Confusing Things About British Homes - Anglophenia Ep 28
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- What might Americans find confusing about a British home? New Anglophenia host Kate Arnell takes us on a tour of the charming quirks of a U.K. house.
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I'm sat here as a British person thinking what the hell so American houses look like then
Love httyd same!
agreed
Same like do americans not have on/off switches???
Febi Jaimon no on/off switches and we also have a screens on our windows so you can open them and not worring about bugs of something coming in.
Neither do we have them in The Netherlands and Germany. Not like what is shown in this video
"We have a general lack of space so the clothes washer is in the kitchen"
"We have two separate rooms for the loo and the shower"
👀👀👀
Yes but what she didn't mention is that most homes have their toilet and bathroom combined.
My loo is combined
I’m a Brit, three floors, three bathrooms, two showers and a bath
England.exe has stopped working
Uh really?
One thing they forgot is in the UK, they don't use screens. In Canada, our windows have screens to keep the bugs out. (Also keeps the children from falling out. Lol)
tbh when i went to the U.K.+Ireland, there was barely any bugs climbing in the window or flying inside the place and i was staying there in the middle of the summer . meanwhile in america(we have screens too ofc) there’s so many flies and spiders and what not
I forgot to add that on to my comment. We didn't have screens when we lived in Germany either.
Sad, my sister fell out of one and broke the screen 😂😂 she's okay though
America's the same
Yep. Canada is great.
My question is then, WHAT THE BLOODY HECK DOES A HOUSE FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES LOOK LIKE THEN?!
We normally have LOTS of sockets everywhere, it's relatively common to have either a Laundry Room or for it to be in the Garage. Our bathrooms have both the bath and toilet in the same room, our faucets are together...
Most first world countries have pretty similar houses
England is just paranoid
Or, if you live in an apartment or similar communal housing- theres a communal laundry room! where people steal your clothes!
My god I’m not blind I already saw the first comment just stop
Well in Korea most apartment bathrooms don't have tubs.
the way the person behind the camera shyly points at things without saying a word is bloody cute, i'm laughing so hard
i can tell you're British from the 'bloody cute' lol
Lucy Byrne I'm actually German (born and raised, never even stepped foot on that island although I'd love to, hopefully one day) but I'm glad that apparently my English is finally good enough to fool strangers on the internet haha! (only took 17 years of practice) (you made my day ❤)
deadlyNightshade789 I KNOW AW MA GAWD 😍😘😂
Aww I know right!
it’s intentional
Not going to lie, us Brits are probably the only people in the world who would find washing our hands exhilarating
my awkward life as leah i just man up and burn my hands or freez them
The rest of our lives are usually so boring, the kettle going off is exciting. But like, it actually is.
Um I might exclude my self from this I don't see anything cool on washing my hands
You're the only ones that even use the word exhilarating anymore lol
I read this in a British accent
Her: “you need to spend a penny?”
Americans: 🧐🤨🤔????
Brits: 🤦♀️🤦♂️ why
What did she mean by that? ( Im not british And I have no clue 😂) Im from America. Lmao
@@Rachel_01 it means going to the toilet
@@paddlewagons ohh okay, thanks.
Nancy Diaz I’m American too lmao but I saw a bunch of ppl internally facepalming in this comment section, so I kinda guessed it meant go to the toilet
Americans eat and shit a lot, so this would be called "drop a load". Or in South Park episode, I believe it was a "fudge dragon".
The "dart your hands" bit killed me. I'm British and generally just cold hand wash due to the darting fiasco 🤣
I’m from the uk and I watched to see what was so confusing about my home😂
you got a license for that permit
Same lmao
Strawberry_ Laces_Xoxo same😂
Strawberry_ Laces_Xoxo same 😂😂😂
Strawberry_ Laces_Xoxo haha
I don't really dart my hands between the two taps, I just let my hands get scolded.
lol me too
scalding
+BlueEyedMini scolded as roasted - duh
+DemonicFlaim1000 thank you
SCALDED!
I really bothers me that she just left that envelope on the floor.
me too.
I thought it was just me!
I didn’t even notice that!!! Lol
@@J-Rod91 really bugged me. :/
when in Britain, do as the Brits do. I now throw all my envelopes on the floor. I'm adapting to the culture.
Washing machine doubling as the dryer. Mind blown.
You mean you have separate machines? That must make you tight for space.
@@stapleddominoes3326 We do, but a load only takes 30 minutes. And you can dry and wash clothes at the same time.
Stapled Dominoes Not really, most houses have a laundry room and most apartments have a laundry closet.
