Ok I have told my missus I am going to post this on here coz u can get answers to anything on here, both her and the kids do nothing but take the P*££
out of me being on the forum.
I have been talked into fitting us a new bathroom ( this will earn me lots of garage points) The thing is the bath we have is crap ie its not very
deep, I have agreed mto do the work if we can have a deep bath! At 6ft2" and 17st the one we have is like a washing up bowl 
The maximumdimensions we can fit in are 1700mm x750mm, So my question is has anyone else had this agrro and do you know of anywhere reputable I can
get a deep bath from??
Garage points! i like it, made the mirs smile too.
Cant help with the Bath, but one thing to careful of with a deep bath is having a hot water tank big enough to fill the bath.
Tell her indoors we rule
Here is your deep bath as requested
DEEP
and a floor (ceiling) strong enough to take the weight. Remember 1 litre of water = 1kg.
Yep my parents had a deep cast iron bath fitted. Floor had to be reinforce and the hot water tank had to be changed.
But then again, having a deep bath is important?
[Edited to say don't go for cast iron, moving it up the stairs was not even close to amusing, it was ?#!%@ heavy.]
[Edited on 2/1/09 by mr_pr]
Keep em comming
We have a new combi boiler so the water isnt an issue. The floor?? I will soon have an 8x4 sheet of 3/4 blockboard spare if I can get the chassis finished he he
Look around for "BETTE" baths, they do the dims you specify , made of pressed steel and are generous on the depth, and are a lot lighter than cast iron. If you need the tub length, you gain some by having wall mounted taps, as the baths for these don't have a big ledge to mount the taps on!
We put a new suite in the outlaws bathroom in 2007. They had a deep cast iron jobby and yes it was soooooo heavy to get out....
Well they liked what they like (as they do at 90 years plus), so wanted like for like......No cast iron we thought.....so we got them a nice deep
steel bath from these people.......
bath linky
You might find something that Mrs wriggly-pig likes! 
HTH Fozzie
Good service and great to deal with (October 2007).......
Cheers guys there is plenty to look at here, they wont be laughing anymore when I show them these replies
Kev
This is the actual bath we got them......
linky
There are some nice taps in the 'tap section' too!
Fozzie
Line walls and floor with marine ply and seal for a truly waterproof finish, build a 2 x 2 frame to support the bath and stop that annoying flex that breaks the silicon seal and lets water through, I know cause i had to redo mine twice before i was given this sage advise.
And a handy tip for those folks who've complained about cast iron baths being heavy.........
Empty them first......
I'l get my goat......
If you're taking a heavy cast iron bath out use a big hammer to reduce it in size, so much fun
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Originally posted by snapper
Line walls and floor with marine ply and seal for a truly waterproof finish
quote:
Originally posted by snapper build a 2 x 2 frame to support the bath and stop that annoying flex that breaks the silicon seal and lets water through
Personally if I was doing the bathroom out again I would get rid of the bath and install a fancy shower.. more enjoyable especially run direct from
the combi and cleaner than lying in your own muck
Wife wanted a large bath a while back.
She did some google searching.
Direct from the manufacturer.
Then One turned up.
Outside dimension 1700mm x 900mm 440mm deep
The two kids love. It's like a swimming pool to them.
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Originally posted by Peteff
If you're taking a heavy cast iron bath out use a big hammer to reduce it in size, so much fun
Also actually lie in the bath you like first too. Was advised to by the salesman at Bath Centre down the road as the wife was cooing over a Villeroy and Boch egg shaped bath (which was about £3k so a bit pricey anyway), like an evo of a slipper bath, and the guy says, "lie in it, it's shit, can't sell it..." and fair play, it was actual crap!
I'm also on the large size and after my experience with our new bath you must also consider how wide it is at its narrowest point. After finding
a deep bath and installing it it was'nt until I sat in it that I realised how narrow it is. It makes washing some areas quite difficult.
Thanks guys for all the advice
On american psycho there's a bathroom where the bath appears to be just a tiled hole, I don't see why you couldn't do that to any shape you want, small tiles and maybe a plastic sheet or something underneath for extra safety?
Lay one up in carbon fibre, get Triton on the case Custom shapes could be a goer, like the fibreglass ponds at the garden centre. Get one with the
taps in the middle, I hate when I get the tap end
[Edited on 3/1/09 by Peteff]