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.
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HeimatBauer9 Aug 2023 13:07Oh yes, I am definitely not trying to demonize the bathtub or the bathtub installed at an angle. Our bathtub is angled in the room but not freestanding, so neither overflowing water nor placing shampoo/shower gel on it is an issue. The bathtub was originally intended primarily for my wife, but after I had a slipped disc, I used it extensively and probably still use it more often than all the other family members combined.
Oh dear… this really collects a lot of dust. At first, I thought about adding a wooden shelf above it, matching the vanity with a rounded cutout, then sealing it with the bathtub, but that wouldn’t cover the bottleneck on the floor.
That’s why I would leave it as it is. Even if someone in the family doesn’t like bathing, you can be tolerant and let the other enjoy it.
Besides, a bathtub can also be used for soaking laundry—knitted items, for example, benefit from that. In fact, just the day before yesterday, I scrubbed the dirty storage boxes from the car and the utility room in it. And there are more arguments in favor of having a bathtub. Yes, you can do everything differently, but some tasks are simply easier with a bathtub…
And since you can clean the floor with a slim cleaning tool, including more complicated corners you need to reach, it’s fine to leave it as it is.
That’s why I would leave it as it is. Even if someone in the family doesn’t like bathing, you can be tolerant and let the other enjoy it.
Besides, a bathtub can also be used for soaking laundry—knitted items, for example, benefit from that. In fact, just the day before yesterday, I scrubbed the dirty storage boxes from the car and the utility room in it. And there are more arguments in favor of having a bathtub. Yes, you can do everything differently, but some tasks are simply easier with a bathtub…
And since you can clean the floor with a slim cleaning tool, including more complicated corners you need to reach, it’s fine to leave it as it is.
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