Can a bath be put in a bedroom?

[willpalin]

Is it legal to have a bath in your bedroom without it being in a seperate room? Open plan in other words?

[rugeleyboy]

i dont know the exact answer sorry but isnt this how they lived in years gone bye???

[CheekyChops]

I've seen hotels with baths in the bedroom so surely the answer is yes?

[hammerman]

Not sure how it would be classed. I would imagine you would need building regs at the very least and possibly planning permission.
The biggest threat would be water/electric problems....plug sockets aren't allowed in bathrooms and only pull cord light switches (UK law) so by opening up the bathroom into the bedroom, you create those very problem.

[Buenchico]

Hammerman has correctly identified the key practical problems but I can't see how it could be illegal, per se, to have a combined bathroom and bedroom. This is because there's no statutory definition of what a bedroom is. (It's just a space which the householder can choose to use as a bedroom, a dining room, an office, or whatever). So there can't be any legislation which defines rules specifically for bedrooms.

Of course, there's legislation which (among other things) prohibits the installation of normal electric sockets in a bathroom (which gives rise to the problems outlined by Hammerman) but, if you can live without these sockets, there doesn't seem to be any reason why it couldn't be done.

I used to live in a 2-up/2-down terraced house, where one of the fairly large bedrooms had been converted to a bathroom. The bath, w.c. and sink only took up a fairly small amount of space and I can't see how anyone could have objected if I'd decided to move my bed in there to free up some space in the remaining bedroom.

Chris

[agi]

If you do put a bath in the bedroom you will need to make sure that the room is very well ventilated because if it's not the steam from hot baths will cause dampness.Also you might need to change your wallpaper or paint in that room for one suitable for a bathroom.

[knobbynonuts]

Also dont forget about the electrics here you will have to remove your sockets and put a pull cord switch in to replace your normal switch.
Do you need the services of an electrician ?

[miss blondie]

In this month's Living Etc magazine, one of the featured flats has a bathtub in the bedroom.