WANTED - Tin Bath, or similar

[Annpan]

Maybe someone even has a good idea of what we could use instead....

Looks like we may be without washing facilities for a few weeks if not longer and much as we could scrounge showers off of neighbours we need something that we can use in our own home really...

So I had a thought of an old fashioned tin bath that we can sit in front of the stove and bathe with relative ease...

Anyone around central Scotland got one they'd be willing to trade?

[MuddyWitch]

Can't help you with the tin bath its-self, but a few years ago when we were in a similar situation, we used an inflatable kids' paddling pool. No good for a long, relaxing soak, but not bad for a quick scrub after a long day's DIY or gardening, and easier to find methinks!

MW

[Annpan]

Capital idea muddy I was thinking one of those big plastic garden truggs cause you could quite easily carry it with a few litres of water in, to empty down a drain - don't know how you'd do that with a paddling pool

[Green Aura]

Probably the wrong time of year, but what about one of those solar showers, over your trug.

[MuddyWitch]

We bucketed the majority of the water out & then hubby emptied the last down the kitchen sink!

MW

[Annpan]

We will only have an outside tap and drain, Kitchen and Bathroom are both being demolished.... um.... solar shower GA I don't imagine they'll do very well in a scottish winter...

We can heat water easily on our wood burner, We will be burning the proceeds of the demolition so that shouldn't be a problem to keep it hot :)

I was just envisaging the jug method, which suits us both fine if it means we can get clean in our own home.

Bailing out the water seems the most sensible way I reckon.


Just trying to think... people lived with outside toilets, no showers and single room living conditions for centuries (in fact this very cottage would have been like that for 2 or 3 large families till around 1930/40) so really no hardship..... right???

It's just that we are used to more than that, and we have no experience of it so it sounds really difficult.

OH looked favourably at the idea anyway, so that's all good (he is usually the voice of reason, who stamps out any ideas I have)


Thanks for the pointers guys, keep 'em coming