Bathtub instead of shower in rental apartment

Hi everyone,

I’m new here. I’m from Hamburg and have recently moved into a new rental apartment as the first occupant.

The apartment has a walk-in / barrier-free shower area without a shower enclosure or any other partition. Tenants have to buy a shower enclosure themselves.

Now, the thing is, I would like to have a shower tub. Such a combination exists, for example, HERE in the dimensions 170x90cm. As you can see, it is a tub that you can "simply" place without having to cover it with a tiled splashback (or whatever it is called).

Now here’s the catch. I would like to have it installed in such a way that it can be returned to its original state as easily as possible when I move out. Otherwise, I would have to discuss such (structural) changes with my landlord, which I would like to avoid.



Questions:

[*]Is it even possible to install such a tub without major structural changes?
[*]How easily can it possibly be dismantled?
[*]How much effort is required for the installer and what will it cost me besides the material?

I would be very happy if someone professional could give me answers to this.

Best regards, t4zm4n

It won't be easy. The water from the shower tray has to go somewhere - you don't have a drain. So you have to break up the floor, etc. It will be expensive during installation and then again during removal. How does the water get into the tray? Only through the showerhead? Sealing against the walls? These are just a few points. Everything is doable, but it will cost a lot of money afterward and the landlord has to cooperate as well.

Hello

Where do you see the advantage of standing in a shower tray made of steel/acrylic or mineral cast?
The shower faucet seems to be designed for wheelchair users, it looks very low in the picture. With a shower tray that stands on the current floor, the floor is about 12 - 15 cm higher again.
If you want to install something that can be removed without leaving traces, then a complete shower.



Olli

Quote : "You don't have a drain."

But I do have a drain in the middle of the shower area with slightly sloping surfaces around it. I actually thought that you could possibly just remove the drain metal and simply connect the tub drain with an adapter or something.

: It should be a combination of tub and shower with the surface area of a normal tub. Also, I thought that the low single-lever mixer could simply be replaced with one with a faucet.

With such a drain you will not find an "adapter". Just remove the grate, then you will very likely see that there is initially an element that needs to be cleaned regularly, to which you cannot adapt anything. The tub also has to be fixed and sealed somewhere. How do you want to do that?

Hello Hello

However, it is certainly possible in various processes to connect a pipe after removing the bell.

Olli