I think a lot about how possible it would be, or expensive. I didn’t know they were commonly used like that in other continents
yeah I've heard about combined machines but they seemed super expensive as compared to just having seperate ones
Washing hands
Rapidly move your hands between the two
Would recommend the experience
it's like eating an ice cream and a brownie
I always love trying to burn my hands and then freezing them. It's so satisfying.
Favourite thing to do as a kid
So exhilarating
Uncultured Swine we don’t actually splash between the two we just have cold water for like brushing our teeth and washing our hands with warm water which will be on the hot tap or you could wash your hands on the cold tap. Xx
lol why am i watching this i live in england already
to see if what they say is correct, most of the time you have to correct them ;) :P
smooop lol me too
haha same xD
The important question is why did she throw the envelope on the floor.
smooop omg that's it's lovely.
2:40 look in the mirror she is talking to a ghost😂
Haha!
2:16
Or a vamp
*bruh*
I am terrified
"Just open the window"
*_sniff_*
**cough cough** "It's lovely stuff!"
_are you sure about that_
you dont get sick because of cold you get sick becuase of bacteria viruses
@@hyenalaughingmatter8103 shut your gob
@@eddiethehead4791 shut your ass
When u live in Britain 🇬🇧 yet ur still watching this
Lol
Same
Sam Birch SAMEEEEEEEEE
I live in Britain
Same
"Bathroom. The room with the bath." xD
My mistake when I went to France.
I think we should take the term literally. It's weird to call the toilet the bathroom :) Unless there really is a toilet in that room, I think..
That's right. We'd know what you mean if you asked for the bathroom because we watch a lot of american TV. And if you're in a home where there's often a toilet in the bathroom that would also make sense. But if you're in a pub and you asked for the bathroom it hits the ear weirdly, because you can't have a bath in a pub.
if you're out usually the phrase would be something like '_could you point me in the direction of the ladies_'' or _gents_ as appropriate.
flagpoleeip
What about toilet? Would it be weird to ask where the toilet is?
+kigerneko that's fine too. it's a bit on the formal side i suppose. but it's fine.
there are lots of polite euphemisms too. like if you're a dinner guest in someone's house maybe you ask for the little girl's room.
'if you'll excuse me I'm just going to turn my bike around'
Me lives in britan: lala
Also me: washes my hands with only 1 tap
In the UK every front door has a letterbox, so mail goes straight inside your house, we don't have mail boxes on the street.
Andy McIntyre some homes in the states also have the slot in the door for mail, or a box attached to the outside of the house in stead of on the street. I think street mailboxes look kind of quaint but that may just be my perception
Mailboxes down by the road are pretty much for the convenience of the United Postal Service
they have that in some houses in america too
In my country, this totally depends on how you live. Older apartments usually have a slot in the door, while newer apartments have boxes at the ground level (to spare the mailmans knees). Villas, town houses and similar usually have a box at the street (or road, when living on the countryside).
My grandparents (they live in what’s called a “cookie cutter” neighborhood where every house is identical) have a mailbox by the front door. My house’s mailbox is at the end of our driveway
We don't normally have air conditioning in our homes,because it isn't usually warm enough! 😂😂😂😂
So true
No no no just moved here from the states and it was super hot this summer. We need air conditioning over here.
It isn't usually that hot EVER!
@@etbn1080 it was only hot this summer because we had a heat wave. 😂
Ernest Brown heard of a heat wave? Yeah most of our summers get up to about 25°C but, no not this year! We had to get up to FREAKING 37°C SOMETIMES. glad that summer is ending
Don't leave the window open to much or you'll have a room full of chavs.
Hahahaha
KaFFi3N I actually found just a random person in my room once when I left the window open 😮
They ran when I showed up though and nothing was taken so it's fine
😂😂😂
KaFFi3N Trueeee
I am Irish and I reluctantly agree...
In American homes located in the Snow Belt, there is almost always a "mud room"- a hallway where you can enter via an out door, remove wet and muddy shoes, etc, and then open another interior door to reach the house proper. Prevents the loss of heat in the winter and keeps the floor clean.
We(Americans)normally have a separate room called a laundry room.
We have a light switch in the restroom and outlet near the sink.
Normally our restroom and our baths are in the same room or in a room connected by a door
We have two water tabs, but one faucet
We only have switches that turn off our outlets for our restroom outlets.
We have AC. We also have screens so no bugs can enter our homes if the window is open.
Actually that's a lie. Here on Bronx, NY everyone keeps their washing machine in the kitchen.
