to find not having a shower in your house a bit weird.

[JackThePumpkinKing]

Watching Beeny last night reminded me of this (weird flat with bath in bedroom in front of the windows, but no shower).

We've been veiwing houses and I'm really by the number of them that don't have a proper shower that you can actually stand up in. Just those pointless shower heads propped up just above the taps (what are they for ?)

Do people without showers have a bath every day?

Hate showers feel like I can,t breathe like I am under attack from the water!

From a property development point of view I would never get rid of a bath and only install a shower especially in a family home. It's very off putting for families with children.

PILs renovated their house a few years ago and put in a fantastic shower, but no bath, despite there being plenty of room for one. IMO it was really stupid of them because obviously they're pushing on and not having a bath will be a problem if one of them becomes unsteady or develops back problems but also they didn't think ahead to a time when they would have grandchildren. DS is scared shitless of the shower so we have to blow up a paddling pool and fill it with water to wash him when we stay (he used to go in the kitchen sink, but too big for that now!). Not having a bath is more of a hassle than not having a shower IMO and when we were looking for a house lack of a bath/lack of space for a bath was one of the things that put us off the most.

Showers are much better for the old and infirm that baths!

We have a shower (big walk-in cubicle) but no bath. I guess some would consider that weird, but it makes sense for us, we have limited space and would likely never even use the bath. Maybe for some people it's the other way round, if they wouldn't be likely to use the shower much/ever, what's the point of taking up space with it?

When I was growing up it was a weekly bath on a Sunday and on the other days you washed at the sink with a flannel. Does that make me sound 100 years old? :) I'd never go back to that though.

Showers are only good for the very elderly if they have a seat and no step up into them .. otherwise they are terrible.. but saying that baths are equally awkward.

We have a bath with showery attachment thing. I have had a flat with no bath,that was far worse.

I hate not having a bath. I grew up in a house without a shower and agree it is generational. When we were little we'd be told to run the basin full of water and have a splash wash. I've got to say I feel odd now if I've not showered in the morning and don't like it, but I think that is just habit.

Some old houses don't really have the capacity to get good water pressure, so putting a shower in without doing a major job would be pointless.

The urgh reaction about baths kind of proves the point that, actually, you don't need to get wet all over every day to keep clean.

A strategic wash: face, neck, hands, armpits, crutch, feet, is quite enough for day to day.

If I had a choice of one or the other I would choose a bath every time. We do have both where we live at the moment, but have lived in places where it is just a bath. I don't find it weird

It depends bonsoir. There's no way my gran in law could have stood in a shower - she would have just tipped over onto the floor. She did sit in the shower on a chair for a while (the bath was upstairs and she couldn't get to it, only shower downstairs) but she couldn't manage moving around to get her head out of the water in order to wash her hair etc. FIL installed one of those openy closey baths for her and it was great.

I agree climbing in and out of a bath is surely more difficult for elderly/infirm people? Unless it's one of those baths with a door specificially for those with mobility problems, but most people don't have those. You can have a seat put in the shower for people who have difficulty standing.

I find just having a bath weird because they take ages and waste loads of water. I don't have time for a bath every day.

See the point about it being generational/water pressure though.

Those little showers that are 6" above the bath just upset me though

I dont have a shower, I live in a HA house and I cannot afford the cost of putting in a shower. I would like a shower as they would be good if pushed for time or just getting in from the gym.

My ideal house would have a bath and a standalone shower, but I could never have just a shower.

It doesnt really take much time to have a bath in the morning, run the water whilst brushing teeth/making bed/sorting clothes out then a quick 5 min wash and hair wash then out.

I cannot leave the house without having a shower or bath and I do not have time to have a bath every morning

I have a shower every morning and a bath every night
I need both

It's odd though, the twins go in the bath for ages. I leave them in there (stay upstairs obv) but I potter about tidying etc.
I would never leave them in the shower for so long.

I couldn't buy a house without a bath. Also I make sure if we stay in a hotel, it has a bath.

Bath but no shower is definitely better than shower but no bath....you can always add a shower over the bath later but putting a bath back in when it's been removed would be a hassle. It would put me off buying a house/flat if it had no bath.

NB my parents DO share bath water to save water. They have a shower-over-bath but don't use the shower daily.

I like to soak in the bath once a week if I get the chance; DH would never bother with baths at all. He would have put a shower cubicle in his very small bathroom at his old flat but was advised it would put people off if it had no bath, when he came to sell.

Showers are quite slippery though. My mum's turning 60 this year but has knee issues and she can't shower because if you slip, you will inevitably twist as you fall, because of the shape of the space, and because there's a door/curtain that moves, you may end up grabbing at something that isn't steady.

It obviously depends what someone struggles with, but you can fit sturdy grip-rails on beside a bath, and there's nothing on a bath that slips away as you lean on it.

Well it depends on circs doesn´t it as to which you could do without?

I hate baths & my children have showered from a young age.

Been married 17yrs & in all that time my husband has never had a bath & I´ve probably had a couple.

Don´t most/many have a shower over the bath if there´s not room for a separate cubicle, though?

Couldn't have a house with no bath either, but my parents house has no bath - they don't want to risk clambering in and out of the bath and slipping, understandable.

Their shower is lovely though - huge walk in wet room. The kids love it!

I remember the first house my parents bought, it had no bathroom, the toilet was outside. The kitchen sink was used for washes and teeth brushing and we had a family bath day, tin bath in front of the living room fire.
Btw I'm 40 not 100. I wouldn't want to go back to that