My Beef With Flippers (Pittsburgh, Lebanon: buying a house, school, gated)

[gladhands]

Originally Posted by Copanut

The open kitchen-family concept is here to stay. Most newer homes have that as standard. The dining rooms are still being included, it's the formal living room that is being eliminated. Some newer homes are even doing away with a full bath tub. The older homes with all their charm and quality are great, but their big negative was the kitchen. Built strictly for the "womenfolk" to feed the family, small and cramped.


As to plaster, try finding someone to repair it. I had to have some work done on my Dormont property 30 years ago and the only guy I could find was in his 70's. Don't think he's working much these days.

This is incredibly stupid. Any unit with more than one bedroom should have a bathtub. No one with a child is going to consider buying a home without a tub.

[fleetiebelle]

Originally Posted by gladhands

This is incredibly stupid. Any unit with more than one bedroom should have a bathtub. No one with a child is going to consider buying a home without a tub.

Yep, I'd love to get rid of my tub, install a shower stall and use the extra space in the bathroom for much-needed storage, but I know that if I wanted to sell my small one-bath house, that would be a liability.

[eschaton]

Originally Posted by fleetiebelle

Yep, I'd love to get rid of my tub, install a shower stall and use the extra space in the bathroom for much-needed storage, but I know that if I wanted to sell my small one-bath house, that would be a liability.

You could always install a Japanese-style soaking tub. Big enough to wash a child, but doesn't take up as much room.

[slamont61]

What, no bathtub? Sure the women folk are gonna love that. Next thing you know they'll be ripping out the Pittsburgh Toilet and replacing it with a ping-pong table.

[Moby Hick]

Originally Posted by eschaton

You could always install a Japanese-style soaking tub. Big enough to wash a child, but doesn't take up as much room.

Have you tried to wash a child in one? I'm curious because something deep and narrow strikes me as making it difficult when they are really small. Then, we just set the plastic bath tub in the real bath tub so that the baby would be seated and the floor would not flood.

[eschaton]

Originally Posted by slamont61

What, no bathtub? Sure the women folk are gonna love that. Next thing you know they'll be ripping out the Pittsburgh Toilet and replacing it with a ping-pong table.

The trend now (or at least, as of a few years ago) was those "rain showers" - often with a built-in bench inside of the shower area.

[eschaton]

Originally Posted by Moby Hick

Have you tried to wash a child in one? I'm curious because something deep and narrow strikes me as making it difficult when they are really small. Then, we just set the plastic bath tub in the real bath tub so that the baby would be seated and the floor would not flood.

No, but the Japanese manage it. Though in many cases I think they just get in the tub with the baby for washing.

We're considering putting one on our third floor bathroom. Our second has a full bath (complete with a clawfoot tub) but the third just has a shower stall, and nowhere really to put a bathtub. The previous owners also made the odd decision to put a laminate hardwood floor in the bathroom - I think because they had extra flooring left over from the kitchen remodeling.

[Moby Hick]

Originally Posted by eschaton

No, but the Japanese manage it.

Right, but they barely have any babies these days.

[svband76]

Originally Posted by gladhands

This is incredibly stupid. Any unit with more than one bedroom should have a bathtub. No one with a child is going to consider buying a home without a tub.

Agree. Life isn't fun without a bathtub. Showers are for people with too much stress in their lives trying to climb the corporate ladder perhaps and cram a million things into a day and don't see the value in soaking in a tub, taking time for their health. Lol..

[eschaton]

Originally Posted by zalewskimm

Agree. Life isn't fun without a bathtub. Showers are for people with too much stress in their lives trying to climb the corporate ladder perhaps and cram a million things into a day and don't see the value in soaking in a tub, taking time for their health. Lol..

As I see it, there are two problems with the concept of a bathtub.

1. They are too short. I'm not a tall guy by any means (5'8") but I cannot immerse myself in a standard size tub. Either I'm only wet from the waist down, or my knees are out of the tub. Usually they're not even wide enough to cross your legs.

2. When you're laying down in a tub, you see altogether way too much of your own body for comfort.