A history of the Humble Bathroom

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The first records for the use of Baths date back as far as 3000 B.C although it was not with hygiene in mind, at this time water had a strong religious value, and was seen as a purifying element for both the body and soul, it was therefore uncommon for people to cleanse themselves before entering a sacred area. </br></br> The third millennium B.C was the "Age of Cleanliness" it was during this period that toilets and sewers were invented in several parts of the world. </br></br> This article will look at how things have changed since 3000 B.C. </br></br> Roman Baths </br></br> Roman Bath house were centres not only for bathing, but for socialising there was 2 types of bath houses in Ancient Rome the first was open to anyone who could afford to pay for the privilege of using the Bath House of ones that were for private villas and town houses which were generally owned by town officials or Senators of Rome. </br></br> The water for the bath houses was supplied by an adjacent river or stream if close by however it was more common for the water to be supplied via an aqueduct; the water would be heated from a log fire before being channelled into the hot bathing rooms. </br></br> There was of course a smaller set of Baths for Women these were normally smaller than the main baths. </br></br> Outside Toilets </br></br> Toilets have changed over the years for any readers that were born pre 1960 you will possibly remember having to go outside the house to the outside toilet to do your number ones and twos however you did still have some privacy. </br></br> Rewind a few thousand years back to Ancient Rome were they had communal toilet blocks, these toilet blocks were generally built out of large blocks of granite there was no cubicles so there was generally no privacy a good example of this can be seen at the ruins of Ephesus in Turkey. </br></br> Tin Bath </br></br> For some children that were born in the 1960's it was still common place to have a bath in front of the coal fire a tin bath was generally used so that the water would stay hot whilst it was being filled up to allow you to take a hot bath this was okay if you were the oldest child however not so good if you were the youngest as you would have to bathe in colder dirty water. </br></br> The above examples are only some of the things that have changed when it comes to bathrooms although in Japan share bathing can still found. </br></br> Things have changed in the last few years which has resulted in us having more choice on how we would like to have our bathrooms are designed, and a lot more choice of baths or showers that can be fitted. </br></br> If you are the type of person that prefers a shower then you should take a look at the range of Corner Showers or Digital Showers that are on the market today.

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