Anyone have a portable bath?

[catshatsandchats]

I live in a housing association flat with a large walk in shower. Due to having chronic pain I’d like a bath, but housing association won’t put one in and I can’t afford to do it myself. I’ve seen portable baths on websites and wondered if anyone has one and how they find it, e.g for getting in and out.

Exactly. Align the two drains BEFORE you start filling the tub.

Do you have a link please?

Thanks for all the replies. It sounds great, but now I'm worried that the bathroom floor won't hold the weight! I'm going to have to ask the housing association aren't I? 🤨 chances of getting a reply are pretty slim!

If your bathroom is upstairs and has a wooden floor it may not take the weight but if you are in a flat with concrete floors you should be ok. But you should seek advice from the surveyor. The housing association employ their own surveyors usually

Now that is a brilliant idea, ditto a very private garden too ! My 'child', 40+ years old, was horrified the other Summer when I said that I had been reading in the garden starkers at 2am because it was so hot in the house!

If you have chronic pain and your gp will back you up, you might be able to get help from your local council (though I think it's usually the other way round - people who can't manage baths being given walk in showers). Worth the ask though

My friend has one in her housing association flat similar to the previously posted ones. I think she got it from Temu as it was cheaper. There's a drainage outlet tube that she drains into the shower when emptying & she fills it via the shower head. It helps manage her fibromyalgia pain.

I empty ours into a sink with a jug. Time consuming, but it has never flooded.

It won't weigh more than a build in bath.

How do you get the water out?

@Princessbananahamock Do you have a link please? This sounds perfect for my asd child!

To me the filling, emptying, carrying and general faff of these portable baths would outweigh the benefits if you have chronic pain or disability vs for example an able bodied person using it for children.

I would either save up or look into grant funding to get a proper bath installed. In the meantime do you have friends or family nearby who wouldn't mind you using their bath now and again?

It wouldn't bother me if someone close to me wanted to come round for a bath, but I'm not on a water meter.

In the short term whilst you sort this out @catshatsandchats could you book yourself into a local hotel/inn that has an accessible bathroom which includes a bath?

At this time of year they aren't busy and costs are relatively low...not nothing, but if it's comforting to have a bath then hopefully an expenditure you could run to as a treat?

The access to washing facilities part of the disabled facilities grant is just that. To enable a person to access washing facilities. It is for people with a permanent and substantial disability. Therefore, if a person can access the shower then they have access to washing facilities and are not eligible for a grant. If they are able to get in and out of a bath tub then they are not physically disabled. So therefore grants requests to put baths in are not given.

I have the Amazon one, that the fists poster linked. It’s my 2nd one. The first one, got black mould on the silicon and developed a split, where the colour and white parts join at the back. I did have it for about 3 years.

I now store it away from bathroom (wet rooms) to stop the mould.

maybe better to give it as a joint christmas present, so as not to cause any arguments and/or jealousy.

I live in Aus.. we have very strict building codes. I’m pretty sure bathtubs have to be placed with load-bearing in mind. (*I am not an engineer, but we had to arrange our bathroom to accommodate this.)

Yes I had the same issue. I got a regular bath tub delivered with a plug hole in the bottom and sealed it up with liquid silicone which dried hard so it's watertight. I fill it with the shower head then empty by hand with buckets, cups and then wipe out with a clean flannel. Works well.

I use this
https://amzn.eu/d/01GF86B2
And fill it with a tap shower hose and empty it with a siphon hose. It takes about an hour to empty, but you are only doing something for first 2 mins, then you leave it.

This is so handy to know, I had no idea they existed. When I eventually downsize from a family home to a small two bed I was worried I would have to decline shower only properties that I might otherwise like. This will really open up the choices.

Also how do you fill it assuming it won’t fit in a wet room?

There are some smaller sit up kinds on the usual online sales sites. They seem small enough to fit in the larger cubicle showers, not the prettiest, but might work if you really want a type of bath. Looks like they empty the same way as the larger fold up ones so could empty into the shower drainage hole.

Do they do a smaller size, but bigger than a baby bath. Struggling to get 3yr old to shower.

https://amzn.eu/d/0iYFqLvq

I saw this on a short yesterday oddly.

Its got decent reviews

Don't laugh but Google large dog bath with integrated plug or drainage. There are some bigger than baby baths for larger breed dogs , but not as big as the adult baths. I think some would fit a standard shower cubicle.