Thanks. I'll take another look at available siphons.
Yup, when it's just hands they get cold water. This is when it's more - I don't need a full shower or bath every day but I do like to wash more than just hands and prefer not-cold water then.
My hot water comes off the roof - there's a gadget that effectively redirects a proportion of the output to the tank and the tank's well lagged so even in the winter I only need a top up from the bolier circuit intermittently. Kitchen sink runs hot quickly so I simply turn the tap on straight into the bowl. The boiler's modern enough that it doesn't have a pilot light and my cooker's gas but pre pilot-light!
The washing machine is a 'half size' automatic. The outflow hose simply tucks into a piece of piping and it's easy to untuck it and run it into bucket(s) instead. Transferring hose between full and empty bucket can lead to some water on the floor but - guess what - yup, that gets used to mop the floor (or cupboards or similar)! I've been doing that since some time in the 1980s when I had an unfurnished rented flat, and therefore my own washing machine, and a back yard to grow things in.
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Yup, when it's just hands they get cold water. This is when it's more - I don't need a full shower or bath every day but I do like to wash more than just hands and prefer not-cold water then.
My hot water comes off the roof - there's a gadget that effectively redirects a proportion of the output to the tank and the tank's well lagged so even in the winter I only need a top up from the bolier circuit intermittently. Kitchen sink runs hot quickly so I simply turn the tap on straight into the bowl. The boiler's modern enough that it doesn't have a pilot light and my cooker's gas but pre pilot-light!
The washing machine is a 'half size' automatic. The outflow hose simply tucks into a piece of piping and it's easy to untuck it and run it into bucket(s) instead. Transferring hose between full and empty bucket can lead to some water on the floor but - guess what - yup, that gets used to mop the floor (or cupboards or similar)! I've been doing that since some time in the 1980s when I had an unfurnished rented flat, and therefore my own washing machine, and a back yard to grow things in.