Water Meters

That is true as has been stated, and  walk in showers are becoming the to have thing ,as the population gets older 

We have not had a bath for 14 years

However, I did replace it with a large shower.

We have not had a bath for 14 years

However, I did replace it with a large shower.

I have probably had 8 baths in the last 4 years taken when meeting up with friends for a hotel weekend. I too replaced the bath with a large walk in shower. I prefer a bath but OH has a problem raising one of her legs to get in or out. Se is able to walk fine however she just has trouble getting her leg over. 

We have not had a bath for 14 years

However, I did replace it with a large shower.

I have probably had 8 baths in the last 4 years taken when meeting up with friends for a hotel weekend. I too replaced the bath with a large walk in shower. I prefer a bath but OH has a problem raising one of her legs to get in or out. Se is able to walk fine however she just has trouble getting her leg over. 

Write your comments here...what on earth are you implying easyT  innuendo I presume  

I have probably had 8 baths in the last 4 years taken when meeting up with friends for a hotel weekend. I too replaced the bath with a large walk in shower. I prefer a bath but OH has a problem raising one of her legs to get in or out. Se is able to walk fine however she just has trouble getting her leg over. 

I thought I was on the wrong forum for a minute.

We have not had a bath for 14 years

However, I did replace it with a large shower.

when the kids were small we knocked the fourth bedroom and a small bathroom together into a huge bathroom....big corner bath etc, etc,.....which they loved....

as time went on, we used the bath less and less, and when they had both gone we changed the layout back and in the bath room we did as Steve has done and left out the bath altogether and put in a nice large walk in shower which, even the kids now think, is far better....

we dont miss the bath and even had an estate agent round to check on any difference in value to the property....

none....4 bed better than 3, and a bath could easily be put back in should any new owner decide thats what they preferred...

I think we should put in a walk-in shower soon, we have baths with showers over.

Bathrooms are still as originally installed when we had the house built 28+ years back.  Still in good order but no longer fashionable.  Main drawback however is the mess and dust that will go with any replacement as all the walls are tiled.

OH has been looking at the "showerwall" stuff, which could just be fixed over the tiles.  Anyone got any experience of that in use?

Kjell, we used it as part of our changes....really good stuff, put in by SIL who's a plasterer.....lovely, easyclean finish in loads of styles....not cheap i seem to recall

....ps....i cant re,ember if we knocked the tiles off first..... 

I think we should put in a walk-in shower soon, we have baths with showers over.

Bathrooms are still as originally installed when we had the house built 28+ years back.  Still in good order but no longer fashionable.  Main drawback however is the mess and dust that will go with any replacement as all the walls are tiled.

OH has been looking at the "showerwall" stuff, which could just be fixed over the tiles.  Anyone got any experience of that in use?

A couple of years ago we had an extension built. We have had a ensuite put on the new bedroom with the 'showerwall stuff' it's great so far, no grouting in between tiles to discolour. Then the plumber said, rather than take all the tiles off the bathroom wall, which we were changing as well, why don't you just have the showerwall put over the top. We had this done as well and it is also fine, even better hardly any mess. Otherwise they would have had to take the tiles off, replaster the wall then put new tiles up. Would recommend it.

Our water supply is metered as a business. Cows drink a lot of water, so any saving I could make in the house have no real affect. 

We have a vary large bathroom, with an old roll top iron bath that I can lie flat out in. We also have a shower, but have to put up with the fact that it's at the end of the line, and if in winter a lot of cows are drinking (when they  inside ), or the parlour is washing out, then the pressure can be poor. Timing of showers is important.

To relax nothing beats a long soak in the bath. Music playing, glass in hand. And maybe sun pouring through the window.