The bath is the perfect bathroom fixture when it comes to completing a bathroom suite. With the ability to create a luxurious relaxing environment, for many homeowners, the bath is the penultimate addition to that dream bathroom. With several styles and choices of material available, there is a bath type to suit every bathroom.
The Bathroom Showroom offers a helpful guide to help you select the best bath for your customer's bathroom.
What Customers Need to Know Before Installing a Bath
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Before buying a new bath, it’s a good idea to understand who will be using it and how often it will be used. From everyday family use to occasional relaxing soaks, this will determine the type of bath chosen and whether durability and ease of maintenance or design features and pure style are most important here.
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The size and type of the bathroom may also determine the bath type. This will include how much room there is to bring the bath into the room, install it, the floor space available for accessibility and manoeuvrability, as well as the weight capability.
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When deciding on a bath style, it’s a good idea to consider the choice of taps, and where the taps and waste hole will be positioned. Also, this is a good time to think about a bath screen and any potential bath panels as additional.
Bath Material Explained
There are three popular choices of bath materials, including:
1. Acrylic - This is the most affordable of bath materials and the most resilient. An easier-to-maintain material, acrylic baths are also a lightweight choice, ensuring an easier installation process. Helping promote added style, an acrylic bath offers a high gloss finish.
2. Steel - When steel material is used in a bath, the result is a visually improved clean, and curved finish. This is also the most durable material choice.
3. Evo - Evo material creates stronger and additional durability when used in a bath. Made with two layers of GRP (glass-reinforced plastic) it also ensures the bath retains heat for longer when compared to a standard acrylic bath.
What Are the Styles of Baths?
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Straight Bath
One of the most common and practical types of bath styles is the straight bath. A popular choice with many homeowners, straight baths are ideal for installation when the bathroom space is limited. What's more, they’re the more budget-friendly bath choices. Our straight baths are available as round and square, single-ended, or double-ended.
The Bathroom Showroom has several fabulous bathroom suites collections offering straight bath styles including VitrA, Heritage, and Roca.
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Freestanding Bath - Including Freestanding Modern and Freestanding Traditional
A freestanding bath is considered a statement piece and is a fantastic focal fixture and ideal for those bathrooms with more space. With the option to position this bath style in various areas of the bathroom, freestanding baths are also referred to as stand-alone bathtubs. Our freestanding baths are available in traditional or modern designs and we also offer some slippers, roll tops, and classic claw and ball feet choices.
The Bathroom Showroom has several renowned bathroom suites collections offering modern freestanding bath styles including Scudo and Roca, while our traditional freestanding bath styles collections include iflo and Heritage.
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Shower Bath
When space in the bathroom is limited, a shower bath could be a great solution. Providing both a bath and a shower, all in the one design, a shower bath is immensely functional and practical while reducing the floor space that a separate bath and shower would take up. Typically available as P-shaped and L-shaped, customers can choose a circular or angled look at the end of these shower spaces. We have a matching bath screen to fit all our shower baths.
The Bathroom Showroom has several shower bath designs from stunning bathroom suites collections including Heritage and iflo.
If you're looking to shop baths for your customer, speak to us at the bathroom showroom. With over 280 showrooms and a renowned history of working with the trade, we're the experts in all things bathrooms.