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Tiny tiny bathroom - bath time solutions needed!

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RachelMary · 22/06/2013 12:39

We've just bought a new house - the one down side is that it has a small shower room with sink and toilet...no bath. DH and I just have showers but our 2 year old DS loves a bath.... there must be a tiny bath that we can have the shower over?? I can't find any on google - only images from Japan! I need to find a solution before DH spends our relatively small budget on knocking walls down (that I wold rather spend on decorating and furnishings!!) Please help with any bathing solutions! Thanks RM x

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annalouiseh · 22/06/2013 13:23

what is the size of your room?

pizzaqueen · 22/06/2013 13:34

Our first flat had a shower and no bath. Up until he was around 2 we filled a large baby bath (ikea £5) using the shower head. After than he quite enjoyed having a shower.

He's now 2 and a half and we've moved to a house with a bath but he still prefers a shower. Your DS will get used to it.

MadBusLady · 22/06/2013 13:48

1200mm long, 700mm wide, 420mm deep.

1100mm square, 600mm deep.

The problem with those Japanese soak type ones is that they are designed to be tall on a small footprint to fit in an adult, so they're not very practical for bathing toddlers. Think the above two look just about ok, your arms might ache a bit reaching over the side of the 600mm deep one.

FamiliesShareGerms · 22/06/2013 13:50

Old tin bath in front of the fire?

starlingsintheslipstream · 22/06/2013 13:54

Some shower baths come up shorter then average, I think. But we got a smallish conventional bath from The Bathstore as our bathroom is on the small side and just had a shower when we moved in. How much room have you got to play with?

Aethelfleda · 22/06/2013 20:37

One of these combi-loo-sinks would free up a little more space for a bath (if your budget can stand it!) plus it's eco-friendly too:

linky to clever loo

kitkat10000 · 22/06/2013 20:49

flexibath - go from age 0-4 & fold up

Kveta · 23/06/2013 10:09

We have a tiny bathroom too, and got a small shower bath, then the sink overlaps both bath and toilet. It's annoying, as I would love a deep bath occasionally, but good because it uses less water than the one in our old place!

wonkylegs · 23/06/2013 11:43

Try here for short baths
Otherwise a babybath/trug in the shower until they are big enough for a shower.

Jaynebxl · 23/06/2013 14:29

When we camped with small children we took one of those big rubbery plastic basket things like this and bathed them in it in the shower. Was useful for carting things around on the beach in the day too. Anyway that would work as a bath for your little one, wouldn't it?

vess · 23/06/2013 18:08

Baby bath/tub is by far the easiest and cheapest solution.

calendula · 23/06/2013 19:41

Go to a building merchant and buy a big black rectangular tub to put in the bottom of the shower. We used ours until ds was about 8!

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RachelMary · 24/06/2013 15:32

Thanks all, that is really helpful. The room is about 8ft by 6ft.... so v small.

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LastButOneSplash · 24/06/2013 15:46

That's not that small. A bath is shorter than 6ft so plenty of room for a bath with shower over, loo and sink.

Goal · 24/06/2013 15:47

Ok that is not particularly small at all. You can fit a regular bath down the 6 ft wall with room to spare and then put the basin and toilet alongside the head of he bath. Shouldn't even need a compact bath if ou don't want to have one

MadBusLady · 24/06/2013 15:51

That's kind of a normal sized bathroom. You should easily be able to get a full size bath in there.

LunaticFringe · 24/06/2013 15:55

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Kveta · 24/06/2013 19:13

our bathroom is 5 ft by 5.5 ft! 8 by 6 is huge!! :o

primallass · 25/06/2013 11:09

We have a 160-cm bath. It is a Bette one and is a bit deeper so doesn't feel small. They do a 5ft one too I think.

feetheart · 25/06/2013 11:19

Had to refit a tiny bathroom a few years ago.

Used the smallest bath B&Q had, a slimfit toilet (B&Q take away range) and the deepest cloakroom sink we could find (again B&Q)
Used big white wavy tiles that reflected beautifully and made it look much bigger than it was.

However in this case I would definitely go with the big plastic tub solution and save your cash for making your home lovely :)

LauraPashley · 26/06/2013 19:57

I have this and do exactly as pizzaqueen said with the ikea baby bath in the shower cubicle. Can confirm that it is possible to get a 5yr old and a 2 yr old in there at the same time

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RachelMary · 01/07/2013 17:01

I need to correct the size (idiot!) it is 1.45m x 1.72m (4'9'' x 5'8'').... but like LauraPashley's confirmation on the practicalities of the ikea baby bath!

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Betty5313 · 01/07/2013 17:08

we got a bath from homebase for our small bathroom. It was just a few mm shorter than 1.6 Metres. Narrower than standard too, but deep and double ended. I think it was,called Quebec. double ended great for bathing more than one child, they both get a tap free end.

mrsyattering · 01/07/2013 17:12

my sister has a flexi bath for her now 3 year old since he was born, pops it in the cubicle

LastButOneSplash · 01/07/2013 19:42

That is still big enough for a standard bath which is 1700 mm

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