"Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
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> On Saturday, November 14, 2015 at 7:21:09 AM UTC-5, Ophelia wrote:
>> "Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On Friday, November 13, 2015 at 7:19:51 PM UTC-5, cshenk wrote:
>> >
>> >> We had the swing out arm type in Japan. Nothing perks you up faster
>> >> than a shot of cold water on your bitties at 4am! That or you can
>> >> stand up, turn around and turn the nossle down and wait 3-4 minutes
>> >> for
>> >> it to get warm then turn it off, turn the head back up, and sit down.
>> >>
>> >> It was ok in summer though.
>> >
>> > I suppose if we had a bidet, I'd turn on the water at the sink when I
>> > entered the bathroom, let it run while I was doing my thing, and
>> > then it might be warm enough. I'd probably have to resort to the
>> > tank-top copy of the Farmer's Almanac while I was waiting for the water
>> > to arrive from the basement hot water tank to the 1st floor bathroom.
>>
>> You need a combi boiler young lady!! Sheila has shown you where to get
>> one
>> <g>
>
> Thanks for the tip, but my house already has ductwork for forced-air
> heating
> and air-conditioning. Not going to add radiators.

Understood. There is warm air ductwork in this house (not air-conditioning)
when I bought it but it was so poor I changed it to radiators. If yours is
working well there is
not a lot of point in changing it.

> I am considering an on-demand water heater next time, but that won't
> help the lag from the cold water in the pipes.

Will give you 'on demand' hot water?


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