Back from the sauna
By BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (49961)
St. Catharines, Ontario
May 7, 2025 9:40pm CST
Not really. I just had a bath but the water was much too hot. I'll have to adjust the water heater now that it's warmer weather. I have it set a little higher in the winter.
I can never get the water temp just right: it's either too hot or too cold, and that's because there's just one knob.
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@DaddyEvil (152300)
• United States
8 May
Why do you reset the temp of your hot water? We've never adjusted ours.
We only have a single knob in the shower, too. I adjust it and check the temp before climbing into the shower.
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@BarBaraPrz (49961)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
8 May
I adjust the temp on the water heater because it's too chancy to get it 'just right' with the tap alone. When the air is cold (winter) I freeze in what would be warm enough in the summer when the air is warmer.
And I hate taking showers.
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@DaddyEvil (152300)
• United States
8 May
@BarBaraPrz Oh, I see... I don't like baths because I'm too tall to fit comfortable in a tub.
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@BarBaraPrz (49961)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
9 May
@DaddyEvil Too tall? Bend your knees, boy!
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@AmbiePam (100094)
• United States
9 May
@BarBaraPrz 
I love that!!
I live in low income housing. That sort of thing happens on occasion.
I love that!!
I live in low income housing. That sort of thing happens on occasion.1 person likes this
@BarBaraPrz (49961)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
9 May
Yow! Cold showers? 
Do you live in an old English boarding school? 
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@BarBaraPrz (49961)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
8 May
It is annoying: it's either cold or hot. The middle should be somewhere inbetween, but it doesn't always work that way.
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@LadyDuck (477828)
• Italy
8 May
@BarBaraPrz - I experienced that problem in our previous apartment, with an electric heater.
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@LindaOHio (193203)
• United States
8 May
When I update the main bathroom, I want to get one of those shower heads that keeps the temp at a certain point that you choose.
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@BarBaraPrz (49961)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
8 May
Sometimes 'old' technology is better than the 'new! improved!' type. With two taps, it is easier to adjust the flow.
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@LindaOHio (193203)
• United States
8 May
@BarBaraPrz Yes the shower has one control; and it's really hard to adjust the temp.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16981)
• China
8 May
Sounds like a bit frustrating ! The adjuster should be a key-press with + and - on it.
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@BarBaraPrz (49961)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
8 May
It should be two separate taps, in my opinion.
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@BarBaraPrz (49961)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
8 May
Especially with this type of tap. It starts with ''cold" and then I have to crank it over to the left to get "hot", which comes out full force, so the tub quickly fills up.
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