Is there any use for Baths these days?

Creative83

For one thing, baths just seem like a massive waste of space... I mean come on, when was the last time you had a bath? For me, it was when I was 10 or 11 I think... a shower is not only way more efficient but you don't get to lye in your own filth! You can get so much more space in any bathroom without the bloody bath that is never used!


Have baths in houses & apartments had their day?

asteroids over berlin

not in mine, love a good bubble bath minus tge farts

MarkY91

I have the odd bath when in a hotel. Just feels relaxing.

In my home, its rarely used and kind of a waste of space.

Bredabe

Love a bath! one of the few times I stop being 'mammy' and just do nothing while in complete control of the environment.

Really handy for treatments for lower body issues/growth and icing delicate groinal areas easily.

The J Stands for Jay

They're for bathing children in.

Creative83

McGaggs wrote: »

They're for bathing children in.

Can the children not just have a shower

They're good as a treat in a hotel

Trigger Happy

Yes, the kids use the bath most. They hate the shower as cant play in it.

And sometimes after a hard days manual labour a big long soak in a radox bath is your only man. But ya have to rinse yourself afters...
And lets not even start on the Lush bath bombs....great craic/

Harry Palmr

Coal, where will the coal go?

Creative83

Creative83 wrote: »

For one thing, baths just seem like a massive waste of space... I mean come on, when was the last time you had a bath? For me, it was when I was 10 or 11 I think... a shower is not only way more efficient but you don't get to lye in your own filth! You can get so much more space in any bathroom without the bloody bath that is never used!


Have baths in houses & apartments had their day?

Quick shower to get clean > Shave etc. while filling bath > Get in.

That's how I do it the once a year I bother.

Creative83

Deleted User wrote: »

Quick shower to get clean > Shave etc. while filling bath > Get in.

That's how I do it the once a year I bother.

Irish Water are coming for you

elbyrneo

I find a bath handy when i fancy a bath. Otherwise it's just messy with water damage etc.

Creative83

Trigger Happy wrote: »

And sometimes after a hard days manual labour a big long soak in a radox bath is your only man

Do your colleagues know about this?

tobsey

Creative83 wrote: »

Can the children not just have a shower

It’s a lot harder to get children clean in a shower compared to a bath.

Hector Bellend

Bredabe wrote: »

Love a bath! one of the few times I stop being 'mammy' and just do nothing while in complete control of the environment.

Really handy for treatments for lower body issues/growth and icing delicate groinal areas easily.

Ye cant beat a good bath to sort your fanny out.

Creative83

Creative83 wrote: »

Irish Water are coming for you

Maybe I only wash once a year.

Creative83

Deleted User wrote: »

Maybe I only wash once a year.

Ewww :mad:

Uncharted

Just don't **** in the bath,unless you want the dreaded Spiderman backfire

Plague Maiden

I still enjoy an occasional bath. A quick shower first so I'm nice and clean getting in, very hot water to cut the bollocks off me, a few candles heating some eucalyptus oil and an audiobook to chill out to.

Creative83

Plague Maiden wrote: »

I still enjoy an occasional bath. A quick shower first so I'm nice and clean getting in, very hot water to cut the bollocks off me, a few candles heating some eucalyptus oil and an audiobook to chill out to.

Snowflake :mad:

jimmycrackcorm

It's the only chance to prove your own farts are real.

soups05

sigh, your missing a treat op. not only can you pamper yourself with a long soak while listening to some soothing music, but you can also take the opportunity to bathe your other half for a bit of romance.

occasionally the romance doesn't make it out of the bath

have a little more fun in your life, you will be a long time dead.

soups05

soups05 wrote: »

sigh, your missing a treat op. not only can you pamper yourself with a long soak while listening to some soothing music, but you can also take the opportunity to bathe your other half for a bit of romance.

occasionally the romance doesn't make it out of the bath

have a little more fun in your life, you will be a long time dead.

Aye, but it's like making sweet sweet love to an inflated* balloon.

juneg

Very important to have a bath. When the water is gone in the big winter freezes you have your bath full of water to flush the toilet for a few days!

Graces7

A hot bath is the best pain relief there is. A shower is nasty hot rain.

i71jskz5xu42pb

Big fan of a Cadbury Flake now and again so the bath is a necessity.
Not sure how else you'd eat them to be honest.

Beanntraigheach

Me an' my uncle Cletus makes moonshine in ours.
Ol' granny fergets sometimes and takes a bath in it. That don't do no harm though, folks round these parts say that's whut gives it its special flavour.

Bicycle

Where would you wash the dog or the duvets?

And remember, all the tornado safety literature suggests you hide in the bath if you don't have a basement and a tornado is imminent.

Ray Palmer

When I was looking to buy a house visited a family house there was no bath and loads of people were put off and mentioned. I bought the house and put in a bath at very little cost nor difficulty. The main reason was the wife but it makes it much easier to wash the dogs.

