| Do you love a nice long, relaxing soak in the bathtub | | | | baths in very deep water. These models actually use |
| after a long hard day? If so, there's no better way to | | | | a deck mounted faucet that allows the water level to |
| enjoy this simple pleasure than by using a Roman | | | | go much higher than usual. The best part is that |
| soaking tub. The problem with the traditional, Western | | | | although these tubs can take many gallons of water, |
| style of bathtub is that they are quite shallow and too | | | | they fill up very quickly. The spout is estimated to me |
| short for a grown adult to fit into comfortably. A | | | | able to put 25 gallons of water per minute into these |
| soaker bathtub fixes these problems by being deep | | | | tubs which makes for a very short fill time. |
| enough for you to comfortably soak up to your | | | | Installing Roman soaking bath tubs [ may not be as |
| shoulders. Some are even wide enough for you to | | | | easy as you may have originally thought, so if you |
| bathe with a partner if you like. This article will cover a | | | | were thinking of doing it yourself you want to be |
| few of the many benefits this style offers. | | | | absolutely sure that you are prepared. There are |
| One of the more interesting aspects that defines the | | | | many faucets, sprays, spouts, and handles involved |
| Roman soaking tub is the fact that it is usually built into | | | | and getting just one of them hooked up wrong can be |
| an outside deck with the rim being level with the floor | | | | disastrous. There is a lot of planning that must take |
| of the deck itself. This makes getting in and out of the | | | | place ahead of time so you will be able to get in and |
| tub much easier because you simply have to step | | | | out of the soaker bathtub easily. You also have to |
| down and you are in. As the name implies, these tubs | | | | keep certain things in mind like whether or not you will |
| are based on a model provided to us by the ancient | | | | be able to reach the faucet from both the inside and |
| Romans who used in their bathing pools. Unlike other | | | | outside. |
| styles of deep soaker tubs, this style usually does not | | | | The ancient Romans like no other civilization before |
| feature whirlpool jets so if that is something you were | | | | them were able to turn bathing into an art instead of |
| interested in you may want to look elsewhere. | | | | merely a necessity. They used bathing not only in |
| If you would like to have a Roman soaking tub installed | | | | private, but as a social activity that took place in large, |
| in your home, then one of the determining factors | | | | elaborate communal baths. |
| probably has a lot to do with wanting to take nice long | | | | |