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DIY & Home Improvement

LaydeeBug

(10,291 posts) Sun Dec 22, 2013, 12:41 AM Dec 2013

Does anybody have any experience with walk in bath tubs? [View all]

We only have one bathroom, and my elderly Dad is having a hard time getting into our regular bath tub. I love taking baths, but love Dad more, so I am not completely averse to putting in a walk in shower, but the walk in tubs seem to have a lot to offer…*if* they're not too good to be true.

Does anyone have any experience with these?

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Does anybody have any experience with walk in bath tubs? [View all] LaydeeBug Dec 2013 OP

I think that bathroom had better be kept in the 90s if you don't want him chilled Warpy Dec 2013 #1

So the bather also has to sit there until the water fully drains? JimDandy Dec 2013 #4

Yeppers. I can see these things being useful in summer Warpy Dec 2013 #6

i prefer walk in tubs than showers rowdysmith Jun 2016 #23

I have an unheated bathroom and when it's below zero outside Warpy Jun 2016 #24

I think warpy's advice is sage. I'd never thought about it that way. NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #2

Try a shower chair ... Historic NY Dec 2013 #3

+1 ... Auggie Feb 2014 #13

You can buy a fiberglass walk in shower Wash. state Desk Jet Dec 2013 #5

My brother installed one for his elderly/frail father-in-law. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2013 #7

warmth anasv Jan 2014 #8

exactly, anasv. clamshells Oct 2015 #21

They have their uses. jeepnstein Jan 2014 #9

Try Therapy Tubs timslack12 Jan 2014 #10

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What about a bath lift? Denzil_DC Feb 2014 #12

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I priced one about 10 years ago. demigoddess Feb 2015 #15

Have you given thought or used a transfer bench No Vested Interest Feb 2015 #16

I actually wound up buying a transfer bench, but Daddy passed before we could try it nt LaydeeBug Feb 2015 #17

Does anybody have any experience with walk in bath tubs? arielschoenberg Jul 2015 #18

Home Depot has a less expensive alternative............. mrmpa Jul 2015 #19

The care facility my uncle spent his last couple of years in invested in several walk-in tubs. TygrBright Aug 2015 #20

grab bars, mats, heaters greymouse Feb 2016 #22

A transfer bench might make your roody Jun 2016 #25

Depends HillJeffrey10 Sep 2016 #26

Your very first post, all for my little thread, welcome to DU LaydeeBug Sep 2016 #27

i'm sorry for your loss NMDemDist2 Sep 2016 #28

Thank you. It's been really hard without him. nt LaydeeBug Sep 2016 #29

So sorry Laydeebug. mahina May 2019 #36

Sorry to hear that. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2016 #30

Sorry to hear about your brother. And his father in law. LaydeeBug Oct 2016 #31

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Walk in bathtubs really good old person Ovens1986 Jun 2018 #33

welcome to DU gopiscrap Jun 2018 #34

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