View Poll Results: Shower or bath?
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Shower or Bath?
Apr 22nd 2017, 1:51 pm
#1
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Shower or Bath?
We're renewing our bathroom later this year. We don't have room for a shower stall and a full size bath. Which would you choose?
Apr 22nd 2017, 1:53 pm
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Re: Shower or Bath?
Is it an en suite? If so I would choose shower. If it is your only bathroom...I would go for a bath with shower attachment.
Apr 22nd 2017, 2:15 pm
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Re: Shower or Bath?
How long do you expect to live in the house? If long term, say 10+ years, then go with what you want, and if that means a shower then be prepared to reinstall a bath if you can't sell it when the time comes, and after ten or more years it will probably time to refresh the bathroom anyway.
Personally I think a significant number of people would be happy to buy a home without a bath these days anyway.
Personally I think a significant number of people would be happy to buy a home without a bath these days anyway.
Last edited by Pulaski; Apr 22nd 2017 at 2:27 pm.
Apr 22nd 2017, 2:25 pm
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Re: Shower or Bath?
What JG said.
You will exclude quite a few potential buyers if your home doesn't have a bath....families with small children prefer to have a bath, not only do little children adore being in the bath, they tend to hate being washed in a shower stall (not to mention the poor parent/childcarer getting soaked too!).
I personally tend to have more showers but from time to time if I really want to relax or my muscles are sore, there is nothing nicer than a hot bath.
Go for the best of both worlds...a bath tub with an overhead shower attachment.
You will exclude quite a few potential buyers if your home doesn't have a bath....families with small children prefer to have a bath, not only do little children adore being in the bath, they tend to hate being washed in a shower stall (not to mention the poor parent/childcarer getting soaked too!).
I personally tend to have more showers but from time to time if I really want to relax or my muscles are sore, there is nothing nicer than a hot bath.
Go for the best of both worlds...a bath tub with an overhead shower attachment.
Apr 22nd 2017, 2:34 pm
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Apr 22nd 2017, 2:57 pm
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Re: Shower or Bath?
How long do you expect to live in the house? If long term, say 10+ years, then go with what you want, and if that means a shower then be prepared to reinstall a bath if you can't sell it when the time comes, and after ten or more years it will probably time to refresh the bathroom anyway.
Personally I think a significant number of people would be happy to buy a home without a bath these days anyway.
Personally I think a significant number of people would be happy to buy a home without a bath these days anyway.
Apr 22nd 2017, 7:21 pm
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I'd go for a shower
but presumably you could just have a bath with a detachable shower? (avoid having to make the choice)
but presumably you could just have a bath with a detachable shower? (avoid having to make the choice)
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Apr 22nd 2017, 7:27 pm
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Re: Shower or Bath?
Absolutely bath, no question. You can add a shower to it for best of both words. But no bath, no deal
Apr 22nd 2017, 8:55 pm
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Re: Shower or Bath?
What JG said.
You will exclude quite a few potential buyers if your home doesn't have a bath....families with small children prefer to have a bath, not only do little children adore being in the bath, they tend to hate being washed in a shower stall (not to mention the poor parent/childcarer getting soaked too!).
I personally tend to have more showers but from time to time if I really want to relax or my muscles are sore, there is nothing nicer than a hot bath.
Go for the best of both worlds...a bath tub with an overhead shower attachment.
You will exclude quite a few potential buyers if your home doesn't have a bath....families with small children prefer to have a bath, not only do little children adore being in the bath, they tend to hate being washed in a shower stall (not to mention the poor parent/childcarer getting soaked too!).
I personally tend to have more showers but from time to time if I really want to relax or my muscles are sore, there is nothing nicer than a hot bath.
Go for the best of both worlds...a bath tub with an overhead shower attachment.
Apr 22nd 2017, 10:28 pm
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Re: Shower or Bath?
I love the odd bath, but if I had to choose only one it'd be a shower with the largest floor area and safest/easiest access I could manage in the space. Planning for the future and all that.
Editha, if you can afford to lose a few inches in the shower space, get the tiler to build in a tiled shelf - they're great for keeping all your necessities within reach without having to bend.
Editha, if you can afford to lose a few inches in the shower space, get the tiler to build in a tiled shelf - they're great for keeping all your necessities within reach without having to bend.
Apr 22nd 2017, 10:38 pm
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Re: Shower or Bath?
I love the odd bath, but if I had to choose only one it'd be a shower with the largest floor area and safest/easiest access I could manage in the space. Planning for the future and all that.
Editha, if you can afford to lose a few inches in the shower space, get the tiler to build in a tiled shelf - they're great for keeping all your necessities within reach without having to bend.
Editha, if you can afford to lose a few inches in the shower space, get the tiler to build in a tiled shelf - they're great for keeping all your necessities within reach without having to bend.
Apr 23rd 2017, 10:25 pm
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Re: Shower or Bath?
There is of course a walk-in bathtub with an overhead shower attachment.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walk-in_tub.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walk-in_tub.jpg
Apr 24th 2017, 8:24 am
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Re: Shower or Bath?
If only bathroom a power shower over bath. Gives you both options.
Apr 24th 2017, 8:26 am
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Re: Shower or Bath?
Thanks to all for the input.
We were set to have the bathroom renewed, installing a new bath with shower, which is the arrangement we already have. We've put the project on hold while I see consultants and find out what the prognosis is for my mobility issues. An alternative to ripping out the bath might be to extend our downstairs loo into a shower room, or even converting our loft and putting a second bathroom up there.
We were set to have the bathroom renewed, installing a new bath with shower, which is the arrangement we already have. We've put the project on hold while I see consultants and find out what the prognosis is for my mobility issues. An alternative to ripping out the bath might be to extend our downstairs loo into a shower room, or even converting our loft and putting a second bathroom up there.