Another site said the guarantee was 30 years on the Steel Vaioset shower bath but bathstore says it's 10.

1800x800 steel bath double ended with 550mm internal width so plenty of room. The 700mm bath has a 500mm internal width and the 750mm is not stated but at a guess, 525mm.

Steel baths without predrilled holes do not recommend drilling, they say that the taps should be wall mounted, which is no use to me.

Steel is colder than acrylic but usually stronger. The question is, what is more important?

ryder72

A cast mineral bath might be the answer. Much stronger than acrylic, not cold like steel and most importantly they dont lose heat as quickly as either acrylic or steel.

A.Penny.Saved

There are thermally efficient acrylic bath options on some acrylic baths for a little more money and they are meant to retain heat better than the model without the said option. The showertime bath above has that option and so do a few others.

cyclonebri1

A.Penny.Saved wrote: »

I am looking for a bath myself. Many of the lower priced baths seem to have 5mm base boards which, although slightly better than some 3-4mm that I have seen people mention, still might not be strong enough for larger bodied people. I have seen people recommend 8mm or even 10mm base boards for strength. I think that with someone standing to shower, the base board does need to be adequate to cope with the concentrated weight.

It's not the baseboard they are talking when 3/5/8/10 is quoted. It's the thickness of the acrylic sheet that the bath is formed out of.

I used to work in thermo formed plastics, the average thickness will be around 4 mm, 8mm retained at the rim if it's an 8mm bath, 3 mm, you don't want to know. Quite simply it's strectched to twice more it's surface area, it has to thin down.
The baseboard is simply a sheet of 15mm chipboard that is fibre glassed on to give rigidity, it also extends up the side of the bath.

There are very few baths made in the thicker materials for a very simple reason. We demand fancy shapes with soap dishes etc, you simply can't form the thicker material in to highly defined shapes. Hence thinner material reinforced with GRP.