Originally Posted by
YVR Cockroach
As for wet floors in baths, they also seem to be popular in Asia and Australia. The common feature is that the floor are concrete. I wouldn't want them in a wooden (North American) house as it'll just invite dampness and wood rot.
They're the norm in several older Scandinavian buildings, with wooden floors, too (the typical Copenhagen shower, on a switch tap with the sink, can take some getting used to!). But the expectation is that the whole area would be tiled and sloped towards a central drain.
As for standard baths in Europe... Well, I can't speak for all countries (many will be much more shower-orientated anyway) but this would be a standard (and fairly cheap) new bath in the UK:
http://www.bathstore.com/products/po...-700-3079.html
61cm high, 120L.