Comments on: Overflow Bathtubs from Käsch http://www.contemporist.com/2009/03/07/overflow-bathtubs-from-kasch/ Contemporary Modern Architecture Furniture Lighting Interior Design Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:07:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Juergen http://www.contemporist.com/2009/03/07/overflow-bathtubs-from-kasch/#comment-334784 Juergen Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:08:42 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=3586#comment-334784 Hi alltogether. I find this blog by accident and I am verry surprised about some of the ideas about safety. Something in life can be beautyful and danger together. If I see something beautyful I love it and do not think about safety. We produce this bath and took the photo for the catalog. In this catalog we show some bath build in in the floor, some like normmal bath with a cover around. In reality maybe 1% have the hole in the floor to make a bathroom like the photo. Most of the customer have to install the bath with a cover around like every other bathtub. If the customer decide to build the bath in the floor they will think about safety. Sure! Many thanks to all the writer who like our products. This make us proud and support us for more new designs. Hi alltogether. I find this blog by accident and I am verry surprised about some of the ideas about safety.
Something in life can be beautyful and danger together. If I see something beautyful I love it and do not think about safety.

We produce this bath and took the photo for the catalog. In this catalog we show some bath build in in the floor, some like normmal bath with a cover around.
In reality maybe 1% have the hole in the floor to make a bathroom like the photo. Most of the customer have to install the bath with a cover around like every other bathtub.
If the customer decide to build the bath in the floor they will think about safety. Sure!

Many thanks to all the writer who like our products. This make us proud and support us for more new designs.

]]> By: Rich T http://www.contemporist.com/2009/03/07/overflow-bathtubs-from-kasch/#comment-330011 Rich T Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:25:09 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=3586#comment-330011 In my eyes, beautiful and almost other worldly. With regard to the safety issues, call it Darwinian Selection. In my eyes, beautiful and almost other worldly.

With regard to the safety issues, call it Darwinian Selection.

]]> By: ajsmith http://www.contemporist.com/2009/03/07/overflow-bathtubs-from-kasch/#comment-324184 ajsmith Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:31:10 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=3586#comment-324184 Absolutely gerogeous! Would love to have one of these tubs before I meet my maker. NOT for the idiots who worry about injury. Absolutely gerogeous! Would love to have one of these tubs before I meet my maker.
NOT for the idiots who worry about injury.

]]> By: Brad324 http://www.contemporist.com/2009/03/07/overflow-bathtubs-from-kasch/#comment-241938 Brad324 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:09:24 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=3586#comment-241938 ^ I was thinking the same thing. Simply surround the thing with a grate, like they have at public swimming pools, and not only is it safer, it looks better. As for it being unsafe at night, a lid could solve that. ^ I was thinking the same thing. Simply surround the thing with a grate, like they have at public swimming pools, and not only is it safer, it looks better.

As for it being unsafe at night, a lid could solve that.

]]> By: Lana http://www.contemporist.com/2009/03/07/overflow-bathtubs-from-kasch/#comment-234668 Lana Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:54:11 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=3586#comment-234668 I think a simple solution would be a kind of grate or something over the overflow gap I think a simple solution would be a kind of grate or something over the overflow gap

]]> By: Joanna http://www.contemporist.com/2009/03/07/overflow-bathtubs-from-kasch/#comment-226299 Joanna Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:35:18 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=3586#comment-226299 1) skiing is dangerous 2) driving a car is dangerous 3) climbing a ladder is dangerous 4) swimming is dangerous 5) chopping onions with a sharp knife is dangerour but none of the above looks half as cool as this tub. 1) skiing is dangerous
2) driving a car is dangerous
3) climbing a ladder is dangerous
4) swimming is dangerous
5) chopping onions with a sharp knife is dangerour

but none of the above looks half as cool as this tub.

]]> By: Eta http://www.contemporist.com/2009/03/07/overflow-bathtubs-from-kasch/#comment-220714 Eta Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:49:48 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=3586#comment-220714 Make it so that one side doesn't have a deep overflow. Just a slight slant. The other sides catch the rest. Problem solved. Most accident in the home happen in the bathroom anyway... Use your common sense... Or get in the tube first... No bitching required... Seksi tubs. Make it so that one side doesn’t have a deep overflow. Just a slight slant. The other sides catch the rest. Problem solved. Most accident in the home happen in the bathroom anyway… Use your common sense… Or get in the tube first… No bitching required… Seksi tubs.

