The straight panelled bath is the workhorse of the British bathroom. It runs along a wall, with a flat top rim and a side panel down to the floor. This illustrative version is the kind often fitted in lofts and narrow rooms, where its length matters as much as its looks.
Buyers rarely choose a bath like this on its own. It arrives as part of a suite with a basin, WC, taps and often a shower screen, and the real decisions concern how those parts sit together. An anthracite panel has to agree with the vanity unit. An 1800 mm bath has to leave room for the door. Under a sloping roof, the shower end has to be the one with headroom.
Bathroom Configurator demo
Panelled Bath
- Product
- Panelled Bath
- Colour
- Gloss White
- Length
- 1700 mm
Illustrative product. The design and images are generated examples, not a real model for sale.
What you can configure
The swatches change the finish between gloss white, biscuit, stone grey and anthracite, with sage and pale blue also in the range. Because the side panel is the one surface facing the room, its colour sets the tone of the whole wall. Length is 1700 or 1800 mm and goes into the summary. In a loft or a narrow room, that extra 100 mm decides more layouts than any colour choice.
- Colour: Gloss White, Biscuit, Stone Grey, Anthracite
- Length: 1700 mm, 1800 mm
Why a configurator suits baths
Panelled baths sell in volume through bathroom retailers, builders' merchants and online stores, often on tight margins. The bath itself is simple; the order around it is not. A customer may need the bath, a side panel, an end panel, a waste, taps and a screen, all in finishes that agree. Missing one item means a second delivery and an irritated installer.
A configurator can act as a suite builder. It starts with the bath length and panel finish, then offers compatible end panels, screens and brassware, filtered so that only parts that fit appear. Six finishes over two lengths is twelve bath variants before any accessory is added. A rules-based tool handles that far better than a long run of separate product pages.
For merchants with trade customers, the same tool helps the installer. A plumber can configure a client's suite on site, share the configuration by link, and turn it into an order once the client agrees. That keeps the trade sale with the merchant rather than drifting to whoever is cheapest online.
How a production version would be built
A panelled bath is well suited to layered images. The shell and rim stay constant while the panel is a separate layer per finish. Adding a colour then means one new panel image rather than a full set. End panels and screens are layered the same way from a fixed camera. Behind the images sit consistent SKUs for bath, panels and accessories, dimensions for each length, and rules for which parts fit together. The completed suite goes into the basket as a bundle, or to a quote for trade customers who buy on account.
Build sheet for this range
- Colours in the full range: 6 (4 shown in this demo)
- Length choices: 2
- Combinations to support: 6 × 2 = 12
- Images for one photograph per combination at 3 angles: 36
- Images if lengths can be shown as separate layers, at 3 angles: 24
- Data each of the 12 combinations needs: a SKU or variant ID, price, stock or lead time, and any dimensions or specification that change
Questions about bath configurators
Can the configurator sell the bath, panels and screen as one bundle?
Yes. Each component stays its own product with its own SKU and stock, and the configurator adds them together as a bundle or as linked lines. Rules prevent mismatches, such as an end panel that suits only one length. Customers see one combined summary, and the warehouse sees the individual parts it needs to pick.
How do we show which end the shower should go under a sloping ceiling?
That needs a simple layout step rather than a swatch. The customer marks where the slope falls on a basic plan, and the configurator suggests the end with the most headroom for the shower. It is guidance rather than a survey, but it prompts the right conversation before the order is placed.
Will a panel colour match the furniture in the same range?
Only if the source images are consistent. When the panel and the vanity units are photographed or rendered under the same light, the finishes look as they would in a showroom. Where existing photography comes from different shoots, I usually recommend re-rendering the key finishes so customers compare like with like.
Can the configurator run on our existing Shopify store?
It can. On Shopify it sits in the product page as a theme section, and on WooCommerce as a plugin. Your products, prices and checkout stay in place; the configurator adds the choices and builds the order. Most of the work is in organising the product data, not in changing the store.
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This demo uses an illustrative product. If you sell baths, I can build the same experience around your own range, photography and ordering process, connected to Shopify, WooCommerce or a quote workflow. I reply to enquiries within two UK working days.