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One is that you free up a bit of space. More to the point, as one gets older, you can slip in a bath and getting in and out (out especially) is a problem. Plus, getting into and out (especially out) of a bath may be a problem in that you could fall in the process (which happened to a neighbour).

I am told by someone that the poly tiles I have on my bathroom ceiling are a "fire hazard." What's the truth?

I posted the same query on another forum. This was the general opinion: "Too much that could go wrong. The existing tiles might not be fixed 100% to the walls. The plasterboard adhesive could fail if the tiles are not cleaned and keyed. Whack them off-and do it properly." Would this...

Can you explain a little about "Some of the tiles may be damaged/fall out when the bath is removed anyway... and if you were to then look at replacing the existing fittings, those tiles too would just fall out."? His quote is cheap for the work, but I wonder if it's precisely because he uses...

I want my present bathroom, with a bath, converted to shower only. Now, someone who gave me a quote says that instead of removing the old tiling with new ones in the bathroom, by ripping off the old ones, he will plasterboard over the old tiles and the rest of the walls around the bathroom. So...