Hello everyone,
We bought a house and took over a finished bathroom. A freestanding bathtub has been installed here. However, the “dirty corners” bother me a lot.
Ideally, I would like to remove the bathtub completely, but my husband wants to keep one. The washbasin will also be changed, so there is still some space available.
I thought about simply building some kind of wall around it. But of course, I have no idea how to do that. We don’t have any extra wall tiles.
We would also buy a new bathtub if that would solve the problem; it doesn’t have to be oval. The corner is not a right angle, of course.
Do you perhaps have any ideas about what is possible?
Thanks a lot in advance.
We bought a house and took over a finished bathroom. A freestanding bathtub has been installed here. However, the “dirty corners” bother me a lot.
Ideally, I would like to remove the bathtub completely, but my husband wants to keep one. The washbasin will also be changed, so there is still some space available.
I thought about simply building some kind of wall around it. But of course, I have no idea how to do that. We don’t have any extra wall tiles.
We would also buy a new bathtub if that would solve the problem; it doesn’t have to be oval. The corner is not a right angle, of course.
Do you perhaps have any ideas about what is possible?
Thanks a lot in advance.
I’m not a professional, but couldn’t you close off the corner with drywall (from the corner near the washbasin to the middle of the curve at the head end) and then tile it in white? It’s probably tricky because there’s so little space to work in, but it definitely should be possible. I’m not sure if there are prefabricated skirts with edges, but maybe a skilled DIYer could modify something like that.
I totally understand where you’re coming from, since everything tends to collect there—not just some water after bathing. However, I wouldn’t remove the bathtub. We rarely use ours now that the kids are grown, but when we do, it’s definitely missed.
I totally understand where you’re coming from, since everything tends to collect there—not just some water after bathing. However, I wouldn’t remove the bathtub. We rarely use ours now that the kids are grown, but when we do, it’s definitely missed.
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Costruttrice9 Aug 2023 10:48Oh dear, this bathtub placement is really quite unusual….
The corners would drive me crazy too! I would try to close off the corner side where the faucet is located, up to the wall corner or just past the curve; that’s probably the least effort. I wouldn’t fully enclose the area near the door and towards the sink, as that would feel too tight. To remove the bathtub and make everything visually consistent, you will need tiles.
We also planned without a bathtub. In the old house, it was just a dust collector and a place to put clothes; my husband never used it, and I maybe five times. From around age 3, the child stopped using it as well, so this time we wanted to do without one. Just yesterday, though, we considered still installing one in the guest bathroom in the basement, for the rare occasions when someone might want to take a bath…
The corners would drive me crazy too! I would try to close off the corner side where the faucet is located, up to the wall corner or just past the curve; that’s probably the least effort. I wouldn’t fully enclose the area near the door and towards the sink, as that would feel too tight. To remove the bathtub and make everything visually consistent, you will need tiles.
We also planned without a bathtub. In the old house, it was just a dust collector and a place to put clothes; my husband never used it, and I maybe five times. From around age 3, the child stopped using it as well, so this time we wanted to do without one. Just yesterday, though, we considered still installing one in the guest bathroom in the basement, for the rare occasions when someone might want to take a bath…
For me, bathing is simply me-time. I read or watch something, or just listen to music. I add bath oils or crystals with essential oils, and of course, the water is always way too hot and I stay in too long (if you don’t get dizzy when standing up, it wasn’t hot enough or it was too short).
Every now and then, the poodle comes to visit me, and I make a foam crown on its head.
Every now and then, the poodle comes to visit me, and I make a foam crown on its head.
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HeimatBauer9 Aug 2023 12:12The positioning and routing of the pipes is really quite unusual. However, I can’t think of a straightforward solution for installing a freestanding bathtub like this one. Moving such a tub isn’t simple either, due to the supply lines and drain.
So, either the bather cleans up all traces afterward, or the whole thing gets removed.
And whenever someone says, “I don’t need professionals, I planned the whole house myself,” these photos should be shown.
So, either the bather cleans up all traces afterward, or the whole thing gets removed.
And whenever someone says, “I don’t need professionals, I planned the whole house myself,” these photos should be shown.
I would leave everything as it is. You have a nice modern bathroom with a large shower and bathtub! Basically, you can reach the back with a squeegee. However, what I would always do is neatly place the shower hose inside the bathtub, with the showerhead over the drain. I do this in our shower as well. Somehow, it always drips, and this way you avoid drip marks and puddles along the shower hose.
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