Anybody have a clawfoot tub?

[politicat]

My sister has one, and because I'm the eldest, I get to figure this out for her.

She needs a shower in this bathroom. The problem is that the wall is not close enough to mount a shower head on, the pipes are exposed, and she does not know what to do next.

I don't have any idea, but I've already spent 2 hours of my life listening to her grouse about this, and I will never get those two hours back. She doesn't realize I'm older, and will die sooner!

Here's the picture.

I love my sister, but she drives me crazy....

[miss_american_pie]

1. This might work

I think. They link says it's freestanding, anyhow.

http://www.vintagetub.com/asp/product_detail.asp?item_no=p0398

[MissB]

2. Try Rejuvenation.

rejuvenation.com

We had one of those in the old house. What we bought was the shower head with a flexible hose and there was some sort of shower curtain ring that is made specifically for those types of tubs that hang from the ceiling. The shower head gets hooked somehow on the ring thing. Search around the rejuvenation site for one.

[MissB]

3. And.... I couldn't find one online at rejuvenation.

But I did find one at restoration hardware. The one we bought didn't cost $900. I don't recall it being much over $150. :rofl:

http://www.restorationhardware.com/rh/catalog/product/product_suite.jsp?productId=prod20068&navCount=3

[MissB]

4. Better link?

http://clawfootsupply.com/class99

[MissB]

5. This is the basic part you want.

http://www.vandykes.com/product/02000606/

From there, you can use a flexible hose to your shower head. The most expensive thing will be the ring that attaches to the ceiling or the wall that holds the shower curtain up.

[politicat]

6. Thanks.

That's what I was thinking she wanted, but she's... a middle child. Kind of obsessive and determined to do things her way (so WTF is she calling me for, except for validation? I don't know....)

I have forwarded the link on and hopefully she will just decide that yes, indeedy, that's what she needs.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

9. That's what my old apartment had.

It worked fine. A ring suspended from the ceiling and a flexible hose shower head surrounding it.

[Bunny]

7. I had to buy one of these, when I lived in a house with a clawfoot tub.

Mine wasn't this lavish, but it worked out okay. It had to, cause I don't *do* baths! You can buy these kits in lots of places.

[politicat]

8. That's what I keep telling her....

Sigh.

I would kill for her tub, but she's ambivalent about it, and her husband hates it.

the clawfoot that should have been in this house (it was built in the 20s, so the tub would have been either a pedestal or clawfoot) was ripped out and discarded in the 60s... and the iron thing they replaced it with was nasty,

The previous owner replaced it with a fiberglass over-insert.

Sigh.

[CottonBear]

10. Try Clawfoot supply.com. BTW, I'd kill for that tub. I'm so jealous.

http://www.clawfootsupply.com/index.php

[CottonBear]

11. Check out this $29,500 solid cast bronze tub! Freaking amazing!

http://www.clawfootsupply.com/product2755

[TheCentepedeShoes]

12. Had one when I was a kid

My aunt had one in her house until she died in the mid-80's. No shower, though, had to take a bath. Might well have been one in the house I have now (built in 1924). There's a window-to-nowhere on the outside of the bathroom. Wall-boarded and tiled later. When the sun hits the window you can feel the heat through the tile.