For real. Everytime I get in the shower I end up having to point the showerhead away and cower from the cold water and I could have just turned it on first?
this post was submitted on 19 Jun 2025
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I learnt that USians have to do this from movies (because you guys have weird plumbing, I think?). Does this person not watch movies?
I'm fairly sure a lot of places have to wait, unless you have an electric shower.
In the US people usually have an immersion heater tank for the hot water. Here in the UK I've got a combi boiler that produces water for hot taps, showers, and also central heating radiators.
In both cases there's some distance of pipe between where your hot water is coming from and where your shower is and that's what you are waiting for - for the water to get where it needs to go.
How does your stuff work?
I've certainly never had to wait long enough to be worth turning the water on before I get in (or even before undressing). Some English terms for what's the standard here are apparently "flow heater", "instant water heater", "tankless water heater" and similar.