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I remember some showers I took in Rio that, to my surprise/dismay, required bringing a match along to light the water heater within the shower. That now seems t

• estimator7292 1y ago
  My flat in Czechia had a gas burning tankless water heater in the shower. Standard tub with a shower head and water heater directly on the wall. The floor of the tub was also at least 10" above the bathroom floor. I literally broke a rib trying to get out of the damn thing
  • hagbard_c 1y ago
    Those things were everywhere in the Netherlands when I was a child - 70's. I had one above the sink in the kitchen in my student apartment (half of a pigsty converted to human habitation, pigs in the other half, a thin wall in between - that's what you get when studying at an agricultural university and living on a farm) running off a propane tank in the garden. We had one in the kitchen and a bigger one in the bathroom, running off natural gas which the country had plenty of after the discovery of a large gas deposit in the northern Netherlands. There were no vents to the outside, the things just vented into the room. They're called 'geisers' (geysers) in Dutch.
    • Doxin 1y ago
      Those would output absolutely blisteringly hot water as well. Almost boiling. As I recall they'd often also have the tap directly attached to them. We kept the pilot light on ours always lit, though I can totally see people turning them off fully when not in use for a bit. The fancy ones had a button to light them. The less fancy ones involved a match and a startle as the gas caught fire. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I had forgotten all about those!