What length of bath should I go for?

[tallrobw]

I have a small bathroom which is in need of a signifcant upgrade. The trouble is, the walls where the bath needs to go are tap end and one side brick, foot end straw board/strammit (sp?) board, but there's only 1690mm available for a bath.

Should I buy a 1700 and gouge a slot in the strammit wall to fit the bath in, or buy a shorter bath (e.g. 1650mm) and then figure some way of finishing each end? What would a professional fitter do?

Thanks for any advice
-Rob.

 

[Rico99]

Hi there,

Get the bigger bath and recess the walls.

Rico

 

[namsag]

Go for the 1700. personally i would measure height it was going to sit at and cut into the brick neatly so that the bath was resting on that to give it extra support

 

[doughchm]

Go for the 1700 and inset...

 

[tallrobw]

Thank-you for the advice (quick!) - I'll go for the larger one, then.

Cheers
-Rob.