Bath v shower

[Wild-Woman]

Originally Posted by Adam Cheeseman

Right! I'm off to the local river for a good soak and a scrub down with some horse chestnut leaves and a rock!

Cheers,

Adam

Well if it's good enough for Robin Hood.........

[david156]

Originally Posted by Deb London

I was fairly essential to put a bit by for winter as a cylinder of gas was a tenner

Its about fifty to sixty quid now!

I only shower as thats all I have and I do miss a good old soak in the bath

[thunder]

Originally Posted by david156

Its about fifty to sixty quid now!

I only shower as thats all I have and I do miss a good old soak in the bath

47 kg cylinder of propane is £80 round here!

henrya

[david156]

Originally Posted by thunder

47 kg cylinder of propane is £80 round here!

henrya

I think we are retailing them at about £58 at the moment but they usually go up in the winter. Last year they got to around £76 by the end of winter. I'm expecting a price increase any day now so I best be getting my own one I need before that!

[Juliet1200]

Originally Posted by Rich_

Possibly.
I saw an advert the other day which claims an automatic dish washer is more economical than washing by hand.

I've seen several articles to support this, on the face of it anyway. I don't know whether any studies also take into account the energy etc used to manufacture the dishwashers or the extra chemicals used in dishwashers.

[Jim Ford]

Originally Posted by thunder

47 kg cylinder of propane is £80 round here!

I've got an adaptor to fill my 3.9Kg propane cylinder from Autogas at a garage. It works fine and a filling costs around £4 or so, rather that £15. Mind you, I wouldn't like to hump a 47 Kg one in and out of a car boot!

Jim

[bigdave60dog]

Originally Posted by david156

Its about fifty to sixty quid now!

I only shower as thats all I have and I do miss a good old soak in the bath

Wow. I pay over £80 for the 47kg these days. I pay over £1.50.9 a litre for diesel as well mind.-When did "point9p" become a unit of British currency?-.
Of course a shower is more economical than a bath. If you want to prove it measure how long you usually shower for. Then, measure how much water this uses. Then measure how much water it uses to fill your bath to the usual level and temperature..
I tried this and found that my shower used less than half the water that my bath used.
Dave

[John_M]

Originally Posted by bigdave60dog

. Then, measure how much water this uses. Then measure how much water it uses to fill your bath to the usual level and temperature..
I tried this and found that my shower used less than half the water that my bath used.
Dave

Absolutely. I've put the plug in the bath; even after a long shower, the water is barely above my ankles.

[Cotham Marble]

Originally Posted by Paul mabbott

At last, someone agrees with me that showering is not more energy efficient than taking a proper bath:
BBC News - People's showering habits revealed in survey That less hot water is used in showering is one of those myths that have become established as 'fact' - perhaps put about by shower manufacturers and plumbers?

It's not possibility to extrapolate from the data provided to give a definitive figure for a specific situation. For example the water/energy required to provide a 'proper bath' for a small child is very different for that required for a large adult - although a very large adult will require less than and largish adult. An average adult displaces in the region of 80 litres and an average UK bath holds in the region of 250 litres - even allowing that the bath is only 80% full (meaning that water covers the bather up to the shoulders) that still requires some 120 litres of water.

The cost differential (whether financial or ecological) has to take account of the cost of water as well as the energy cost of heating the water, this further accentuates the difference between lower and higher use. The usual claim from the Water companies is that the water charge to the customer equates to £1 per 1,000 litres (0.1 pence per litre), however when a per litre figure including disposal and maintenance costs are added, something closer to O.25 pence per litre is more representative of a comparison cost with energy use. For 80 litres of water that can mean the water costs are twice the energy charge for heating the water.

CM

[shenk1]

Bath ???

Shower ???





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