Dan Abel wrote:
> In article >,
> Miche > wrote:
>
>> In article >,
>> Kathleen > wrote:
>
>>> Ooh, and not only that, you add the hot water first, then add some cold
>>> as necessary so the faucet isn't hot so the babies in the bath water
>>> can't burn themselves on the plumbing...
>> When my daughter was tiny we were taught to run the cold water first so
>> that if the baby encountered the water before the bath was ready, they
>> wouldn't get burned.
>
> Ewww! The area under the tub isn't heated, and there's this huge window
> (single glass) right above the tub dropping down cold air. We don't
> have forced air heating, in fact there is no heat in the bathrooms. In
> addition, the hot water pipe is full of cold water. I *always* run hot
> water first, although it's most important now, since it's winter here.
>

Us as well. Theres a small radiator ( a foot and a half wide by 2 feet
tall) on the other side of the room but it's a huge bath room and there
is a window right above the bath tub.