| People who live in urban apartments or old houses | | | | Maybe you have one of those nifty old claw foot |
| can face problems with installing a shower into | | | | bathtubs that are so in demand today. If you |
| their bathrooms. Most of these bathrooms are | | | | have sufficient ceiling height, you can add a |
| extremely small, and it may seem that since all | | | | showerhead to your bathtub. If you don't have |
| the space is already taken up by existing fixtures, | | | | the height to work with, you can find shower |
| there's no hope of ever having a shower. | | | | heads on flexible hoses that you can attach to |
| However, there are options available to give you | | | | the faucet of your bathtub. |
| that shower you want. | | | | You might decide to forget the shower enclosure |
| The first thing you could try is taking the bathtub | | | | and the bathtub and just turn your entire |
| completely out. In most of these types of | | | | bathroom into a shower. You will need to install |
| accommodations, the bathtubs are old, large, and | | | | walls and floors made of concrete or stone which |
| take up way more room than they need to. By | | | | could be rather costly, but the results will be truly |
| removing this old tub, you'll have the room you | | | | amazing. Just be sure to add a floor drain. The |
| need to fit a fancy shower enclosure in the space | | | | problem with this kind of design may be where |
| instead. Unfortunately, this means no more long | | | | you're going to put a toilet, sink, and mirror. If |
| hot baths, but if you want to create more space, | | | | there's room, you could put up a glass or Plexiglas |
| this may be your only option. | | | | partition and place your other fixtures behind the |
| Before replacing your bathtub you need to realize | | | | wall. |
| that removing the tub will decrease the value of | | | | The more things you're able to remove from |
| your property. Most potential buyers will expect | | | | your small bathroom will mean you have that |
| there to be a bathtub. If you have a very large | | | | much more additional room for a fancy shower. |
| bedroom, you might consider adding a sunken | | | | When you get to doing remodeling of this scope, |
| bathtub to the bedroom in addition to adding the | | | | you will probably need to find a professional |
| shower. You'll find that a lot of people will really | | | | contractor to do the work for you. |
| like this idea. | | | | |