Which costs more - Run a bath or have a shower?

Question

Generally speaking, over time, would the costs be greater (energy) showering or bathing.

It is a high efficiency condensing combination boiler (Vaillant Ecotec Plus 831).

The shower is a Triton 9.5kw.

If anyone can speak from experience I would value your thoughts.

I know it is not an exact science.

Answer 1

Showering' s better: makes you save time,energy,money.

Answer 2

depends hwo long your inm the shower but on average a bath a day costa more than a shower a day

Answer 3

Showering uses less water.  When you take a bath, you specifically fill up the tub.  If you're showering, chances are you're not in there long enough to use anywhere near that much water.

Next time you shower, leave the drain closed and check it out.

Answer 4

Bath by some distance given use that is within reasonable thresholds

Answer 5

A shower is the cheaper by far .  If you have a bath you tend to have a good soak and as the water gets colder you put more hot water in . so more water to heat       A shower is more quicker , but i  must admit you cant beat a good soak now and again ( in the bath i mean!!!!)

Answer 6

It generally costs more to have a bath

Answer 7

A bath is cheaper!

Showering takes less than 15 mins, at 9.5kwa

Bathing uses a whole tank and dont forget you are lying around in the dirt you just tried to was off

Showering is also cheaper and less harfull to the enviroment because you dont poor 1/2 a bottle of chemicals into the water, you only use  a splash.

Hope that helps

Answer 8

Showering is always cheaper.

Answer 9

What you should do is take a shower with the bath tub plugged.  See if the water accumulated in the bottom is more or less than how much you'd use for a bath tub.  Whichever is less, is cheaper.

Answer 10

sure a shower is cheaper to run, providing you shower for an average time.  The bath uses a lot of water.

Answer 11

A bath will use more hot water so it is more expensive than a shower.

If you haven't room for a shower and a bath, think of one of those shower/tubs. (make sure it will get through all of the doorways.

You could instal a shower over your bath.

Answer 12

I believe the classic answer is baths cost more. Can't remember the reference but it was significant, especially if you use a restricting shower head.

Answer 13

It really depends on a couple of things.  The first thing would be how long the shower is running.  If you turn the water off during your shower like while you lather your head or while you wash your body than by far the shower conserves water and energy.

If you are running a bath for a small child than I think that a bath is more efficient and definitely much easier than a shower.

Overall I think that the shower is much more efficient and cost effective than a bath but not as relaxing.

Answer 14

Bath

Answer 15

if it is a quick shower every day, then this is more efficient, however if you shower for a long time daily (20 - 30 mins) a bath uses less energy and less water.

Answer 16

A lot of it depends on the length of the shower, and how much you fill the bath. GM TV recon that a bath uses 5 times as much water as a shower. This implies that it'll cost 5 times as much to heat the water, as there is 5 times as much water to heat!

Of course, if you have a particularly long shower, then the cost implications may be different. Likewise, if you have a very full or big bath, then expect the comparison to change!

In conclusion though, if you have an "average" length shower, you could reasonably expect it to cost 1/5th of what a bath would cost. Or, looking at it another way, you could have a 5x longer than usual shower, for the same price!

Hope this helps :)

David

Answer 17

Running a bath costs more. Although you have a HE combi and therefore you are not having to heat a large body of water (i.e hot water cylinder) your boiler is still working flat out all the time you are running your hot tap. This is using a considerable amount of gas. When you're having a shower you're obviously using no gas whatsoever and for the average shower you're only using 5-10 minutes worth of electricity.

Not to mention the volume of water used in running a bath is far greater than having a shower.