I know this thread is a couple of years old but after a little Googling I found that this question has not been answered very well anywhere. What I have discovered is that you are not going to be presented with many soaking tub/shower combination photos in magazines or books. They all tend to focus on 'idealized' situations where there is ample room for both a soaking tub and a detached shower. But combining a soaking tub & shower is very possible. Here are a couple of ways it can be done. a. The free standing tub (e.g. clawfoot tub) with a wraparound shower curtain on a circular shower curtain rod. This is probably the simplest way to achieve a soaking tub/ standing shower combo. And if you do not car for the 'clawfoot' design there are many new free standing tubs that have bases other than clawed feet. Some are very elegant looking. b. A 'drop in' tub with square corners where tiled walls can be brought right down to the lip of the tub so that there is are no flat, horizontal surfaces where standing water from a shower can accumulate. This might require bringing the wall a bit closer to the tub. No problem. It can be done. Say your space is 80 inches and your soaking tub is only 70 inches long. Bring one wall 10 inched closer to the end of the tub (or both walls 5 inches closer) and create cubby holes (shelves) for towels in the walled area. c. Install a drop in soaking tub in the typical fashion, but include a circular shower curtain rod above it, and place the shower head above the center of the tub, or even hang it directly above the tub pointing straight down from the ceiling. This is actually the design I am considering. I may be a bit unconventional but who cares about convention if it is functional, serves your purposes and it installed in such a way that it looks visually appealing. If you place a cute ring to hold the shower curtain away from the tub when not in use and purchase a pretty looking circular shower curtain ring you could have yourself a real winning design. You could even place a horizontal beam covered with tile along the ceiling that would hide the shower curtain ring. d. A wet design. Either a claw foot style tub or drop in tub can be coupled with an overhead shower with no shower curtain whatsoever if you tile and slope the floor toward a floor drain. If using a drop in tub, slightly angle the horizontal tiled surfaces surrounding the tub so there is no free standing water, so that any water runs off onto the floor and into the floor drain. There is no reason why this cannot be done. After all, the floors of showers are slightly sloped, tiled, horizontal surfaces! Just use some creativity and do what you want. There are many ways to accomplish a soaking tub/standing shower combination! Of course you don't want to do anything too weird of it might affect your resale value. But if you use common sense you can definitely come up with a wonderful design. Don't let other people tell you what to do!! Note: If stepping in and out of a tall soaking tub seems unpractical for daily use, considering building 2 or 3 tiled steps up to your tub. problem solved. For extra safety a chrome grap bar or two and be affixed to the walls. Never a bad idea in any shower or tub anyway! -MyDogBurt

I am putting one of the Japanese soaking tubs in my bathroom remodel. I don't like lying down in the tub. I have visited a few spas in California that have these soaking tubs set up. I found them very comfortable. Mine will share the shower area just like a traditional Japanese shower area. I am getting an acrylic tub probably from Hydrosystems (Fuji 40x40). My config will look something like this. Mine will not have steps as you will be able to sit on the ledge and swing your legs into the tub from the shower area. There was a gwebber that did a shower with the beverly from Americh. Good luck!

(oops - hit 'post' too soon) I would most like to get one like I had when I lived in Japan, (solo use, square, acrylic(?)) but don't know how to try and manage that, nor whether the cost would be prohibitive. Do you know how to go about doing this, or finding out if it is feasible? I've found about 5 American manufacturers making deep/deepish soaking tubs. Not sure if I'd be comfortable in the seat/foot well versions, and don't know any way to find someone who has one I could try sitting in. No local showrooms seem to have any of these models, and unfortunately, a trip to Tubz in CA is not possible.

You would think there would be a definitive guide on freestanding tubs and LVP since both have been such popular options for years now. I am never satisfied with the answers. You have washer and dryers on LVP and heavy furniture so why not a tub? The vinyl freestanding tubs are light and need to be secured. If you silicone the tub to LVP will this be an issue? IDK because no authorities I have found have commented on it. I've seen YouTube videos where contractors have used LVP with a freestanding tub, but without follow-up or reference to manufacturer suggestions, who knows how that held up over time. The Floor and Decor rep assured me water won't get between the seams (for what that's worth). If that's true, caulking the edges seems like a pretty good way to go. Maybe adding some liquid waterproofing membrane on the subfloor around the tub would be a good precaution. Where is the definitive guide to this? If anyone has a good source please chime in.