Kevin Burrell I said normally. And it’s not a lie... normally American houses do have separate rooms
Wet hands + light switches or power sockets = death. That is why we have no sockets in our bathrooms and pull chords for the lights. UK safety standards are obsessively high - even more so than in mainland Europe
Simon Wright well have buttons to turn off the electricity in the restroom.
@@simonwright9916 but am I dead.?
I'm British and I'm watching this😂
But I don't really "dart" my hands between the two... I let my hands scold or freeze them? Anyone else😂
Kawaii Squishies yep
Kawaii Squishies I used to do it when I was 9 or something...I just can't be bothered now 😂 Our kitchen sink has a handle for both hot and cold water so that isn't a problem :P
Or, you know, put the plug in! Nah... neither do I!
Vibea Jayloni I am Irish to go they Irish and are there any people that watched this that is not from England or Ireland????
Kawaii Squishies Me!
1. My light switch for my bathroom is not on a cord
2. The bath and toilet are in the same room
3. My hot and cold taps are joined
4. I don’t usually open the window
5. I call it a sink
6. I’m not posh
Shanti Bhamra 😂😂
It's because most people in London are posh (no affence)
That's legit the exact same for me lol
@@iwasanattemptedtroll7664 Not really. London is quite big and a lot of places in it really aren't posh
Actually most people who live in London aren’t posh. It’s called the east end mate 😂😂
When I was in the Army in the 80's, it was a common to give a new career Army couple a transformer to convert 220 to 110. And those transformers got a lot of use!
Some other 'Euro' differences...
-the door latches were often very different from the standard US doorknob. Often they were L-shaped levers or much flimsier door external locks than we were used to.
-most European homes have *much* less space than an equivalent US home. There are a great many clever storage solutions that are de riguer in Europe.
-I rarely encountered a separate closet space for clothing in Europe. Most often, your hanging clothes were on an open rack usually placed behind the room door.
-I saw less use of window screens or screen doors in Europe than in the US, where screens are over almost every open point.
Yes the doorknobs!!! and the toilets I remember being different when I went to Germany in the early 2000s but I can't remember exactly... buttons instead of little levers maybe?
My god this woman is GORGEOUS!!!!
Yes. Yes she is. Cute voice as well.
As an English person watching this, I am cringing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
innit.
Same
+Rara D As a Canadian person watching this, I am also cringing.
Looks like Canada and England share at least one thing in common: there's no shortage of annoying people.
I'm from cornwall and I speak like this.
+Rara D As an American, I am cringing. Except for the electric sockets...there is not much of a difference. We have a lot of different types of homes. Also, separate hot and cold taps are common in older homes.
*Opens window*
*breaths in air*
*Coughs and dies*
No plugs here do not have an on or off switch I wish then did save me from unplugging everything to save power
That's London air for you
*19th century London intensifies*
Plauge 2.0
The lack of outlets in the bathroom was the strangest (and most frustrating) thing for me. Blow drying my hair in the bedroom just felt weird and tedious.
In answer to your questions in America, the toilet the basin, the bathtub shower all are in the same room and we just call it the bathroom
The basin has a single faucet that you turn left or right, depending on what temperature you want the water or in the middle if you want it the temperature is mixed
In the bathrooms, we do have outlets where you can plug all manner of things into the wall socket
We have separate utility rooms which have the washer, the dryer, often a water softener, and lots of shelves
We also often have mud rooms, so when you come in through the back door, you’re not tracking mud or dirt all over the house you can take off your heavy boots and leave them there in that room
Our kitchens are much larger and we do have electric tea kettle’s all across the country, which will get a quart of water. Boiled in probably two minutes.
We also have forced air central heating and cooling so we don’t have radiators and we rarely have boilers
The way the electrical outlets are set up is a duplex socket every 8 feet along the wall in the living area so in the typical bedroom that’s 12’ x 12’. You’re going to have at least eight places to plug things in which means we don’t use extension cords very often which means we can keep the cords shorter fewer accidents nobody tripping over cords.
Every window will also have screens on it to keep out the bugs
What did I just watch, I’m British and I’m fairly sure that her accent was fake 😂🤦♀️
Yes lol
Me too
I’m not sure it’s fake but I do think it’s exaggerated / overly pronounce for the sake of the video.
She never said she was a Brit do do's
Yes
I feel like 90% of the people watching this video are British, including me 😂😂
Not I, but I adore British homes such as this and appreciate the differences as well as simplicity. In America we have large refrigerators and we find it very difficult to get along without air conditioning due to the extreme heat and humidity. I do hope to be able to visit the UK someday.
