Wow...

[rabidsamfan]

What a difference.

I got a water heater blanket and some pipe insulation because in this apartment I finally have a tub again and sometimes a bath is exactly what my lower back and knees requires, but it has to be a hot bath and in the wintertime the only way I've been able to get the water anywhere near a therapeutic temperature was to run it for a minute until the warm water got to the tap and then add a kettleful of boiling water to the bathwater as well.

Tonight, for the first time, I decided I needed a bath, and I went to turn on the water and checked to see when it switched from cold to hot and it was already warm...

And while I added the boiling kettle, I might have gotten away without it -- although it did mean I could soak until my toes and fingers had gone all happy and wrinkly.

So, until the day I own my own place and can install on-demand hot water, I shall be investing in hot water heater blankets and pipe insulation, regardless of whether or not the landlord hasn't gotten around to it yet.

*aaaahhhhh*


Just as an aside, I was reading The Electric Universe at lunchtime and now I know why warming up your hands makes them less clumsy...

Comments

[gentlehobbit.livejournal.com]

Ahhhh... Just reading this makes me want to have a nice hot bath. :)

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

I save them up for the times when I really need them, but oh, they can be bliss.

[shirebound]

I could soak until my toes and fingers had gone all happy and wrinkly.

Eeee, that's so tempting, I'm going to run off and take a bath right now.

*splashes you*

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

O Water Hot is a Glorious Thing...

[slipperieslope.livejournal.com]

Insulation is amazingly effective. Our pipes at work are not insulated and I let the water run and run in the sink so I can wash my poor old arthritic hands in hot water because the effect of the cold water on them is paralyzing. You a smart girl ; ) Good for you!

LOL I even bought little quilted bonnets for my outdoor faucets for the winter time : )

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Pipe insulation is actually really cheap. Getting it into place is a pain in the patoot, though.

[belleferret.livejournal.com]

"Getting it into place is a pain in the patoot, though."
Amen to that, especially if you have a crawl space like we do. My poor hubby was down there in a space less than 2 feet high with the spiders (!) and lord knows what else.

But it was worth it to me for him to suffer for my hot baths. :-)

May you enjoy your long hot soaks!

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

Even here in Florida, even here in Florida in the SUMMER, I need a hot shower. I can't stand not having hot water. Yay for hot baths!

[kimbys-place.livejournal.com]

That's wonderful! Hurray for hot water and pruny fingers and toes!

[lame-pegasus.livejournal.com]

O! Water is fair that leaps on high
in a fountain white beneath the sky;
but never did fountain sound so sweet
as splashing Hot Water with my feet!

*winks*

[piratesmoon.livejournal.com]

Yea! Hot water.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Woohoo, you're back on the internet again!