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Can we stop with the 'everyone in Europe' thing? It's almost never true. I live in rented accommodation in London and have the same style of shower heads as in

• csydas 10y ago
  I think you are taking the statement too literally. The expression does is not meant as an authoritative statement that every single person does X but that in general X is the most common. I understand it is often used as an underhanded method of supporting ones argument, but the statement itself typically isn't literal. Likewise, in situations like this, counter points often fall prey to exception does not make the rule. Living abroad in Russia and traveling across Europe, the parent is true that handheld shower heads are by far more common. In Russian apartments at least I suspect it's because showers tend to be very small so the angle for a fixed shower head wouldn't be possible except for straight down, which is also not how most showers are installed to deal with. Again in Russia at least many building are renovated USSR built ones, and the apartments were built to last - redoing plumbing is a challenge, so it's easier to just attach a handheld shower head to the existing faucet than it is to add plumbing to concrete walls.
• TillE 10y ago
  The UK is the exception to a lot of rules when talking about "Europe". The hand-held shower thing is by far the norm in Germany, Italy, etc. And yeah, it's great because it's so much more usable, and really easy to replace.
  • arethuza 10y ago
    Actually, I'd say that even in the UK the detachable shower heads that can be attached to a fitting are most common - at least in my experience. What you do get in nicer showers is both a large fixed shower head and a detachable shower head.
    • semi-extrinsic 10y ago
      I have a good quality "water saving" type detachable showerhead. It's perfect for everything except filling the kids' plastic Ikea bathtub. So I installed (with a bit of hacking) the quick-connect system used on garden hoses on the shower head, and now we have the best of both worlds: using less hot water for showers, but quick filling of the bathtub. If any of you entrepreneuring types want to make a kit and throw it up on Kickstarter, the idea is all yours.
      • arghIdontwantto 10y ago
        Don't know the name, but there is an amazing faucet ending that looks like a normal one (not that plastic/metal bulge) and then you just slide in and out the different tubes. I was living in a house that had a roof terrace but no water supply, so only way to clean/water the plants that was ok, was to use one of these on the bathroom sink, looks almost like the original one, but when we needed, we slided the water hose there easily. I can't find it now, don't remember the name, but I purchased it a couple years ago from Amazon, so I should be able to get the name if you are interested with a bit more time.
  • joshontheweb 10y ago
    Funny. I have one of these in my home and never detach it.
    • jmanderley 10y ago
      Detachable shower heads are very handy when cleaning.
• yoodenvranx 10y ago
  > I live in rented accommodation in London and have the same style of shower heads as in the article I live in Germany for 30+ years and I also have lived in the US for a year. I can tell you from my own experience that US-styled showerheads (ans those horrible temperature selection thingies) are virtually unheard of in Germany. Every single shower I have ever used here in Germany had a detachable shower head.