Me neither, i'm from germany and like the UK. I have a liking for countries wich annoys my father because i don't like russia. But are pigeons(and birds in general) really flying in your houses when the windows are open? In germany you can open your windows too....but i never saw a bird flying into the house......
Naomi Hill Make America Great Britain Again.
Heyy, another Naomi!!
Yep!😜
I have my bath and toilet together. I guess as my home is more modern in london. 2:49 oh I've got the "American" type.
B-but we also have 3 pins
Sometimes
I find that there manly in tourists areas like London Edinburgh etc
Yeah I’m American and all the sockets in my house have three slots but all my plugs only have 2 pins. Hmm
“Would you like to use the bathroom?”
*Nods Head*
“Let me show you around the bathroom first”
Panda well there are two
Comments section:
99% British asking why they're watching this
1% Foreigners getting confused
I’m the confused foreigner 😂
ThatEnglishCringe
Confused foreigner passing through.
As a old middle aged American, nothing is more refreshing than watching a beautiful English lady present a practical video. Thanks so much!
Hi, I'm Brazilian currently living in Sweden. I lived in Cambridge (UK) a few years ago. The outlets in the house didn't have an ON-OFF switch. The loo and the bathroom/shower were in the same room but yeah, I've seen separate rooms. There was a boiler but there were not two separate taps for cold and warm water. There are a few similarities to the Swedish home though.
Casually throws the envelope on the ground.
Yeah
I know, put a waste bin at least near the door
And I thought that was just an American thing!
I'm British and most houses have their toilet in the bathroom. Agreed?
*Edit* Most newer house's have separate ones but mines really old as it used to be a old prison xxx
Not for me.
Yes however my bf grew up in a council house and until recently the shower/bath etc were in a different room to the toilet. When I went to visit his parents with him (before the council made a full bathroom) I was confused lol
Years ago, you would very often find a house where the toilet was in its own little room WITHOUT a basin (I call it basin in the bathroom and sink in the kitchen - don't know why; perhaps because the kitchen sink is normally large so an almost different object) where you could wash your hands. That meant that you had to open the toilet door and then go into the bathroom to wash your hands. TWO doors with possibly germ-laden hands on the handles (depending on what you did in the toilet). You still see houses like this if they haven't been modernised. Gross! But in those days it was the norm and we thought nothing of it.
Yes, I was under the impression that the separate loo room was more of a Continental feature.
Yup
I have a Victorian house but modern plumbing and chose mixer taps in all bathrooms and en-suites except the attic, which has original features, so I've replaced like-for-like. To fill the kettle or get a drink, use cold tap, to get instant hot water use hot tap, to get the right temperature to wash in, turn both taps on and adjust the plug to obtain the correct fill/flow to the bowl.
Kate, truly enjoy your British vids. They're much better than others I've seen. Keep up the great work :)
i'm sorry, what? i live in england, i've been in the same house my entire life, and i have also been to many houses, but i've never known "the bathroom" and "the loo" to be two separate rooms, we just have the toilet in the bathroom.
It means you're living in a more modern area. House's that was built pre-war usually has a separate bathroom and loo, or someone living there before you probably knocked the separating wall down.
i need to brush up on my history
twistedtyler same + my house is pretty old so u don't need 2 brush up on ur history
same most houses i have seen have 1 room with bath and a toilet and another with only a toilet that's really small. don't say that i live in a modern or rich area because i don't
My toilet and bath are in 2 different rooms and also I have a downstairs toilet
You also don't need to put stamps on your letters in England. They're delivered for free by the owls from Hogwarts during the summer holidays. The Queen delivers parcels though as they're too heavy for owls. I think.
I find that quite offensive
Charlotte Johnson I don't.
Sicram 1972 😂😂
Charlotte Johnson
What, offensive to Owls or the Queen?
doyoulikebeetroot to me and other people in my country
Wow!!! This Video has been on the net at least six years. Saw this when I lived in another part of Canada. Still nice to watch.
US home
Generally coffee instead of tea, although if tea it would be generally default sweet ice tea. Unless hot tea was requested or we expected to use hot tea biased on our guests nationality.
The laundry is in a room that also contains the hot water heater and main house breaker. Often the intake of a central air system will also share a wall with the "utility room" but the intake vents will not be in this room.
The bath room is all inclusive with toilet and wall outlets as well as regular light switches. Thanks to Nikola Tesla and his (AC) electricity and the efficiency of our breaker systems this is still surprisingly safe.
All most all outlets are 3 pin with +/- on top and a redundant ground on the bottom. The optional ground is not represented in all outlets and most common plugs on devices only have the 2 pins +/- although because these are 110 (AC) outlets many cords are not keyed but some times one blade will be bigger than another which prevents the device being plugged in backwards or reverse to current something becoming more common in the face of rechargeable (DC) devices that require an adapter.
