Shutting off the water in the middle of the shower to conserve water while lathering. I never even considered it. It'd be tough to adjust water temp again with soap in the eyes. And there's plenty of water. Is this a common thing?

NO. maybe in a camper?

The little lady right here does it every time. 50 gallon water heater. Her Dad was a Navy lifer.

You need a new "little lady."

I have well water so I leave it hot .

Last August I had my family up at my camp. The county had been under a drought watch for several months. I was the fifth person to take a shower when the well ran dry, mid-lather of course.

The well recovered within 24 hours but we switched to what the girls called stop and go showers, apparently what you guys are referring to as a navy shower. Doing that and conserving water other places we were able to stay the rest of the week.

Been doing it for 20 years. House has a holding tank. Any water that goes down the drain i have to pay to pump out.

Get wet. Soap, lather and shampoo. Rinse off. Done. 5 minutes tops.

A 1/4 turn valve in the shower heads allow for temp to stay as adjusted. Delta makes one that resembles what we used in the Coast Guard.

Lol. I forgot about pusser showers. A Hollywood shower would of earned us a boiler watch.

I have a well and beside the Horse we take full showers. We also have a Spring fed pond and the over flow runs continually.

It's a good idea to save water. The local water table is dropping for me.

Nonsense.

It was dry here last year. Standing water couldn’t be found.

Then winter came.



What goes up, must come down.

If you have to haul water you take navy showers.

did navy showers for years while over in the sand box. I don't do them anymore... I have a tankless water heater and a well. I have rather come to enjoy not needing to shut off the water and freeze my acorns while washing.

My dad does navy showers. Learned it from his dad who was in the navy.

well it beats the bucket shower

a bucket shower is when the hot water heater is out 5 gallon pail in the tub , heat up a big pot of water on the stove or two

pour the hot water in the bucket and add cold till the temp is decent

plastic beer cup scoop and pour water on yourself to get wet , soap up , then repeat to rinse off

you don't need a tub it works fine outside or over a floor drain also

the more advanced version of this I have seen is a 2-3 gallon pump up sprayer cut the hose and install the vegetable sprayer from a kitchen sink using a hose barb and some hose clamps

I never set up the sprayer myself , only had to use this a few times , our hot water heater died at an inconvenient time and it was a few days before I could plumb the gas over to the hot water heater location and run the vent pipe.

I wasn't going to just replace the electric , glad I didn't the gas has worked so much better than the old eclectic even when it was not old

Yup, got one on my shower.



Have used this one for as long as the missus and I have kept house. Even though none of us do a navy shower.

Around here, part of the sewer bill is based on amount of water used, so you get charged twice!

hollywood all the way....