| Many people only look at the bathtub is something to | | | | Victorian times and has since come back into fashion, |
| be used for washing and getting clean. After all that | | | | particularly amongst people who like an antique feel |
| is the main use that most people put it to. However | | | | to the bathroom design. |
| there is another use for a bathtub, and that is as a | | | | The upright soaking tub tends to be much smaller in |
| great way to get warm and keep warm during the | | | | terms of width, but tends to be much deeper. In |
| cold winter months. There is nothing better than lying | | | | many cases there is a seat installed in the tub so the |
| in hot water for several minutes as a way of | | | | bather is essentially sitting in an upright position. |
| pumping heat into the body, and one of the best | | | | Although the volume of water is the same or even |
| ways you can do this is to buy yourself a deep | | | | less than a traditional soaking tub, you can often |
| soaking tub, since these are designed specifically to | | | | have water that is much deeper, sometimes up to |
| soak in very deep water, which is the best way to | | | | the chest and even higher. In this way you will get |
| get the full benefit of the heat from water. | | | | far more benefit from the hot water. |
| There are essentially two types of soaking tub, | | | | Once you have decided which style of soaking tub is |
| which are the traditional tub, and the upright tub. The | | | | best for you, take a look at some of the various |
| traditional style is one that looks like a normal | | | | suppliers that can be found online, and make sure |
| bathtub, though it tends to be deeper and | | | | you go through the various styles before making |
| sometimes a little longer. The oldest version of this is | | | | your final choice. |
| the traditional claw foot tub, which was designed in | | | | |