<p>Our master bath only has a shower; the hall bath has a tub and a shower. I agree that one should make sure there’s a tub in the house somewhere so one can bathe the kiddies (and, for us, the dogs), but otherwise we never use the tub. Ever.</p>
<p>We’re going to be re-doing our master bath. We already have two bathrooms on that floor with tubs and I really want to lose the tub in our room. I’d really like a large steam shower, especially when I’m sick. My shower right now is so tiny I stand at an angle if I want to have both elbows out as I wash my hair. I’ve never sat in the tub in our bedroom and we have a hot tub out on the porch. </p>
<p>With no plans to move, but who knows what tomorrow brings, do you renovate for what you want or do you do it for future resale? I can’t believe people actually want bathtubs for adults. But then again I also have a pool so that also turns off a bunch of people as well.</p>
<p>I think in general you should renovate for yourself, but you should think carefully before doing anything really weird. I don’t consider having only a shower weird at all - especially if it’s a shower with extra bells and whistles. At least I’d say of the master baths I’ve done over the years, the majority of them have had only showers. But as others have said, people do expect a bathtub somewhere in the house.</p>
<p>We built a new (future retirement) house a couple of years ago. One thing DH and I agreed on was no tub in the master bathroom. We have a 4x6 foot tile shower with no threshold and no door…just a three foot wide walk-in. We do have a standard basic tub/shower in the guest bathroom. </p>
<p>Both of our parents suffered disabilities in their senior years that made getting in/out of a tub impossible and stepping over a shower threshold not easy. We designed our shower w/wheelchair /shower chair accessability in mind. Also nixed the “toilet in a closet” in the master bath due to inaccessabilty issues for older folks. We anticipate this being the last house we live in so wanted it to be as senior friendly as possible.</p>
<p>We love our bathroom. We also had a skylight put in our shower. The no door + bright sunlight pouring in makes us feel as if we’re in an outdoor shower! </p>
<p>We had a giant soaking tub in our old house. We lived there for 23 years. DH never took one bath in that tub.</p>
<p>Our master is bath is huge. We already have a large shower. If we took the tub completely out, we could put a double bed in the room…but I really would prefer a regular tub to the jacuzzi. But I think the next owners can deal that :)</p>
<p>Just re-did the master bathroom last year. Replaced the standard-sized tub with a custom steam shower and shower tower with jets. It’s very nice. Don’t miss the tub at all, and if I did, I could use the tub in the kids bath.</p>
<p>We love soaking in our tub in winter. Book, wine, bubbles. Mmmm. Alwaysamom, when you replaced your jacuzzi with the soaking tub, were there any issues getting the old one out through the doors and/or the new one in?</p>
<p>We just redid our master bath. Took out the large jetted jacuzzi and replaced it with a wonderful large soaking tub. I LOVE it! I can relax at the end of a day by filling it with bubbles or essential oils, dim the lights and enjoy a glass of wine or a book. A hot steamy bath in the winter is wonderful! We also have a very large walk in tiled shower with a bench that you can sit on. A shower in the morning wakes me up but a soak at the end of the day relaxes me and helps me fall asleep.</p>
<p>A hot bath is also good for those who suffer from arthritis or injury.</p>
<p>I have fibromyalgia and Osteoarthritis & I take baths several times a month.
Epsom salt baths are great for muscle pain & when my meds were causing restless leg syndrome, I was getting up in the middle of the night to take an epsom salt bath.
Baths can be also useful in treating skin conditions like chicken pox or psoriasis.
I will take a fast shower, then take a bath.
As far as not having enough time- that just depends on how you schedule it.