]]> By: Lulu http://www.contemporist.com/2009/03/07/overflow-bathtubs-from-kasch/#comment-195324 Lulu Fri, 29 May 2009 21:47:48 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=3586#comment-195324 So, we are about to embark on a remodel and I thought as I have a few moments to spare, let me check out those soaking tubs, you know, the sunken ones which look so inviting and relaxing after a long, stressful, busy day, and then I saw the Kasch tubs.......... I was totally struck by the simplicity and beauty of these water oasis'sssss - I would really, really like to have one, so if there is anyone out there generous enough and willing to buy one for me, (the oval one in fact) I am totally open to having it in my soon to be 'new' Master Bedroom! The comments from everyone about the negatives are so reflective of the American way of thinking - 'oh sweety, I am sorry you hurt your little pinky,porky toe. Let mummsy wumsey kiss it better and then phone the lawyer to sue the manufacturer cus he has more money than us and we could then afford to buy more tacky things and be able to give you everything you want so we can keep up with the neighbors! What a load of ..... To those of you who have nothing better to do than see the negative in everything - if its too steamy, stay stay out of the bathroom! So, we are about to embark on a remodel and I thought as I have a few moments to spare, let me check out those soaking tubs, you know, the sunken ones which look so inviting and relaxing after a long, stressful, busy day, and then I saw the Kasch tubs……….
I was totally struck by the simplicity and beauty of these water oasis’sssss – I would really, really like to have one, so if there is anyone out there generous enough and willing to buy one for me, (the oval one in fact) I am totally open to having it in my soon to be ‘new’ Master Bedroom! The comments from everyone about the negatives are so reflective of the American way of thinking – ‘oh sweety, I am sorry you hurt your little pinky,porky toe. Let mummsy wumsey kiss it better and then phone the lawyer to sue the manufacturer cus he has more money than us and we could then afford to buy more tacky things and be able to give you everything you want so we can keep up with the neighbors! What a load of ….. To those of you who have nothing better to do than see the negative in everything – if its too steamy, stay stay out of the bathroom!

]]> By: Em-Jay http://www.contemporist.com/2009/03/07/overflow-bathtubs-from-kasch/#comment-177296 Em-Jay Sun, 26 Apr 2009 17:17:15 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=3586#comment-177296 WOW, OMG I am almost speechless at this. These are amazing I would kill to have a bath like that! Absolutely Beautiful! WOW, OMG I am almost speechless at this. These are amazing I would kill to have a bath like that! Absolutely Beautiful!

]]> By: lisa http://www.contemporist.com/2009/03/07/overflow-bathtubs-from-kasch/#comment-171486 lisa Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:00:09 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=3586#comment-171486 Hello I found it, Wish is the most beautiful bathtub I have ver seen. I am a Professional house cleaner . I have cleaned so many pits and palaces in 20 years. I could figure out a way to clean this beauty.Even using essential oils such as thyme eucalyptus and tea tree , melaluca would work. Also I know there is an energy effecient heating coil that could keep a constant hot water supply.I think i would use the faucet(water trough) embedded in that freestanding wall to help myself in and out ..and in and out. I like Alex's idea of motion sensor lights. I have a gorgeous heavy wooden bench I might put in my dream bathroom in my dream house. i have cleaned enough of them to know what i like. And this is it. Hello I found it, Wish is the most beautiful bathtub I have ver seen. I am a Professional house cleaner . I have cleaned so many pits and palaces in 20 years. I could figure out a way to clean this beauty.Even using essential oils such as thyme eucalyptus and tea tree , melaluca would work. Also I know there is an energy effecient heating coil that could keep a constant hot water supply.I think i would use the faucet(water trough) embedded in that freestanding wall to help myself in and out ..and in and out. I like Alex’s idea of motion sensor lights. I have a gorgeous heavy wooden bench I might put in my dream bathroom in my dream house. i have cleaned enough of them to know what i like. And this is it.

