people who dont have hot water?

sam83uk · 22 Mar 2007 at 18:49

anyone got a immediate family or prehaps grandparents who blatently skimp on having hot water avaliable on tap, and only turns the boiler on for 30minutes when they are going to have a bath?

im asking because this is what my grandparents are like :rolleyes:

they aint poor they live quite well in other areas.

Gilly · 22 Mar 2007 at 18:51

Did spoon really say upmost?

JohnnyG · 22 Mar 2007 at 18:52

If they don't have it on tap, how have they got it?

Rebelius · 22 Mar 2007 at 18:53

I'm like that. The shower's electric and the hot water just comes on for 30mins at 7am and 30mins at 7pm.

Moredhel · 22 Mar 2007 at 18:53

During the middle of winter we do, as there's generally no need to have the immersion heater on all the time.

For 9 months a year though the solar panels on the roof mean that we have hot water readily available.

Audiofreq · 22 Mar 2007 at 18:54

Yeah our hot water only goes on twice a day :/

But you can get one of those boilers that goes on when you run the tap and then heats it up there and then...

big_white_dog84 · 22 Mar 2007 at 18:54

Rephrase the question:

Does anyone else like to save energy and reduce their energy bills?

My water in on for 45 mins in the morning (for 2 showers) and about 20 mins at night (for the dishes). If I want anything more I need to heat it up. I can't understand why anyone would pay to heat water when they don't want it.

Fergie · 22 Mar 2007 at 19:00

sam83uk said:
anyone got a immediate family or prehaps grandparents who blatently skimp on having hot water avaliable on tap, and only turns the boiler on for 30minutes when they are going to have a bath?

im asking because this is what my grandparents are like they aint poor they live quite well in other areas.

I do exactly that! I havn't much need for hot water other than then, just boil a kettle for the washing up and wash with cold water. Simple!

dirtydog · 22 Mar 2007 at 19:09

Fergie said:
I do exactly that! I havn't much need for hot water other than then, just boil a kettle for the washing up and wash with cold water. Simple!

Ditto.

JohnnyG · 22 Mar 2007 at 19:11

Doesn't it cost more to heat water when needed opposed to keeping it heated?
Genuinely don't know

dirtydog · 22 Mar 2007 at 19:15

JohnnyG said:
Doesn't it cost more to heat water when needed opposed to keeping it heated?
Genuinely don't know

Pass - but I very much doubt it. I do know that my electric bill is very cheap doing it this way.

WoZZeR · 22 Mar 2007 at 19:18

I have a water heater that comes on when you turn a hot water tap on.

VeNT · 22 Mar 2007 at 19:18

JohnnyG said:
Doesn't it cost more to heat water when needed opposed to keeping it heated?
Genuinely don't know

depends, with on demand you have the ability to use the right amount of water rather than leaving it in the tank so I'd say that was better. even if you're "just keeping water heated" you've still got to raise its temp to that level in the first place.

iamdjdz · 22 Mar 2007 at 19:32

my gfs dad does that. And they have the heating off almost all the time. It's silly.

VaderDSL · 22 Mar 2007 at 19:32

JohnnyG said:
If they don't have it on tap, how have they got it?

On Draught

"'eyup love, give us 73 pints of hot and a packet of imperial lather"

Matt · 22 Mar 2007 at 19:42

Fergie said:
I do exactly that! I havn't much need for hot water other than then, just boil a kettle for the washing up and wash with cold water. Simple!

Doesn't boiling a kettle use quite a bit of power? It would probably be cheaper just to keep the water heated

Scam · 22 Mar 2007 at 19:50

Fergie said:
I do exactly that! I havn't much need for hot water other than then, just boil a kettle for the washing up and wash with cold water. Simple!

Maybe i'm a bit OCD

p) but i wash my hands a fair amount each day. Obviously after going to the loo etc. You mean you wash your hands in cold water all the time? What if you've just cooked and handled raw meat or something? :confused:

Abyss · 22 Mar 2007 at 20:00

I don't really understand the point behind this. Have the boiler on for an hour in the morning and an hour in the evening, and surely there will be a constant supply of hot water in the tank?

Also using a kettle is about the worst way to get hot water, as it heats it to boiling point (needing a lot of energy), and is far more costly than a gas boiler.

Fergie · 22 Mar 2007 at 20:00

Scam said:
Maybe i'm a bit OCD p) but i wash my hands a fair amount each day. Obviously after going to the loo etc. You mean you wash your hands in cold water all the time? What if you've just cooked and handled raw meat or something?

Meh, dusn't bother me that much.

It may be more efficient to keep the water heated, but my boiler is just on a switch so I can't be bothered with messing around turning it on and off.

squiffy · 22 Mar 2007 at 20:01

sam83uk said:
anyone got a immediate family or prehaps grandparents who blatently skimp on having hot water avaliable on tap, and only turns the boiler on for 30minutes when they are going to have a bath?

im asking because this is what my grandparents are like they aint poor they live quite well in other areas.

Sounds like you don't pay your own bills. :rolleyes:

Why leave boiler on when you're not going to use hot water for most of the day?