Which use more water: showers or baths?

[fight4my3sons]

thanks!

[trof]

1. Baths.

[fight4my3sons]

3. Thank you.

[KitchenWitch]

2. I believe that depends upon your shower head

But in general I think showers use less water.

[fight4my3sons]

4. Thank you.

The shower head thing makes sense. My husband use to take them off when we first started dating. My landlord at the time raised my rent because of the increased water usage! Never thought of it at the time (young and stupid).

[Gormy Cuss]

5. Baths, unless you shower for a long time with an old shower head.

With the newer 1.5GPM heads, a five minute shower is 7.5 gallons, while an average tub bath is 15 gallons or more. And on edit: the new restricted flow shower heads are really good at giving the illusion of providing a heavy flow of water, unlike the old ones.


Bob Vila says this

Baths vs Showers

Take more showers than baths. Bathing uses the most hot water in the average household. You use 15-25 gallons of hot water for a bath, but less than 10 gallons during a 5-minute shower.

http://www.bobvila.com/HowTo_Library/Baths_vs_Showers--T704.html