Bath Shapes- your experiences please.

rosequartz that is the problem I had after I had my ankle pinned and plated, Luckily I thought this may happen so I was prepared with a pile of towsls to lay in the bath after the water had drained. Getting in was similar to I think the launching of the Titanic.

Prior to my knee replacement I had the bath removed, a shower fitted and I can sit on the stool I bought.

Well, I am never going to have a bath ever again when I visit DD1 and SIL. Luckily they have a very large shower as well.

Do think about this properly. Do you have metered water? How much more water do deeper wider baths use? How much more will it cost on your water and heating bills? How big is your bath room? Can you get in and out easily?

I do worry that these wonderful fashionably deep sided baths are going to cause the less mobile real problems in the future.

I have one of those curvy ( like an 8) baths that when the shower glass doors close make a sort of cubicle. It looked like a really good idea when we bought it. Mostly I shower so no problem. But when I have a bath it's difficult to get out of mainly because my big fat arsebum gets stuck and makes a squelching noise as I struggle to get out

My bath was in the house when we moved here. It is a jacuzzi bath with six jets. I liked it to begin with, but now I do not like the noise it makes. It somehow detracts from the peace you want in the bath. I usually shower these days.

DD1 has a wonderful bath, huge, deep and so lovely to wallow in.

The only trouble was I could not get out of it. It took about 15 minutes of effort to get out of it, had to drain the water out then reach over and get the bathmat to give me some grip.

All I know is when I see those huge fancy baths (e.g. corner ones or free standing roll top ones) all I can think is gosh it must take ages to clean that .

Exactly, Holly. It also depends how big your hot water tank is too.

There's nothing stopping you from getting into the bath in the showroom and see how much of you sits below the level the water would reach and if they don't like you doing that, buy from a supplier that doesn't mind (if they're happy for people to lie on beds before they buy, I see no reason why the same logic can't be applied to baths!).

I can't get out of a bath - I always shower.

But, what about a walk-in bath - they are always nice and deep.