Last house post today, only a bathtub no shower?

[kwynn]

There are two bathrooms in a potential house. They are full bathrooms except the upstairs bathroom, where my roommate's bedroom would be (there's a downstairs master), there's only a tub and not a shower.

I don't know why this is except it's an older house.

Is this something hard to change? Is it possible to fix this or is it a mess?

Obviously roommate prefers not to shower downstairs if possible.

[jerseyjaybird]

I added a showerhead to a tub-only bathroom in a house built in 1927; I don't remember the cost, but I don't think it was prohibitive. The pipes are already there!

[Deleted]

Something like this might work, and isn't much money: www.plumbingsupply.com/add_a_showers.html.

You'd need to add the shower curtain, too.

[lauralala]

You can add a shower head on that diverts from the faucet without having to add a "real" shower head, even if it is just a temporary fix. Is it a standard tub with a wall there, or is it a clawfoot or freestanding tub? There would be different ways to work with different tubs.

Usually, something like this will work:
www.homedepot.com/buy/pegasus-diverter-tub-spout-with-riser-and-shower-head-for-built-in-tub-in-polished-chrome-4185-cp.html#.UQbcxmfuz6Q

[halfpint]

We have something similar to what token posted added to the old claw foot tub in our guest bath. They mounted a surround shower curtain rod to the ceiling, and we hung vinyl shower curtains all around, with a nicer cloth curtain on the outside for appearance.

It looks like something even I could have figured out.

[chessie]

Wouldn't be bothered by this. Completely fixable.

[kwynn]

Jan 28, 2013 16:34:06 GMT -5 Catlawdy said:

Both our houses have just had showers in the master. Hasn't been an issue for us.

It's the reverse---it's *just* a bathtub.

And YES, the walls are all papered in there. Every room.

[Deleted]

I would probably be happy with a sprayer attached to the faucet, but I also like baths.

[pamela]

It's fixable, probably just a few hundred if you want to plumbed into the wall and just use a surround shower curtain. We did this in the bathroom at our last house.



We had looked at just doing a riser off a faucet, but I preferred the wall mounted approach.

[Deleted]

I think that this is something that can be addressed with relatively low expense. Plus, some people love those claw-foot tubs. You can do something nice like Pamela's picture above.