After a completely exhausting apartment rental hunt, I’ve settled on the one that meets most of my criteria including price and location- not easy in such a competitive market as the one I’ve been searching in.
Only problem is- no bathtub. I know a ton of people don’t enjoy taking baths and prefer showering, but I am absolutely in love with baths. They’re always very relaxing for me.
The bathroom has a typical cheapy shower stall… with a square of shower floor and then the 3 shower walls around it. Is there ANY way I can rig it so I can take something akin to a bath? Something that I have thought of would be to take a very sturdy rubbermaid-type storage bin or animal feeding trough thing that is large and put it in there and fill it up… I know it sounds crazy but I’d probably be willing to at least try it. I’m pretty petite- 5’ and 100 pounds so I don’t think it would need to be huge.
I know some may say just go get another place with a tub in it but almost everything else I’ve look at is very high-priced or trashy or in a bad part of town.
Without seeing the layout or even a description, you’re giving us no idea what is possible.
A standard US bathtub is 60" x 30" - 5 feet by 2 2/1 feet. Drains are right, left, or center.
Water weighs about 8 pounds per gallon.
You will need something designed to hold water - it pushes outward in all directions.
I’m going to guess that you do not have the skill and/or tools and/or inclination to build a water-tight tank and elevate it so it drains into the existing drain.
There are your criteria:
Must be able to hold water for indefinite periods
Must have some way to fill (a garden hose on the shower head connection would get you cold water - by the time it got anywhere near full, it would be cold)
Must have a way to drain. Not every hole will work as an effective drain. If you do not understand why that is, you should not try a DIY solution.
Agreed - if you’re thinking of building this inside a shower cubicle, loading could be a problem, even if the container is rigid enough to contain the water - filling it will take forever from a shower; draining it will be a pain, and you’ll still only have a box of water, not a bath you can relax in.
A better option might be to treat yourself to a night in a hotel once a month - pick one with nice baths.
Yes! That would really work! It would fit the shower space perfectly, would be easy to move around and fill up, and I could easily sit down in it and enjoy a good bath.
No problem! I mainly lurk here for the variety of subject matter, but when I read of a petite farmgirl wanting to get wet and naked, of course I’m going to do what I can to help!