Instead of taking a day to go to the spa, I do my soaks and things at home. Very relaxing.</p>
<p>But both H & I grew up in homes with only showers in the master bath, I think that was a typical way to save money in mid- century homes & as long as there are other bathtubs in the house, I think you can have the one you want in the master bedroom.</p>
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<p>Everyone. We all make time to do things which we enjoy or are important to us. If you were a “bath” person, you’d find you had plenty of time for it. Instead, you substitute that time for __________.</p>
<p>I used to take baths several times a week. I now have a lovely jacuzzi tub which I never use. D2 likes it, though.</p>
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<p>What is the difference? I’m thinking now that I don’t have a jacuzzi, but an air jetted soaking tub. It is a large tub, but rather than jets, it has little holes where air comes out. It’s like taking a bath in champagne rather than getting a massage like in a pool/hot tub combo.</p>
<p>I could never do the dry sauna thing. I don’t see anything “clean” about sweating and getting dehydrated, and for some reason, I have trouble breathing in those rooms.</p>
<p>I could personally do without the tub, but that would not fly for resale in our neighborhood.</p>
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<p>I don’t have a sauna either, but I had a Finnish roommate in college so I learned a lot about them and took a bunch of saunas back in the day. The theory is that the profuse sweating cleans out the pores, and the intermittent jump in the pool (or in Finland the icy lake) is quite bracing and refreshing. Plus you are supposed to always end the sauna with a regular soap and water shower. You come out of all that feeling incredibly clean. I’ve met quite a few Finns, both through my roommate and at work, and IMO they are the cleanest people on earth.</p>
<p>I’m delighted with my new freestanding cast iron soaking tub that replaced a Jacuzzi tub in a stone tiled deck. It’s easier to get in and out of and is very relaxing without the concerns about mold or anything else building up in the tubing for the jets. Dh takes an Epsom salt bath at least once a week, so he appreciates it, too.</p>
<p>Put me in the “I don’t ‘get’ baths, either” camp. It’s not the sitting in dirty water part, it’s the fact that the water doesn’t stay piping hot for long…and then you’re resting in a luke warm tub. When we had our house built, we were young and naive, and didn’t understand how easy it would have been to trade the bathtub and single sink in the master bath for a nice shower and double sink (and an outdoor hot tub). When we remodel…after tuitions are done…</p>
<p>We sort of need a tub in the house to fill with water when a storm is on the way, in case we lose power (we have a well/septic). Before last winter’s blizzard, though, we found out the hard way that there must be a hairline crack in the fiberglass tub in the family bathroom. Drip, drip, drip, from the kitchen ceiling. So scratch that reason; instead, we just took water out of the pool.</p>
<p>Me! We just finished our house remodel. Our master bathroom is small, so we removed the tub and just have a walk-in shower which I love. Never took baths because the tubs were small and just not great for a nice soak. The other upstairs bath has a tub if someone wants to take a bath. We also have a full bathroom in the basement, so hopefully it won’t hurt resale.</p>
<p>I find the anti-bath camp interesting. I am half English and every time I visit my family I am in awe of the lovely tubs and bath products in their homes. All of these people are cleanliness freaks and I can’t imagine it would ever occur to them to think of themselves “soaking in dirty water.”</p>
<p>Everyone in my house likes a good bath now and then. My son is a runner/rugby player and my daughter a dancer, so there are a lot of sore muscles at any given time. A hot bath full of Epsom salts or bath salts is a great way to relax and regenerate. </p>
<p>I also once had an apartment with only a claw-foot tub and no shower–in a drafty old Victorian house in the middle of a cold midwestern winter–and I grew to love the ritual of having to bathe every morning and figure out creative ways to wash my hair.</p>
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<p>Yes, yours is an air-jetted tub if it has the tiny holes, nrdsb. Traditional Jacuzzis or water jets recirculate the water in the tub through the jets and can become clogged or nasty if they’re not kept clean and used often. Air jets blow out air and water cannot get into them. Water jets tend to produce a stronger effect and they require a fairly strong motor so can be much noisier than an air jet compressor. </p>
<p>We have a Bain Ultra soaking tub that has a hot air jet system and the backrest is heated so no worries about the bath getting lukewarm.</p>
<p>In my last house I used to enjoy a nice relaxing bath so when we remodeled our current master bath we put in a soaking tub. As it turns out I never use it because I prefer the sauna. It so relaxing to stretch out and read. I like the redwood smell. When my head is congested I can make a lot steam. I like the feeling when the sweat breaks. (That probably sounds weird.) I follow the sauna with a cool shower and a good loofah scrubbing. (I would never put my sweaty body in our swimming pool.) If I ever move and don’t have a sauna I’ll have to join a club with one.</p>
<p>I’m still glad to have the tub when I think about resale. Some people really like a nice soak in a deep tub.</p>
<p>As far as I’m concerned, the only thing about the resale element is that probably a family with young children will buy our house, and that’s the best way to wash the little kiddos. I think if I were selling to adults, they would care a lot less.</p>
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<p>well, if you are dirty, and jump in a tub, you are soaking in dirty water. For those that actually get dirty at work, sitting in that filth would be disgusting…for those that don’t get dirty at work, I guess a bath would be fine.</p>