On Saturday, November 14, 2015 at 10:08:30 AM UTC-5, Ophelia wrote:
> "Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
> ...
> > 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?

A water heater that fires only when hot water is called for, rather
than the heated tank that I now have, which maintains 50 or 60 gallons
of hot water at all times.

However, I'll still have to wait while the hot water pushes all of the cold
water out of its way.

Cindy Hamilton