]]> By: Bill http://www.contemporist.com/2009/03/07/overflow-bathtubs-from-kasch/#comment-165434 Bill Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:53:29 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=3586#comment-165434 Holy cow. I have never seen so many terrible responses. Hazardous? Overpriced? Hard to clean? This tub is not for all of you clumsy and broke people out there. Stop judging by your own limitations and accept the fact that there are wealthy people who want something more than what you can buy at Home Depot. You won't ever see a tub like this because it's installed in multi-million dollar homes. Those people have maids and apparently enough common sense not to go strolling blindly through the bathroom in the middle of the night. They also don't care how much it costs to heat the water over and over. I mean, come on, these tubs are not like the one you have in your bathroom. You don't just walk up to it and step in, you sit at the edge and lower yourself in. Has no one ever gotten in to a swimming pool without using the stairs? Have you never sat in a hot tub? Everybody here thinking "practical" and coming up with ideas to make it safer are better off not commenting here at all, because this item is not for you. The point of this tub is to put it in a large, open space and to actually *see* the water overflowing. They're not gonna put rocks, decking, or ladders on this tub. If you're going to do that you might as well just buy the one from home depot. Holy cow. I have never seen so many terrible responses. Hazardous? Overpriced? Hard to clean? This tub is not for all of you clumsy and broke people out there. Stop judging by your own limitations and accept the fact that there are wealthy people who want something more than what you can buy at Home Depot. You won’t ever see a tub like this because it’s installed in multi-million dollar homes. Those people have maids and apparently enough common sense not to go strolling blindly through the bathroom in the middle of the night. They also don’t care how much it costs to heat the water over and over. I mean, come on, these tubs are not like the one you have in your bathroom. You don’t just walk up to it and step in, you sit at the edge and lower yourself in. Has no one ever gotten in to a swimming pool without using the stairs? Have you never sat in a hot tub? Everybody here thinking “practical” and coming up with ideas to make it safer are better off not commenting here at all, because this item is not for you. The point of this tub is to put it in a large, open space and to actually *see* the water overflowing. They’re not gonna put rocks, decking, or ladders on this tub. If you’re going to do that you might as well just buy the one from home depot.

]]> By: Riscy http://www.contemporist.com/2009/03/07/overflow-bathtubs-from-kasch/#comment-154803 Riscy Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:11:22 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=3586#comment-154803 Wow, really neat idea. To resolve the gap problem is to fill it with stone pebbles or cover grill, very simple safety measure for those concern about it. Make sure it is regularly treated to avoid moss growth. I don't like round as it not efficient or water saving but would like to try out the rectangular one for my future project in Bulgaria. Riscy Wow, really neat idea.

To resolve the gap problem is to fill it with stone pebbles or cover grill, very simple safety measure for those concern about it. Make sure it is regularly treated to avoid moss growth.

I don’t like round as it not efficient or water saving but would like to try out the rectangular one for my future project in Bulgaria.

Riscy

]]> By: Reebok http://www.contemporist.com/2009/03/07/overflow-bathtubs-from-kasch/#comment-154124 Reebok Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:11:24 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=3586#comment-154124 Par lo It would still look cool when it’s filled with water. I don’t think a small bridge somewhere would make it look any less cool if it was incorporated into the design and the water could still pass through underneath Par lo It would still look cool when it’s filled with water. I don’t think a small bridge somewhere would make it look any less cool if it was incorporated into the design and the water could still pass through underneath

]]> By: bill http://www.contemporist.com/2009/03/07/overflow-bathtubs-from-kasch/#comment-145325 bill Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:00:53 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=3586#comment-145325 LOL you guys, "*very* hazardous"? Only if you pay no attention whatsoever to what you're doing. I know that in the USA people have learned that they can flail their limbs all over the place at all times and expect to be fully protected, but come on, it's a f*cking bathtub. LOL you guys, “*very* hazardous”? Only if you pay no attention whatsoever to what you’re doing. I know that in the USA people have learned that they can flail their limbs all over the place at all times and expect to be fully protected, but come on, it’s a f*cking bathtub.

]]> By: Kate http://www.contemporist.com/2009/03/07/overflow-bathtubs-from-kasch/#comment-145263 Kate Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:41:07 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=3586#comment-145263 OKAY guys. It's cool and all how you think that everyone complaining about the dangerous aspects of the tubs are from North America. Even if this were true, why do you automatically think that we would sue if an accident did happen? I personally have been hurt many times by many different products, but even though I'm American, I somehow avoided the idiot gene that makes me think it is somehow someone elses fault that i burned my hand on the stove. These tubs are a huge risk for someone who is clumsy like myself! i can just see myself tripping over my own feet, stumbling, my foot landing in the gap, and ick, just imagine what that would do to your leg when you fell forward. also, when stuff gets wet.. it gets SLIPPERY. so so so much could go wrong. they are beautiful, but not thought out well. OKAY guys.

