How ludicrous is your bath?

[Colin_P]

I remember the first house I bought. It had a really grubby cast iron and being young and a fool I thought it would be a good idea to rip it out and replace it with a plastic one.

It was so heavy I only just managed to get it out of the house and there was no way it was going anywhere in one piece. It took me hours to smash it up with a sledgehammer and little flakes of enamel went everywhere. A nightmare but at the time (25 years ago), no internet and, a young fool, thus no awareness that you could get them refurbed insitu.

 

[Colin_P]

Also have to ask what do farts sound like in that one ?

 

[User6179]

This is unfair because I doubt anyone can beat this, but feel free to try!

I've called him "Duff Poseidon Man".

I'd like to thank @User14044 for the foot based inspiration behind this post.

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Coming on nicely Andy , cant wait to see it finished, something like this I imagine

 

[HertzvanRental]

Bathtime! Is it that time of year again?

 

[tony111]

Also have to ask what do farts sound like in that one ?

Reminds me of an old joke about a rich guy who has a butler called Weeble. He's having a bath and lets out a big great fart. 2 minutes later Weeble enters the bathroom carrying a hot water bottle. "What you doing bringing that in here Weeble" says the guy.
Weeble replies " Sir ,I just heard you shout " HOW ABOUT A HOT WATER BOTTLE WEEBLE"

 

[steveindenmark]

This is a clear example of the other half reading too many House and Home magazines, but not doing much research. If that is a real cast iron bath and I think it is. I can say from experience how unfit for purpose they are. They take masses of hot water just to fill the bottom of the bath and as it fills it gets rid of the heat so fast that there must be a scientific word for it. They have usually been recoated to the finish of smoothish sandpaper and getting marks off them is a pain.

I actually sold mine in House and Home and it took 6 guys to get it down the stairs. I sold it for a small fortune and bought a replica bath made of modern materials and it was brilliant. The plus side is that my phone never stopped ringing and I could have sold 20 of those baths if I had them.

So it appears that there are lots of Country Living fans out there if you want to get rid of it.

 

[AndyRM]

Coming on nicely Andy , cant wait to see it finished, something like this I imagine
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That is genuinely not far off how the house looked before we moved in.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Hmmmm......ebay is your friend.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Reminds me of an old joke about a rich guy who has a butler called Weeble. He's having a bath and lets out a big great fart. 2 minutes later Weeble enters the bathroom carrying a hot water bottle. "What you doing bringing that in here Weeble" says the guy.
Weeble replies " Sir ,I just heard you shout " HOW ABOUT A HOT WATER BOTTLE WEEBLE"

I once told the ''What about a hot water bottle, Worrall?'' version of this vintage tale on a CC thread. Nobody found it remotely funny. Their loss....

 

[Cycleops]

Seems distinctly un Whitley Bay like.

 

[gbb]

I ruined a cast iron bath once....used some cleaner it seemed to disagree with, it went all streaky where the cleaner had run down.
I often think the new insulated baths are a con. We brought one mainly based on its look and style, not the fact it's supposed to keep the water hot for longer..but it occurs to you 99.9 % of the heat is lost vertically...no amount of insulation will solve that.
The good thing with it is its thicker, stronger and more rigid. I've had no problems with flexing or movement

 

[AndyRM]

Seems distinctly un Whitley Bay like.

How about this?

 

[furball]

Bathtime! Is it that time of year again?

Haven't had a bath for fourteen years due to the base of the bath being narrower than me. No need to get the clothes pegs out though, I do have a nice shower.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

How about this?

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This could become a thread of legend...

 

[AndyRM]

This could become a thread of legend...

You reckon?