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Half hour showers!!!

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  • 5 mins for a shower is just unreasonable. I spend at least 20-30 mins in the shower!
  • Magentasue wrote: »
    Have they hit puberty? My sons developed a need to spend hours in the bathroom soon after ...

    I think I'm thinking what you're thinking.........I'm gonna stop thinking........ew
    "a workman, even of the lowest and poorest order, if he is frugal and industrious, may enjoy a greater share of the necessaries and conveniences of life than it is possible for any savage to acquire."
  • Magentasue
    Magentasue Posts: 4,229 Forumite
    I think I'm thinking what you're thinking.........I'm gonna stop thinking........ew

    Er ... yeah.
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    1000 litres is one unit as measured on your water meter.

    They're asking you to waste water! What on earth is the point in that?
  • debralee wrote: »
    5 mins for a shower is just unreasonable. I spend at least 20-30 mins in the shower!

    Just about thinking I was the only one thinking 5 mins is mad :)
  • Magentasue wrote: »
    Well, I can! Thing is, if it's an electric shower, it can make a huge impact on the bill and some people just cannot afford to pay for the electricity they're using and have to cut back. We don't have a shower at present, but my teens were terrible at having long showers and while reason got me so far, sometimes drastic measures are needed.

    I understand the need for some people to cut back but we don't watch TV so suppose I don't notice how much shower uses and guess if you have kids with TV/computers/showers etc it all adds up :)

    Still amazed by the 5 min shower though...how long do other women spend when they need to wash hair and body?
  • KimYeovil
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    15 seconds to wet. 15 seconds to rinse. 30 seconds for final rinse. Anything longer than one minute is pampering. Not that pampering is not important or not worth paying for or not necessary.
  • Fire_Fox
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    I take longer than five minutes in the shower, so I switch off the water whilst I am shampooing and have used a leave-on conditioner for many years now.
    Declutterbug-in-progress.⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️
  • An electric shower has to be kept running whilst showering otherwise theres a delay in the water coming hot again.
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  • squidge60
    squidge60 Posts: 1,129 Forumite
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    yay so glad to see other people take a while in the shower :j i am in there for 20 mins every day of the week ! hey ho would like to cut down but thats the way it is :D
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