1700mm bath too big for 1650mm space

Ella_fella

Have got a plumber to install a new bathroom for me in a few weeks time, been looking round for new suites this weekend and the wall to wall space in the bathroom is 1650mm and the baths I've seen are all either a 1600 or 1700mm standard size.
Can I buy a 1700 bath and the plumber then chases grooves in the plaster and brickwork to accommodate?
If this can be done then can the same be done but trimming the bath panel down to size (which will have to be done anyway as there is a square wooden cover for the waste bath water to butt against)
TIA

GDB2222

Chasing 2.5 cms at each end might possibly work if the walls are thick enough. You would want a bath where the taps are in the middle, not at the end.

GDB2222

There are plenty of 1650 baths around, by the way.

Le_Kirk

It sounds, on the face of it, feasible but how are you going to get the bath into the bathroom if the wall-to-wall dimension is less than the size of the bath?

grumbler

A similar thread - Trimming bath edges

However, I don't understand the bit "square wooden cover for the waste bath water to butt against". Normally waste pipes are well below the edges.

GDB2222

You can build your own bath panel pretty easily.

Ella_fella

grumbler said:

A similar thread - Trimming bath edges

However, I don't understand the bit "square wooden cover for the waste bath water to butt against". Normally waste pipes are well below the edges.

The waste pipe is enclosed in a wooden box running from the bath beneath the sink and then toilet. It's positioned at the bottom left hand corner of the bath towards the tap end as you look at the bath panel front on.

TELLIT01

Le_Kirk said:

It sounds, on the face of it, feasible but how are you going to get the bath into the bathroom if the wall-to-wall dimension is less than the size of the bath?

That is a very good question.

Ella_fella

GDB2222 said:

There are plenty of 1650 baths around, by the way.

Have had a quick look at the prices of these and are about 3 or 4 times the price I want to spend on a bath as am working to a budget so don't want to go down this route unless I have to 

danrv

A few 1650mm size here. Don’t seem too pricey.
I paid £190 for a 1685mm including bath panel from B&Q.
https://bathcenter.co.uk/single-ended-baths-34-c.asp?_=&f-LENGTH=f-1650mm&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIuJ_hy47M8AIVeRoGAB24CQWhEAAYAiAAEgK9c_D_BwE

GDB2222

Ella_fella said:

GDB2222 said:

There are plenty of 1650 baths around, by the way.

Have had a quick look at the prices of these and are about 3 or 4 times the price I want to spend on a bath as am working to a budget so don't want to go down this route unless I have to 

I hear you, but heavily cutting into the walls and making good will not be cheap either. The bath would presumably be carried into position diagonally, and enough of the wall would have to be removed to swing it down into position. 

Or cutting down a 1700 bath, perhaps, as someone else said?