Development of the Bathroom

& Development Iof the Bathroom larly religious commun al bathing 3000 BC inga aling akiag ia Par Veler aRI." Dateline 3000 DC-Balhing in India, Mesopotamia and Persia trat recorded. Bathing thought to be used as a metaphor for spiritual, rather than physical cleansing. Bathing in the Ganges was a sacred event drl fara Graal ai The Romans and all that Large public bathing houses either ted from natural hot springs or healed by underlloor lurnaces bocomo popular. Communal bathing is the rule with men and women having separate Roman times bath houses. Even sleam rooms make an appearance E arliest bathtub discover ed 1700 BC Earliest surviving private bathtub from the Palace of Knossos in Crete dates from 1700 BC and looks romarkably like a modern personal tub. E ureka! Archimedes uses bathroom as science lab As part ot a commission to discover whether he crown jeweller had been cheating the king of Syracuse, Archimedes discovers how to determine the volume of the king's crowm - in his balhlub. "Eureka! Eureka! I'm the world's first stre aker!!" Roman style public 1154 baths re-introduced 1289 in Britain... and became very popular but not necessarity tor the right reasons Many closed down due to allegations of inappropriate behaviour"() Bathing falls out of fashion Due to concerns about water-borne diseases, bathing falls out of tashion to be replaced by powders and pertumes. Doubt it they overcame the stench of body odour! *Selh leiee e day te le reelle slean.E deg te bi passably tien. 1700 1820 eing a pablie ReRct." sthen terge The Victorians bring bathing back into fashion With portable marble vanity tops with sinks in the bedroom, portable bathtubs and chamber pots (and outside earth closets), bedrooms double-up as bathrooms. Or course the maid had to carry the hot water in (and the chamber pot out). As the hot water all had to be carried to a hip bath in front of the fire. Immersing in a bath didn't happen that ollen - except for the very wealthy. The Bathroom is born! With developments in internal plumbing and toilet technology. Eare.it den'I A Rey of then. urE Bl se site the dedicated house bathroom is born Sgleie fiats - for those who can afford it. Bathrooms for all Ire isierdag sight telh. In the late 20th century. tyaden 1. Jekei Indoor bathrooms become the norm, with the modern house having several bathrooms, all with (20th century modern fittings such as whirlpool tubs for two and corner shower stalls Back to the future With a wide variety of luxury fittings, such as steam shower enclosures to make the Romans jealous cultured marble vanity tops which the Victorians would have just loved and a superb range of styles and finishes, modern bathroom fittings adapt the styles and materials of the past to deliver the bathroom of the future. "Selally ng ife innelre. The ei inr la the lell ant she'd come in sin ag lesls. Veeds dllen Bathrooms