Correct use of the bathtub with shower zone

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Many apartments and houses in old buildings do not have a shower cabin, but only a bathtub. If you don't have permission to remodel the bathroom yourself, you have to get by with a bathtub, and if you don't want to bathe properly every day, it should be used properly with a shower zone.

What you need:

Shower curtain or cabin
Shower mat
handle
Rod for shower head

How to use your bathtub with a shower zone

If you only have a bathtub and no separate shower cubicle in the bathroom, then you have to use the bathtub for showering. This happens not infrequently, since in many apartments in old buildings only bathtubs are installed and no separate showers.
Even if bathing can be really nice and relaxing, you don't want to do this every day, because it is a bit more time-consuming and also uses a lot of water.
So you can provide your bathtub with a shower zone.
Think of yours first safety. Since it is a little more difficult to get into a bathtub than into a shower, because with the former you "climb" over the high edge If you have to, you should possibly attach a handle near the bathtub, preferably on one side, to hold on to can.
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Especially in the bathtub it can quickly become slippery in contact with water, so that you could slip. You should put non-slip stickers or a bath mat on the floor. There are stickers in hardware stores that are especially for the bathtub and that always stick to the floor. Mats are also suitable, but even these can sometimes be slippery or moldy if you don't remove them from the floor and let them dry after each use.
If you shower in a bathtub, yours should bath be protected from splashes. Usually bathtubs do not have a curtain or shower stall, but these can be added afterwards. A shower curtain is ideal here, which is hung from the ceiling in the bathtub. There are extra bars for this, which are adapted to the shape of the bathtub and thus go around the bathtub once; this prevents water from getting on the floor.
Another option is to have a fixed shower cubicle mounted on the edge of the bathtub. Then you can shut off the shower area of the bathtub with sliding doors, similar to a real shower cubicle, when you shower. However, this should be fixed by a specialist.
In order to be able to shower properly, you have to attach a shower rod to the wall, where you can insert the shower head. Usually bathtubs do not have this. Measure correctly where a shower rail can best be attached and see if the height is correct. Remember that when you stand in a bathtub, you are taller than you are outside.