View Full Version : Recomend me a bath mat(Yes seriously)
Now, i HATE showers over baths, but sadly its all we have in our rented house. I have a tendancy to fall out of them (Stop laughing at the back) This as you can imagine can be effin dangerous. I slipped yesterday and hurt my side as i hit the bath. Now, i bought a bath mat but that slid all over the place. So what can i do to stop the bath being so slippery bearing in mind its not our bath.
kwak zzr
08-10-07, 09:08 AM
the suckers on the botton aint holding it to the bath?
tigersaw
08-10-07, 09:41 AM
Stand on a pallet?
Ask the landlord to do something about it.
Pedrosa
08-10-07, 10:25 AM
An unusually serious reply from moi...
Put plug in bath and then run about 1/2" of water and add to that a good amount of bleach. The bleach will raise any bacteria which are often a cause for the bath to be very slippy. Remove plug and rinse bleach away thoroughly and then give underside of mat a good clean to ensure the pads get a good purchase when replaced in the bath. HTH.
Spiderman
08-10-07, 12:03 PM
Viney mate, i sell baths that have anti slip treatments fitted to their base but A) they aint cheap & B) It involves taking out your current bath and replacing it.
Those mats are usualy OK when they grip the base but it sounds like your one aint for some reason.
But i agree with Ed, your landlord has the responsibility for your safety in the property to a great degree. No he's not supposed to some round and make sure you aint sticking a fork into the plug sockets but he has to try and remedy this for you in his way.
Kate Moss
08-10-07, 01:27 PM
An unusually serious reply from moi...
Put plug in bath and then run about 1/2" of water and add to that a good amount of bleach. The bleach will raise any bacteria which are often a cause for the bath to be very slippy. Remove plug and rinse bleach away thoroughly and then give underside of mat a good clean to ensure the pads get a good purchase when replaced in the bath. HTH.
O.M.G how do you come accross such random information!!! :smt037
chazzyb
08-10-07, 01:38 PM
Now, i HATE showers over baths, but sadly its all we have in our rented house. I have a tendancy to fall out of them (Stop laughing at the back) This as you can imagine can be effin dangerous. I slipped yesterday and hurt my side as i hit the bath. Now, i bought a bath mat but that slid all over the place. So what can i do to stop the bath being so slippery bearing in mind its not our bath.
If the lady of the house has been using the usual greasy ungents in her bath, getting anything to stick to it will be difficult.
http://www.myspace.com/kingbathmat
Pedrosa
08-10-07, 01:52 PM
O.M.G how do you come accross such random information!!! :smt037
Mrs.3 day week + time in lieu.
Practical experience I am afraid. I don my marigolds to perform the cleaning duties of 2 full bathrooms including Billy Bidets every week.:cool:
metalmonkey
08-10-07, 02:54 PM
Get the land lord to sort it out...thats why you pay so much dam money to live there, i'm sure it will come under health and saftey regs somewhere.
The last time I fell over was a few years ago at a meeting, drank a bottle red then went upstairs to shower and change for dinner, I though err how can explain why it so long to shower. The guy on the same table did the same so I didn't feel that dumb after that:) Nice to know your not the only eh!
Hmmm, i'll have a chat with the ladlord.
Kate Moss
08-10-07, 03:03 PM
Mrs.3 day week + time in lieu.
Practical experience I am afraid. I don my marigolds to perform the cleaning duties of 2 full bathrooms including Billy Bidets every week.:cool:
yellow or pink marigolds - makes all the difference ya know!! :smt037
Pedrosa
08-10-07, 04:15 PM
yellow or pink marigolds - makes all the difference ya know!! :smt037
What ya saying? Yellow of course! You thinking I'm some kinda mamby pamby who would wear those terrible pink one's?
Back to topic, I must be missing something here? People calling for the Landlord to be taken to task due to the fact that a bath becomes slippery when wet!(I've heard that before somewhere) You cannot be for real? Is this what PC/Job's worth UK has become in my abscence? I cant believe the thinking would lean that way??
Maybe I am just so out of touch with the modern U.K.?:confused:
independentphoto
08-10-07, 04:19 PM
BUY NO BATH MAT :nomore:.
Hate those things - flying carpets more like and that's without the smell. Arrggh!
If you pop along to a good DIY shop, you should be able to get little self-adhesive shapes - you know dolphins, flowers, fish, clouds, whatever. These are a real good stick and are textured to make them anti-slip. They work magic and don't float around or harbour any crud. Much nicer than those wretched things.
Garry;)
Pedrosa
08-10-07, 04:21 PM
BUY NO BATH MAT :nomore:.
Hate those things - flying carpets more like and that's without the smell. Arrggh!
If you pop along to a good DIY shop, you should be able to get little self-adhesive shapes - you know dolphins, flowers, fish, clouds, whatever. These are a real good stick and are textured to make them anti-slip. They work magic and don't float around or harbour any crud. Much nicer than those wretched things.
Garry;)
Another useful tip is to attach a couple of those nail emery boards to each foot with a rubber band. The abrasive surface will help you when standing in the bath.;)
Spiderman
08-10-07, 05:05 PM
What ya saying? Yellow of course! You thinking I'm some kinda mamby pamby who would wear those terrible pink one's?
Back to topic, I must be missing something here? People calling for the Landlord to be taken to task due to the fact that a bath becomes slippery when wet!(I've heard that before somewhere) You cannot be for real? Is this what PC/Job's worth UK has become in my abscence? I cant believe the thinking would lean that way??
Maybe I am just so out of touch with the modern U.K.?:confused:
Nothing like that my friend. Its one of those cases where its just the landlords responsibility is all. Like if a kid threw a stone and broke your window it wold be the lanlord you report it to and he would have to get it sorted for you.
Just one of the luxuries of renting tbh.
And also if you do whats suggested below......
BUY NO BATH MAT :nomore:.
Hate those things - flying carpets more like and that's without the smell. Arrggh!
If you pop along to a good DIY shop, you should be able to get little self-adhesive shapes - you know dolphins, flowers, fish, clouds, whatever. These are a real good stick and are textured to make them anti-slip. They work magic and don't float around or harbour any crud. Much nicer than those wretched things.
Garry;)
.... some landlords will then say "who the hell gave you the right to attach things to my bath? Now i have to pay someone to remove them and the cost comes out of your deposit!" So its always a good idea to inform your lanlord of any issues like this.
I must say that i didnt know they sold those things over here now but Viney thats what i'd reccomend far more than the bacteria hotel that bath mats are.
But run it by your landlord and if he's sensible he'll probably pay for them too and that way they're his so when you do leave this place they will be there for the next people.
I used to have the dolphins on my bath in lanzarote :D
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