Slip shower at the bathtub - experiences? Opinions?

Hi,

we are currently planning our bathroom. Since we are not fans of having the shower hose always hanging in the tub or wrapped around the fittings, we wanted one of those slip-on showers. We already have a tub-high drywall pre-wall next to the tub. But apparently the whole thing is relatively expensive (around 1,000 EUR), because you need a special module that connects the slip-on shower holder directly to the drain. (Google image search: "schlupfbrause Ablauf"). Without such a device, you apparently run the risk of getting mold. One statement from a hardware store employee was that it probably doesn’t happen because it’s always just drops running off the shower, and you can regularly ventilate/maintain through the tub’s inspection opening.

Since there is relatively little information about this on the internet and here, I wanted to ask for your opinion. Should you definitely do it with such a drain module? Are there alternatives, special hoses that can be adjusted in length? Our primary concern is to eliminate the annoying hose but without giving it up altogether.

Thanks and best regards!

Nice, but not a must. The price would have been similar with us.

We have something like that - but certainly not for 1000 euros

There is one from Hansa - it’s just a module that sits in the windowsill by the bathtub. It includes a connection for the drain and we don’t have an access opening on the tub - nobody would ventilate through that anyway...

I also didn’t want that ugly and annoying hose.

The hose is honestly neither annoying nor ugly... but well, I guess that's a matter of taste. Depending on the construction, it is just elaborate...

Exactly, that's why you can write that, but at least the OP as well as we find the part ugly and annoying. Especially if you also have a nice tub. And what does "depending on the construction, complicated" mean? There's nothing complicated about it... apart from needing a shelf that is hollow underneath. Otherwise, it's a box that is simply attached to the masonry or the drywall construction, and that's it.

Yes exactly... and if you haven't planned a box so far, but a tub directly against the wall, that already means extra work... for the construction, for tiles, for sealing - or not?