Bathtub dilemma

[BengalGal]

Help- contractors want to finish a quick attic conversion. Adding one bathroom. Turns out a shower won’t fit so bath it is. My experience is you need to get into the bath before you buy it. Only a 1600mm by 700mm will fit. I’d like freestanding and round.
i live in England near London or Cambridge and will drive far to find a showroom that has lots of tubs. Any ideas oh mums? I only have tomorrow to find said tub.

many many thanks for any help

Easybathroom has a decent show room.

go to google maps and search for “bathroom showroom” in your area.

Carron and Omnitub are good brands

This all sounds terribly thought out.
stop, take breath, and never panic buy. Plan then source what you want.

Why do you want a freestanding? Will you be walking round to clean it?

It will probably be easier to change the tap washers and repair the waste if there is no wall in the way.

If you don't have a lot of space a freestanding bath is not a great choice. We lose stuff down the back of ours and tbh it gets pretty dusty and is difficult to clean behind and ours is in the middle of a long wall so you can get round both ends.

Are you sure a shower won't fit? Could you post a floor plan. There are some very clever floor planners on here and sometimes people can fit things in.

If not then I would go with a Japanese soaking tub like omnitub and a shower fitting so it is possible to have a sit down shower if needed.

Look at depth. We could only get a 1700 in but have got a really deep bath and it makes such a difference if you’re limited by length. We also had ideas of free standing but went for a tiled in standard bath with a shower attachment and folding screen don’t regret it at all. Freestanding would have been a pain in the space we had.

This sounds such a rushed project, just checking you have Building Regs in place. If not then you will have problems when you come to sell.

well i just like the shape of freestanding. agree it might be a pain. But the long deep one I have in another bathroom is drop down and that's been a pain to access the plumbing parts.

There is a diagonal listed beam in the way of a shower

In the end I couldn't find a showroom that had a tub that was both short and deep. So I just went with specs. I got an oval one that is not too wide at both ends but is deep. It's 1650 long.

It's rushed because the contractors wanted to start right away and because for years I couldn't find contractors that wanted to deal with a listed attached barn. Now planning is running out. And there were holidays already scheduled that can't be moved. So we stop everything for said holidays.

It's still all rushy. All the marble and clay tiles are running out, maybe it will be the same story with carpets and engineered wood.

thanks for all the ideas and support xx

The biggest showroom I’ve ever found is Burge and Gunson in Colliers Wood, dozens of display rooms.

We have bette bath, short and deep

148 l capacity, 1700 length. What's the one you went for? Mine is not freestanding though

I have a Carron, it is particularly thick and rigid, and they are made in quite a wide variety of sizes. Look at the manufacturers website, not the retailer who may only carry popular sizes. Preferably get the matching thick side and end panels.

They are exceptionally heavy, and you need two people to carry them. I made the mistake of moving mine on my own before the fitters arrived, and injured myself. I am quite burly.

It might be awkward to wangle one up into a loft conversion. Ordinary acrylic or pressed steel baths are as light as a feather.

I understand Trojan are equally good.

You have my sympathies. Trying to get anything done in a listed building is a pain in the ass. Did you have to get listed buildings consent for the new bathroom too? It took me 6 months to get permission to put a couple of windows in a roof and now I can't find a roofer to do the work.

It took me years. Everything was approved at once finally but the architect and engineer were dreaming and what could be done and what they drew were miles apart. So a few more tag on approvals.