This took me a minute. I can't remember the last time I was someplace that didn't have a balancing valve.
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What sorcery is this "balancing valve" that I've never heard of or had the pleasure of experiencing!?!?!
It maintains the same temp, even when hot water temp or pressure is changing
I can’t speak for everyone but here’s what mine like like:
It doesn't even need to be that fancy. Basic ones will just react to reduced flow on the hot or cold side by reducing the other side proportionally to keep the temperature roughly the same.
Ah, called a thermostatic valve here I think? Maybe?
The fuck?
This exist?
Did I live under the bottom of a well or something?
That would explain why your water's so cold, at least
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Yeah was a problem with back when you couldn't be on the phone and the internet at the same time. Or you still live in a really cheap fucking apartment?
still live in a cheap fucking apartment
Welcome to the majority of America living situations. And most of the time they aren't even fucking cheap. To live in a place with basic standards of living that are in line with modern tech is a luxury here.
Not just the states….im in a (rented) house in Germany that was built in the 90s (so not that old to compare to a lot of other houses here) and deal with this everyday. Coupled with the insanely long cleaning times and frequency of use due to how small they are for the “economic” washing machines and dishwashers, fluctuating water pressure and water temps are always a surprise….
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USians love to shit on Soviet apartment blocks, but you know what Soviet apartment blocks have? Separate water supply in the kitchen and the bathroom, with enough pressure for everything unless like half of the floors in a high-rise decide to shower simultaneously.
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Dishwashers use much less water.
I think it depends on how many people live at a place. I live alone and would never be able to fill up a dishwasher, using a lot more water for a few dishes than I would.
- Buy more dishes so you can go longer between washes
- Buy a half-height dishwasher. They exist, I owned one that lived on the floor of my bathroom.
I live alone and I fill up my full size dishwashers every few days. If you don't eat ordered/preprocessed food you can also just chuck pots and pans in the bottom rack.
Dishwashers use a lot less water than hand-washing. Even if there's a little bit of room left, it's still a net positive. There's no reason for anyone to hand-wash unless they live in a tiny NYC broom closet or exclusively eat take-out in disposable containers.
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i am too tall to fit in my dishwasher
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Newer homes have tankless constant water heaters and it's the greatest thing in the world.
In our older house, we got endless comments about how tankless is the greatest thing ever and we should get one. In our new house, we have a tankless and we get endless comments about how they're not worth it and will break and we should get a traditional water heater.
That's the problem with listening to tankies.
I'm sure quality can vary wildly, but the one I have right now seems to keep water hot for the whole house even when people are taking simultaneous showers. I also imagine there are some really efficient tank heaters out there too.
I think at the end of the day, all we can really agree on is that synapsids were really weird looking animals but probably would be like any large land animal who bonds with anyone who adopts them at an early age and were likely affectionate and loving despite how terrifying they were.
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doing the math, tankless heaters use insane amounts of electricity. we were gonna use one for a detached guest house so we could skip the insulated pipe, but holy shit the cabling we'd have to install
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the house I live in has tons of problems but not this. there are 4 showers, 3 kitchens, 2 laundry, and I have never had the water run cold from hot running out. I'd trade that for internet that doesn't randomly cut out for hours at a time.
4 showers, 3 kitchens, 2 laundry
What kind of gigamansion is that, wtf? How many bedrooms, and how many people/servants live with you?
Standard 70's Yugoslav house I'd say. They built 'em intended to be multi generational. A good 1000l hot water storage in the basement is more than enough for something of this size.
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"Okay don't take it far" what does that mean?
It's a joke on "taking a shower", as in she is literally going to take it with her somewhere. You can tell she's not amused by the joke either ^^
Ok duh I did not get that one
Thankfully I have a tankless water heater and don't need to deal with this anymore.
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Hehe, this used to happen a lot to us in our previous home.
We don't have that problem and have a water heater (not tankless). I think they just do something different with the plumbing here in Japan most of the time.
The good old "parallel vs serial" patterns. The later being cheaper, it is used everywhere but in those places where the owner specifically ask for parallel because of knowing its advantages.
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