Hurrah! The hot water is back! After two weeks of no hot water, the return of it was heavenly! To think of the little things we take for granted, nearly every day. This is not a common event, but happens for two weeks once every year, in order to perform maintenance on regional hot water tanks. In Russia, there are no individual water tanks, but regional ones instead. I have no idea about the logistics of them, except that everyone in Russia is no foreigner to the idea of no hot water during the summertime for the span of two weeks. This is my third summer in Russia, and it doesn't get any easier.
It truly isn't that much of a trouble. Step 1: Heat up some water on the stove. Step 2: Pour the water into a big plastic tub and mix with cold water. Step 3: Get in the tub and pour water over your body using a smaller plastic tub. Soap, shampoo and repeat the water pouring to rinse.
If I had to choose between missing hot water once a year for two weeks, or buying a new home hot water heater once per decade (in addition to maintenance as needed), I'd choose the two week inconvenience per year. One major plus is that you cannot run out of hot water 50 weeks out of the year, because it isn't possible!
It truly isn't that much of a trouble. Step 1: Heat up some water on the stove. Step 2: Pour the water into a big plastic tub and mix with cold water. Step 3: Get in the tub and pour water over your body using a smaller plastic tub. Soap, shampoo and repeat the water pouring to rinse.
If I had to choose between missing hot water once a year for two weeks, or buying a new home hot water heater once per decade (in addition to maintenance as needed), I'd choose the two week inconvenience per year. One major plus is that you cannot run out of hot water 50 weeks out of the year, because it isn't possible!
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