bath v shower

I think the disadvantage is you have to stay in it until it is empty.

If you've got room for both the bathroom must be larger than mine. If you mean those square box shaped things with a door I don't think they leak but as dragonfly says you do have to sit there until the water has all drained away which I'd think probably gets a bit chilly.

Also you have to sit in it while it fills too.

I had one when I worked in France. I think the woman who rented my flat before me might have been elderly. It had a seat higher up and a sort of footwell. Wasn’t like a real bath at all.

Why not have your bath reinstated and a shower over it?

I much prefer a bath to a shower, but got to the stage where I couldn`t get in and out of the bath anymore, so we had the bathroom turned into a wetroom. I still sorely miss a bath though, never feel as clean after a shower.

I enjoy a nice soak in the bath every now and then. I use the shower more often because it's quicker, but I insisted we had a bath too when we refitted the bathroom a few years ago.

I also plonk the grandchildren in the bath at night before they go to bed (when they sleep here) so it's gets used quite a lot.

Had our bath taken out when we redid the bathrooms and had a huge walk-in shower installed. We never used the bath and always preferred showers instead. Visitors love it!

We did the same thing Blue and have never regretted it. We had both got to the point where getting out of the bath needed a crane so it was dangerous! I prefer a shower too.

I had a French bath as Anja describes when I lived in France. Much more comfortable for me, to sit upright in warm scented water.

This type of bath was very common in older properties due to small room size and occasionally could be found in bedrooms. Decadent or what!

I agree with callgirl1. I much prefer a bath, and I never feel as clean after a shower. Where I live now I only have a shower, and I hate it. A bath is relaxing, you can immerse yourself and every bit of you gets clean with little effort. Quick going over with soap or gel, quick rinse (I had a shower attachment on the bath taps, so could rinse with clean water), and out - ten minutes or so. A shower takes me 20 minutes, all sorts of contortions needed to wash and rinse properly all over. There is nothing relaxing about it. I only have showers because I have no choice, but I don’t enjoy them at all.

We had our bath taken out and a large walk in shower put in because we hardly ever used the bath. I think I only ever used it once; DH not at all, and once GS started to prefer the shower no-one used it. However, over the past year, for various reasons, I have missed the means to have a good soak! I have no experience of the type of bath you are talking of, but hope you find something that meets your needs.

I never thought I'd miss a bath as much as I have. I have a shower only but don't feel as though it cleanses the same as a good soak.

A shower over the bath is the way to go.

I would always advise if possible to leave bath in place and try and fit in a shower somehow. When we downsized the first thing I noticed when viewing the house was, although it was a tight fit, the previous owner had installed a separate shower. For about 5 yrs the only one using the bath was DGS but as my husband's health began to fail he was unable to use the shower due to his skin thinning because of the high dosage of steriods he was on. We were so glad we kept the bath and using a bathboard and grips on the wall he so enjoyed his "bath".

I would miss a bath if we didnt have one. Sometimes (after golf) I am so cold only a bath will warm me up and its great for my aching back. Mic74 are you in a position to go to the local health club/spa for a sauna or a jacuzzi occasionally - might be a comforting thing to do? Just a suggestion.

We use the shower all the time and the GS use the bath when they come to stay. I think it is a good idea to have both if you have room, if only to make the house easier to sell when the time comes.

Showering uses so much less water so is far better for the environment and at the moment there is a movement suggesting we should go back to the days when we didn't shower every day. Apparently it is better for the skin as well as the environment

Some countries think it is unhygienic so sit in your own dirt in a bath , and in some places it is the practice to shower first before going in the clean water of a bath . My lot used to refer to bath water as bum water , as in......... "Mummy he is drinking bum water !".... when I left them for seconds to fetch another towel . As you might guess we just have showers now, one wet room , one shower room

All the posters who enjoy a bath must be much more agile than me. I was in my 50s when I found that getting out of a bath was very difficult. I tried once again a few years ago and eventually got out by turning over onto my knees and have never had a bath since. I never did enjoy a long soak in the bath like some people do.

You are right about baths aggie. A visiting friend of my DS was horrified to think we sat in our own dirty water to wash. Likewise he always washed the dirty dishes under running water in the sink, never soaked them. I like a bath when I feel stressed, and GC use it when they visit, but usually we shower. We probably shower/bath far too much these days, not like in the "olden days" when a strip wash was enough. Why not treat yourself to a hotel stay now and then Mic and have a bath there? Premier Inns always have flipping baths (with nasty plastic curtains for shower over).

We have a shower and a bath. The bath is used for hanging the washing over to dry. I am another who would never entertain sitting in dirty bathwater. You would still need a shower afterwards to rinse off the dirty water. A recent foray north of the border found us in a beautiful cottage but shower was above the bath. It made me realise just how dangerous this was to get in and out of, and I cannot see it getting any easier as I get older. However, if you fancy getting help to vacate a bath by a bevy of lovely firemen (happened to a friend) then ........

It would take two teams of firemen to extricate me from the bath ! Last bath I had caused a mini flood as I slipped and slid .....

We still have a bath but I have to use a separate shower at the moment as I have [hopefully temporary] mobility issues. I really miss a good soak and it's a good incentive to get fit again!

When we refitted my mother's flat, we put in a bath with a shower over it. It was difficult and we had to find a shorter bath to fit the small space. Furthermore, we also needed a way to help Mum get in and out of the bath. We were provided with a motorised lifting seat with a back which mum could sit in, then swivel over the bath (she needed to lift her legs over the bath side but didn't have a problem with that). The seat then lowered her into the water and lifted her out when she'd bathed. The seat supported itself and was removed from the bath without any trace of being there when Mum moved to a care home. We planned the whole set up so the shower and screen was at the opposite end of the bath to the seat and the taps were in the middle of the bath, easily accessible.

The bathroom was tiny but, a bit of careful planning meant that there was choice, not only for Mum but for the next occupant of the flat as well.

The suggestion of a bath with a shower over it, is a guarantee of fractured hips in people of our age group.

A quick rub down with a scented baby wipe deletes the need for either a bath or shower.
The extra space is used for storing waste foodstuffs when the bins are overflowing.
You get used to the various odours and maggots and flies.