Cheapest way to Have shower?

Ha, you are right I am always cold but have a warm heart!
I use the oil all the time to heat the water. I time it to come on for a half an hour, I never use the immersion.
 
A shower every second day is the way to go -certainly not one in the morning and then the evening.
 
I use the gas heating to heat the water, set for 3 hours a day, it's possible to heat water separately without having gas on in radiators. I think 3 hours is too long for just 1 couple to have a shower each? Also is this a cheaper option than turning on the immersion? How long would people keep the immersion on for a couple of showers a day.
 
I have gas central heating and an instant shower.

In the winter the central heating also heats the water coming out of the taps, so you can use it for washing up and you don't freeze your fingers off every time you wash your hands. My house has terrific insulation so in the morning it is warm enough for getting up and out, and the water in the tap is still hot enough for hand washing etc. without the heating coming on again. (On weekends we usually put it on for an hour or two about 10am to keep the warmth going).

In the summer the water coming out of the taps is cool, but not so cold it's uncomfortable to wash your hands with it. For washing-up I boil a kettle. And I still have hot showers from my instant shower.

So adding it all up year-round, the instant shower is definitely the best way to go.
 
looking at the efficiency calculations above scared me!! mines a modern gas combi boiler, with piped gas, last time the boiler efficiency was measured during a service it came out at 85%, not the 50-60% quoted above. I get instant hot water whenever I want, and the shower is nice and powerful. don't know how it compares financially to other types but I love it!! had oil heating in my parents house and hated that we always ran out of water, or couldn't have a shower without having to wait an hour for the heating.

have absolutely no facts and figures to back it up, but I always thought that an electric shower was fairly inefficient due to using an electric element?
 
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