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They do humour ? oh i forgot, Cell block H and Neighbours, they were funny.

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I'd hate to be without a bath. You can't beat a good old soak to ease the pain or just for a relaxing soak.

Most places I've live in have had a shower over the bath. This place has a bath and a separate corner shower.
Posh

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this was our problem too, in fact we would never manage climbing into the bath now.
well worth thinking about if you have knee/hip problems.

so we had ours (9x6) small bathroom gutted, and a large walk-in shower on the bath wall and the basin and toilet are on the window wall all built into a vanity unit and cupboards and a large tall ladder radiator on the remaining wall.had the lot tiled top to bottom.
all done by one firm.
absolutely brilliant.

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Hi primus.

Sorry, only just seen this thread.

I'm guessing you want the smaller window because the screen will be over the existing one.

The amount of work involved to change a bath to a shower depends on each individual job. You might find that there are no tiles under the bath and in some case no plaster. It's not a good idea to try and match new tiles/plaster inside a shower as it has to be water-tight.

The waste pipe will have to be changed and depending on the direction of your floor joists could involve some notching (you need to check regs for what is allowed). in some case the shower tray will have to be imbedded onto a wooden plinth.

Tip. Don't grout the gap between the tiles and the shower tray. Only use a good sealant such as Dow Corning sanitary.
Same in the corner.

I'm probably telling you what you already know but hopefully it might help a bit.

If you need any advice feel free to pm me.

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Thanks for that, I put our bathroom in 7 years ago so I will do some of the work myself apart from changing the window and maybe the shower tray, I will see the plumber when I get our boiler serviced, but I will keep you in mind if I need any advice

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I have been fitting bathrooms for about 10 years now and probably fitted about 60. I have just finished my own bathroom and done exactly what you want, changing the bath for a shower. Admittedly I did move the whole lot around to different positions but I have to admit it left me scratching my head for a solution most of the time. Normally, working on my own, it would take roughly two weeks to completely gut a bathroom, re-fit the suite, wall tiles and floor tiles but my own one took me a couple of months.

I think a lot of the time I was to busy watching telly.

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My father had this done in the apartment he bought in the early part of this century as he needed a walk in shower; there wasn't enough room in the bathroom for both. My mother detested showers and was not a happy bunny!

When my siblings and I put the apartment on the market, some people were put off by the lack of a bath.

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I agree that the majority of people would like a bath and it can put people off when selling. I reckon you have to make the place you live in suitable for you though. Once I'm gone, I won't be worrying about it.

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I dislike baths and much prefer to have a shower. We have a shower over the bath in the main bathroom, and an ensuite attached to my bedroom with a walk in shower.

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I had my downstairs bathroom converted into a shower-room last year and am very pleased with it. (Now as long as I can manage just one step up or down I can live downstairs if I want to.)

I am lucky I still have a bath upstairs. I don't use it so often.