Anti-slip on bath floor

Possom

I noticed this bath:
http://www.qssupplies.co.uk/bathroom-furniture-shower-taps/131.htm

has options of a permanent anti-slip set into the bath floor, or at greater price, a permanently burnt-on quartz-sand anti-slip combination.

Was wondering what thoughts are in relation to permanent anti-slip options on a bath floor? I'd be using the bath also for a shower, so users would stand up in the bath.

If installed with an anti-slip bath floor, does this mean a rubber mat does not have to be used? Or perhaps a rubber mat provides better anti-slip properties than such permanent etched/moulded designs? Thanks.

Jonesya

I'm assuming it's instead of a normal rubber bath mat, otherwise there's no point to it as even a £5 rubber mat will stop you from slipping.

Pro - possible more stylish, always there so safer if people forget to use the mat.

Cons - it's always there, so is it rough when you're using the bath for a bath? What's it like to clean? Normal baths are smooth and reasonably easy to wipe down, do the rough spots collect direct, timescale etc.

Possom

Jonesya wrote: »

Cons - it's always there, so is it rough when you're using the bath for a bath?

Yes, I had wondered that myself.

Jonesya wrote: »

What's it like to clean? Normal baths are smooth and reasonably easy to wipe down, do the rough spots collect direct, timescale etc.

That's an interesting point which I hadn't thought of.