It’s cool and all how you think that everyone complaining about the dangerous aspects of the tubs are from North America. Even if this were true, why do you automatically think that we would sue if an accident did happen? I personally have been hurt many times by many different products, but even though I’m American, I somehow avoided the idiot gene that makes me think it is somehow someone elses fault that i burned my hand on the stove. These tubs are a huge risk for someone who is clumsy like myself! i can just see myself tripping over my own feet, stumbling, my foot landing in the gap, and ick, just imagine what that would do to your leg when you fell forward. also, when stuff gets wet.. it gets SLIPPERY. so so so much could go wrong. they are beautiful, but not thought out well.

]]> By: Cerise http://www.contemporist.com/2009/03/07/overflow-bathtubs-from-kasch/#comment-145026 Cerise Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:18:13 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=3586#comment-145026 Dangerous, right. Cars are dangerous, skateboards and half pipes are dangerous, steps are freaking crazy dangerous, have we talk about swings yet? a 5 years old, on his own, up in the air??? what about doors? sometimes it's opened, sometimes its closed... pay no attention and you end up with brain dammage. It's prolly tricky to go in but really who wouldn't try it? It's O-some. Amazing design. not green though, really not green. Dangerous, right. Cars are dangerous, skateboards and half pipes are dangerous, steps are freaking crazy dangerous, have we talk about swings yet? a 5 years old, on his own, up in the air??? what about doors? sometimes it’s opened, sometimes its closed… pay no attention and you end up with brain dammage.

It’s prolly tricky to go in but really who wouldn’t try it? It’s O-some. Amazing design.

not green though, really not green.

]]> By: Kimberly @ Home Improvement Blog http://www.contemporist.com/2009/03/07/overflow-bathtubs-from-kasch/#comment-144742 Kimberly @ Home Improvement Blog Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:06:58 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=3586#comment-144742 Now that is one of the coolest upgrades for a home I've seen in a while! How neat is that! Same principle as the overflow pools...beautiful! I want one! Kimberly :) Now that is one of the coolest upgrades for a home I’ve seen in a while!

How neat is that! Same principle as the overflow pools…beautiful!

I want one!

Kimberly :)

]]> By: Eric http://www.contemporist.com/2009/03/07/overflow-bathtubs-from-kasch/#comment-144293 Eric Thu, 19 Mar 2009 05:46:00 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=3586#comment-144293 What is everyone 80 years old? The bathtubs are awesome. Why all the talk about how dangerous they'd be? Hose off in the backyard then. What is everyone 80 years old?
The bathtubs are awesome. Why all the talk about how dangerous they’d be?
Hose off in the backyard then.

]]> By: Bob http://www.contemporist.com/2009/03/07/overflow-bathtubs-from-kasch/#comment-143138 Bob Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:48:15 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=3586#comment-143138 As a solution, couldn't one part of the overflow gap have some sort of platform over it, a small plank or something and couldn't there be stairs inside the tub leading down? It would still look cool when it's filled with water. I don't think a small bridge somewhere would make it look any less cool if it was incorporated into the design and the water could still pass through underneath. Eh? And let's be honest, anyone who buys this thing is rich and would probably have a special bath tub room. I don't see the "middle of the night, going to relieve oneself and slipping in the tub" as a plausible scenario. As a solution, couldn’t one part of the overflow gap have some sort of platform over it, a small plank or something and couldn’t there be stairs inside the tub leading down? It would still look cool when it’s filled with water. I don’t think a small bridge somewhere would make it look any less cool if it was incorporated into the design and the water could still pass through underneath. Eh?

And let’s be honest, anyone who buys this thing is rich and would probably have a special bath tub room. I don’t see the “middle of the night, going to relieve oneself and slipping in the tub” as a plausible scenario.

]]> By: Chris http://www.contemporist.com/2009/03/07/overflow-bathtubs-from-kasch/#comment-142627 Chris Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:02:18 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=3586#comment-142627 They sure are gorgeous, but seriously, you wouldn't try to step down into them, you would jump & enjoy the splash! They sure are gorgeous, but seriously, you wouldn’t try to step down into them, you would jump & enjoy the splash!

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