Jerry Grant
New Member
Hi,
First time posting here. Looking around, this seems like the ideal group of people to help me with my problem.
We recently purchased a home with a beautiful custom stone tile shower with separate bath. See photos. The "tub' is large - 58 x 30" - and rather deep and is causing the following problems:
Any thoughts or suggestions? Thank you!
-jerry
First time posting here. Looking around, this seems like the ideal group of people to help me with my problem.
We recently purchased a home with a beautiful custom stone tile shower with separate bath. See photos. The "tub' is large - 58 x 30" - and rather deep and is causing the following problems:
- It's stone tile and not comfortable to sit in.
- It's drains the water heater before it sufficiently fills.
- The user has to climb over the 28" wall to enter and exit. We are in our 60's and beginning to find this challenging.
- Bath pillows, pads or mattress for comfort. There seems to be some decent options but nothing we've found is large enough to solve the water heater issue.
- Dropping a smaller claw-foot tub into the tub space. We found some that would fit, but cleaning the tile under the freestanding tub would be impossible.
- Take out, or severely lower, the dividing wall and put in a freestanding tub. This would solve the cleaning issue but the work to remove the wall could range from simple to expensive depending on what lies underneath. Plumbing maybe? Some insulation or other? Not sure.
- Inserting an inflatable pool into the hole. This works and it's what we are doing now. But its not a permanent solution and keeping it clean is a huge chore.
Any thoughts or suggestions? Thank you!
-jerry