living with no hot water...

catz4m8z

Anybody else do this?
I feel like abit of a weirdo because when my gas boiler broke I just got used to having no running hot water!
Its been over 4 yrs now and honestly it doesnt seem a problem.....

weird, right!? LOL

elsien

I’d find it a problem. Washing up fine, you can do that by boiling a kettle. Yes, you can have a quick wash at the sink if you boil a kettle, but I’m not showering, bathing, or washing my hair in cold water and having to boil numerous kettles to do that it would be too much of a pain. 

Bridlington1

elsien said:

I’d find it a problem. Washing up fine, you can do that by boiling a kettle. Yes, you can have a quick wash at the sink if you boil a kettle, but I’m not showering, bathing, or washing my hair in cold water and having to boil numerous kettles to do that it would be too much of a pain. 

I've been showering in cold water for most of the last decade out of choice, the only exception was for a brief period when I had flu late last September/early October (I didn't run the water hot though, just luke warm), but that felt strange to me and I soon went back to cold showers once I'd recovered. I find it quite refreshing to be honest (yes I'm probably quite mad).

I must admit though I do like the convenience of having hot water on tap for washing pots etc but I could probably live quite happily without it.

Florenceem

No way - I want hot water coming out of a tap on demand.

catz4m8z

elsien said:

 I’m not showering, bathing, or washing my hair in cold water and having to boil numerous kettles to do that it would be too much of a pain. 

TBH bathing it the only thing thats abit of a pain! A bucket and a jug works perfectly for washing your hair and if you stand in the bath you can have a shower with them too.
Although it does take me about an hour to fill my bath with kettles and saucepans so baths are a treat!LOL

(added bonus, my water bill got so much lower because I am much more careful with my water use now! )

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I have suffered with dermatitis and anxiety for long periods  of my life but about 3 years ago l watched a Wim Hoff YouTube  video about cold water therapy.  I thought I'll give it ago...roll on three years later and only take cold showers now, unless lm with a cold. very rare nowadays mind. 
I still suffer with anxiety  but it's been a great help for me.
I find my cold intolerance  helped when the gas bills were high because l could cut back. 

theoretica

When my boiler broke a neighbour said he lived without a boiler or hot tap. I learnt to wash in with a small basin of warm water when camping - or a larger basin if my hair needs doing.  But hot baths are a much appreciated luxury.

alicef

Ugh.. I can cope with the council swimming pool turning down heating, as after a few lengths one doesn't register the water temperature.  The OH, (aka M Mosley Just One Thing), does the cold shower blast, (briefly), in the morning.  For me, given that we have solar heating for the water I'm sticking to a reasonably warm abultion.

YoungBlueEyes

My boiler broke down once, I went to my neighbour's for a shower. I can wash up with a kettle but I'd not choose to live without hot water.

catz4m8z said:

elsien said:

 I’m not showering, bathing, or washing my hair in cold water and having to boil numerous kettles to do that it would be too much of a pain. 

TBH bathing it the only thing thats abit of a pain! A bucket and a jug works perfectly for washing your hair and if you stand in the bath you can have a shower with them too.
Although it does take me about an hour to fill my bath with kettles and saucepans so baths are a treat!LOL

(added bonus, my water bill got so much lower because I am much more careful with my water use now! )

My bolding. 
You've a lower water bill, but what does your gas/electric bill look like now?!

Siebrie

I had a friend who turned of his boiler and did everything with cold water or the electric kettle. Once a week he would turn on his boiler to have a shower, and then switch it off again. He was very cost and waste conscious in all facets of his life.

catz4m8z

YoungBlueEyes said:

My bolding. 
You've a lower water bill, but what does your gas/electric bill look like now?!

TBH in the summer its very reasonable, heating the water up doesnt make a big difference.
(its the heating that sends it through the roof!).