Hot Water Heating

Bath 2-3 times a month, shower only if washing hair or daily strip wash at sink.
Instant hot water using Combi boiler.
My skin would get v dry if I immersed in bath or under shower, too frequently.

I knew that I would miss my airing cupboard when I changed to a combi boiler so once the hot water tank was removed, I has a small radiator fitted in the cupboard. Now my towels and bedding are still kept fresh and I also have space under the shelves to hang a few clothes to dry on a wet day - I don’t like putting everything in the dryer, like new sweatshirts or delicate tops, so I hang them up for a day or two.

Just reading the ridiculous multi bath/showers declarations on here and seriously think that there's a lot of porkies flying around OR there's a lot of you literally obsessed with washing!? Which is it? Shower in morning, unless I get very mucky either gardening etc -incidentally if I know I'm doing housework Then no shower until I've finished! Over washing is very damaging to both hair and skin, stripping out natural body oils etc that protect our skin .no wonder most women have dreadfully wrinkly skin at very early age in this country!

I agree Mummer. And it's bad for the planet, using precious resources.

Teacheranne

I knew that I would miss my airing cupboard when I changed to a combi boiler so once the hot water tank was removed, I has a small radiator fitted in the cupboard. Now my towels and bedding are still kept fresh and I also have space under the shelves to hang a few clothes to dry on a wet day - I don’t like putting everything in the dryer, like new sweatshirts or delicate tops, so I hang them up for a day or two.

Ooh you've just given me an idea! Thanks Teacheranne

Mine is on for 45 minutes in the morning. That is enough for a shower and washing up. I only do a 30 degree wash so no need to heat up water for that. I just need hot for shower really...

Mine is on for half an hour each morning - I do it manually while I shower (electric) and dress, then I switch it off. Both my washing machine and dishwasher are cold fill, so I find the hot water lasts all day, unless I want a bath - rarely. The new ad on tv about using the dishwasher to save water is interesting - it uses the same amount of water as leaving a tap running for 2 minutes, so even living alone, I run the dishwasher every 2nd or 3rd day.

MaizieD LOL, YUK AND DOUBLE YUK

Combi boiler and electric shower so only heat what we use.

I have a combi boiler for heating and water. Water is heated as required and is available at all times..

30 minutes morning and 30 minutes between 4-5 pm….. our shower is a power shower so not necessary for that , also we have no bath ( walk in shower installed). The wash mach heats its own water! So it’s just washing up / cleaning. I use water collected from tumble drier to water gardens!

Goodness, there seems to be a LOT of you still on 'old' immersion heater systems- i thought best way to go was gas boilers these days, that give instant hot water when you need it, and heat radiators? I had immersion heater in present house at first, and as its housing association house i couldnt just swap it, but it had its own insulated wrapped type covering and then a boiler jacket over that so was good(ish) at staying hot.But i could not afford it on all day so an hour morning & teatime was usual.But thank fully after 6 yrs they replaced it with an instant gas boiler! But now after another 4 yrs nearly i want a move, so any private lets I've viewed have had gas instant boilers in. I couldn't go back to the immersion heater! ?

The idiot boiler installers still put my new combi boiler in airing cupboard upstairs, instead of in kitchen so we dont have heating on in night at all, even if its snowing & freezing outside, as boiler would wake us all up.Consequently we've veeto'd any viewings of houses with an upstairs combi boiler as well....?

I think councils used to help folk with insulation/heating grants etc, including wall heaters and new combi boilers if necessary, dont know if they still do?- but it might be worth asking, for those of you who want to make the swap to a combi boiler?

I think it was just for private tenants and homeowners.

Combi boiler here, on from 6:30 - 8:30, again 4:30 - 8:30, goes on constant if it’s very cold if I’m in, or at weekends. MrJ showers every day if working as it’s manual work, otherwise every other day for us both. I have a bath every now and then. No tumble dryer, I just dry clothes on an airer inside or out, dependent on weather.

Re. the shower every day debate - www.bustle.com/articles/114177-6-reasons-you-should-stop-showering-every-day-according-to-science

Combi boiler here so the water is heated as it's used, it doesn't sit in a tank going cold.

Nannan2
When we came to view our bungalow ( empty) the boiler was in the lounge. The gentleman that died here had the boiler put in under that scheme, they told him that it was the only place it could go so the poor old fella lived with a boiler going on and off.

I need my bath, having broken my back the facility of being able to soak in hot water is something I would find hard to do without. I would have a bath every day but conscious of cost I limit it to one a week, with daily showers.
I would like to keep the house hotter than the 22c recommended as 'adequate' by AgeUK.
I heat the full tank for my bath by using the immersion heater for half an hour once week, the rest of the time we use an electric shower.
Our electricity bill is always a shock!
You have set me off thinking of ways to cut down, its all getting very worrying.

NotAGran55

Experimenting today with 2 hours water heating from 5-7…..
Watch this space….

Callistemon21 you are very close with your guesses about our business ?

I'm intrigued!

In our last house we had solid fuel heating /hot water and didn’t want to light it in the summer so relied on the immersion to warm the water, and also handy to stop pipes freezing in the winter if we were away. Wasn’t terribly expensive to leave on all the time, good insulation on the tank and obvs if you don’t use it it stays warm . On a separate thread where do you get the time to do bathing and showering on the same day ?

Nannan2 and MS - in the last couple of years, a friend and her husband (between redundancy and pension, so could show a household income of under £16K) had a new boiler installed under such a scheme in their mortgage free house. Savings not taken into the account either, which I found odd. They had to pay up to £500 towards it depending which boiler they chose either Worcester or Ideal Standard. She’s currently trying to get the same for her son, but fears his house (also privately owned) isn’t suitable.

I have a small two bedroom bungalow and storage heaters. In the past it was cheaper than those who had oil. No gas in this Village. The immersion heater is on for an hour overnight heating only five gallons which is sufficient as the shower is separately heated and washing machine cold fill. No dishwasher.

What I cannot understand why my bills are so much more than my son’s who has a large four bedroom house heated by electric and gas.
Have been informed by Eon that my cost will be more than double from April. I asked if I could go on a different tariff only to be informed that I am already on the lowest assisted.

Washing hair and bathing every day takes all the natural oils from the skin which cannot be replaced by creams.

@MaizieD is absolutely correct and @NotAGran55 how rude are you to say yuk. Showering/bathing twice a day is not being green at all. Experts say you should absolutely shower before bed and if you do it's not necessary to shower in the morning (you can of course shower in the morning too - but then you wouldn't be being green would you).