Seeing as there is a "bath length" discussion, I thought I would start one on depths. My current bath is 1700 x 700, and I want to replace it with a deeper one, I could go to 750mm wide.
The depth is 370 to the rim, but only 300 to the overflow. I'm a big bloke and can't submerge in so little water, even one end at a time.
Any suggestions on deeper baths, preferably steel?
You can't submerge in any depth. You float.
Mary
So how does drowning work then?
Chris
Some people sink.
If you're in a domestic bath you have to be held down.
In any other situation you wouldn't drown in still water if you thashed around and breathed in water.
Mary
An adult in a domestic bath?
|> The depth is 370 to the rim, but only 300 to the overflow. I'm a big |> bloke and can't submerge in so little water, even one end at a time. |>
|> Any suggestions on deeper baths, preferably steel? | |You can't submerge in any depth. You float.
No in general women float, men sink. It is a matter of body fat. Women need a higher proportion of body fat I can lie on the bottom of a swimming pool provided I have my lungs only half full of air. Thin athletes are the classic example.
I'm so dense that I have to bathe in Mercury.
Getting back to topic, have you tried...
...they have a reasonable selection plus some with jets.
Scary Mary! You know too much.
People with very low body fat can sink AIUI. Alas, I don't have either the inclination to test this, or anywhere near the required levels. :)
Yes, it appears that I know what 'thashed' means!
Of course, I meant 'thrashed'.
Mary
When I worked in a lab I loved pouring a bowl of mercury and pressing my fingers into it and fantasising about floating on it. People used to have - perhaps still do - water beds. I always thought that a mercury bed would be far more satisfactory.
If the infrastructure was substantial enough ...
Mary
How does he feel about that?
Can I just add to that that I have the "P" shaped showebath from them with the whirlpool kit - it's marvellous.
It's made by Maax in Holland and the "brand" is Saninova. It's huge - very light - very strong (as in it can take a complete load of water and me - and I'm 16 stone!) and there's plenty of room for my 6'4" frame.
It's about 350 to the waste too - *but* - with the P shape part you can lay on your side and soak to your hearts content...
Cheers dan.
I just bought a kaldewell steel bath. Steel baths can apparently be deeper than acrylic as the sides are stronger. Have a look at
We used to do that at school with Mecury in a dish. With an SG of 13.6 a whole bath full will certainly put the joists to a test. Also the price. What does Mercury cost these days?
Chris.
Your life, after enough exposure :-(
Or if you're pulled by your feet so your head is suddenly submerged, apparently the shock makes the victim inhale and drowning results. (If I've remembered the Brides In The Bath murders correctly.)
Owain
It would be illegal now of course. No mercury in schools. No more trying to suck up the beads from between the floorboards with a pipette ... ... happy days!
It was always expensive. I have a nice little square glass bottle labeled 'Hydrargium', containing about 100ml. At school it was always in stoneware bottles, glass wasn't considered strong enough to contain it.
Mary
ISTR that somewhere in the Tom Duncan junior physics books I used at school is a picture of a bloke floating on a bath of mercury.
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