I'd say there was about €15k knocked off the house price due to the lack of bath

Capt'n Midnight

“One is never alone with a rubber duck.”

― Douglas Adams

Glass fused light

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

“One is never alone with a rubber duck.”

― Douglas Adams

I never ever book a hotel room with out a bath tub, it's not a hoilday without a long soak one of the nicest rooms I was ever in had a rubber duckie for the tub!!

Well, personally, I love a bath. Some nice bath oils or such added to the water. Very relaxing.

The thing about showers is interesting because I would think you'd use more water with a shower. Sure, some people do very quick showers, but whenever I've shared with people, they would stay in the shower for quite some time. Whereas with a bath, you fill it, and just maintain the heat.

I'd suspect a shower uses more water..

Mint Sauce

In about 20 years, two baths. Although, I would imagine a house with a bath, would still sell quicker than one without one. Still give re sale, especially for a young family.

retro:electro wrote: »

They’re a great host for dissolving bodies in hydroflouric acid

Not necessarily...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfO-54me-jY

mloc123

Creative83 wrote: »

Can the children not just have a shower

Try and get a child under 4/5 years old into a shower...

dudara

I specifically request hotel tooms with out baths. I hate stepping into them when going for a shower, the constant feeling that I’ll slip and hurt myself.

I don’t find baths relaxing or pampering. I have a bath in my house but I haven’t used it once. Don’t have kids or dogs so can’t see it being used either.

sbsquarepants

Creative83 wrote: »

For one thing, baths just seem like a massive waste of space... I mean come on, when was the last time you had a bath? For me, it was when I was 10 or 11 I think... a shower is not only way more efficient but you don't get to lye in your own filth! You can get so much more space in any bathroom without the bloody bath that is never used!


Have baths in houses & apartments had their day?

No.

Very rarely have one myself - maybe 5 or 6 in the past decade, but use it for the kids all the time.

I've never understood people who spend good money removing their bath and installing as shower "for space" - what do you gain a 2 or 3 grand bill and a square metre of bathroom to do what in exactly?

It's not like you're going to fit an extra bedroom in that square metre is it!

Mint Sauce

sbsquarepants wrote: »

No.

Very rarely have one myself - maybe 5 or 6 in the past decade, but use it for the kids all the time.

I've never understood people who spend good money removing their bath and installing as shower "for space" - what do you gain a 2 or 3 grand bill and a square metre of bathroom to do what in exactly?

It's not like you're going to fit an extra bedroom in that square metre is it!

Will be honest, I contimplated this, replacing a bath for a walk in shower, as I would never use it. As my last post, was told 're sale'.

wakka12

Baths are very nice on the very odd occassion I take one, but agree generally waste of space and water usage and I think Id prefer have a bigger bathroom instead

RobbingBandit

I was maself weith a rag on a stick

AlphaOmega1

Had one the other night, dumped a load of body lotion in, scalding hot water, threw the phone in a ziplock bag. was deadly

trick

I love my bath. I have a bath at least once a week. (I shower every day).
I love the ritual of a bath. A tonne of Epsom salts, some essential oils.
It would never live in a house that doesn’t have a bath
(Obv not having baths at the mo with the drought situation)

pickarooney

Moved into a new apartment with a bath. Great for the kids, I thought. I think they've used it once. Used it three times myself, never on my own though, that's just boring.

greenttc

mloc123 wrote: »

Try and get a child under 4/5 years old into a shower...

My 1.5 year old loves the shower! Just tries to climb out of the bath!

whisky_galore

A place for drinking water storage in the event of nuclear war.

Total waste of space, we did up the main bathroom at home recently and got rid of the bath altogether as it was never used. I’d seriously consider not putting in a bath at all if I was building a house.

valoren

The thing is you will decide that the bath is a waste of space, that it rarely if ever get's used.....but.......when you do get rid of it, you'll be overcome with an intermittent urge to have a bath and will regret getting rid of it. I guess you only appreciate something when it's gone.

nice_guy80

Epsom salts and a bath
Nice

LirW

Re-did the bathroom in our house, ripped out the bath and got a really nice pumped shower instead. We wouldn't use it and the toddler has its own small bathtub.
I just don't do relaxing baths unless I'm in a hotel with the children 100 miles+ away.

optogirl

Creative83 wrote: »

Can the children not just have a shower

Have you ever tried to give a toddler a shower. Also babies can't go in the shower.

bnt

If you really think a bath is "lying in your own filth", you clearly don't know how soap works. Use bubble bath, then any dirt that comes off is coated and can't stick to you: you're insulated against the dirt by the soap.

Arrival

I hate the fact that so many apartments have baths instead of showers. They could make better use of that room that it takes up