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rabidsamfanWhat 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...
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...
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Date: 2006-01-28 01:32 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-01-28 03:13 am (UTC)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!