Almost every home is heated and cooled generally by a central air or (forced air) system though many Americans are converting to a mini split system that maintains individual room temperatures as it is more efficient. This is because From sea to shining sea it is not uncommon for daytime/nighttime teps to vary as much as 10-20 degrees Fahrenheit (have fun with the conversion). Not to mention the extreme seasonal differentials where its not uncommon for temps to range from comfortable and sunny to snow & sleet in just a day.
Also, we generally have screened windows because of mosquitoes who could moon light as pigeons, and other fun creatures who often sting, and bite.
That's to long to read 😳
Way to long to read does any of it make sense
LIved in England all my life and I still forget to turn the plug socket on and off.
same
Why turn it off? I can only see edge cases where that is useful
The switch on the mains socket can be very useful to save the switch on expensive electrical equipment from wearing out. It is very easy to install a new socket, but changing the switch on most modern appliances can be very difficult or even impossible.
OK I'll give you an example. My Phillips TV.
The switch broke (luckily in the 'on' position) within two years of purchase. Out of guarantee. It would have been several hours work to change the switch so I just used the switch on the socket.
I used to repair electrical equipment for a living and it was nearly always switches and potentiometers that were faulty.
Do you not use remotes for your TV?
100% of comments: i am british
except for this one
Abigail Wildlife no I've only seen 2 comments like this
No I'm cypriot
Im from Canada, are these british homes accurate lol?
But I'm Burmese .-.
Yes, when I went to Australia and New Zealand (especially Australia though), I was thoroughly confused by the double-faucet sinks. It was very uncomfortable to use them, and I stayed at a lot of places that had them
I suppose satisfaction comes from what you’re used to. But all I could think when I was watching this was…”bless your heart”. I could not get used to living like that.
What I learned from this is that Brits are deathly afraid of electricity as mandated by law.
Shocking isn't it?... I'll see myself out...
We have twice the power and twice the danger
For good reason - it can kill. We had an electric fire in my house.
Our country standard is 240v - We try to keep that away from water & stupid people. Hence the 3rd (Big) pin for grounding purposes.
There's enter videos worth of differences in building and electricity regs. Your wooden houses with less earth bonding and rat tail joints (wires just sort of twisted together and explicitly baned in the UK) sound like risky fire hazards to a sparky over here. Honestly a lot of it is just old and dates back to when electrical goods were a bit more temperamental.
I've been in the UK to study for a year and I have rent a house myself. Everything is exactly the same hahaha!
Splendid experience for a foreigner! Now I need to get myself some tea, with milk, and staring outside of my window to see some more rain;)
Cheers!
Just kidding I love this country:D
I'm 53 years old from America. We've always had either a laundry closet or a laundry room. All windows always have screens, so do patio doors. Houses in warm climates have air conditioning. Nearly every kitchen has a garbage disposal in the sink. Many homes in many parts of the country have a basement as another level. My local building codes require electrical outlets every six feet - even in the bathroom.
Well I lived in the UK and now in Canada , first house I bought in Canada had a laundry room on the second floor ,which I must says was brilliant. No crawling up and down stairs with clean and dirty laundry .
Yeah, but you must agree that Canada is simply "HUGE" with a relatively small population, whereas the UK is pretty small with a very big population. Its easier to have a large house when land is plentiful.
Why is her voice just so like mesmerizing
Mrlegendarynoob she’s from England it’s supposed to
Mobile Gaming nah I’m from England and even I find her voice mesmerising especially when she said “hot and cold water taps”
Mrlegendarynoob coz it's an accent
Because she is soooo fit !
It's an accent
I'm from Britain! I have a washing machine and tumble dryer in a utility room, though.
Llama_ Drama same
Llama_ Drama ditto
Ditto
also do I and I'm from Britain
Llama_ Drama same
your style adds charm to the video. subscribing
I live in Malaysia and my home is most similar to yours
We have separate taps, our washing machine is in the kitchen and we separate the bathroom and toilet
"spend a penny"
Please kill me.
would you rather"drop the kids off at the pool"?
Dineen Serpa Yes?
+TekViper Or taking the Cleveland Browns to the Super Bowl.
Post a package to loo loo
It's because in the olden times people used to have to "spend a penny" to use any public toilet, and in some places it does still cost a small amount of money.
“Spend a penny” I’m not too sure she’s actually English.....
Millie Hall you are stupid
*WE SAY PENNIES TOO YOU ABSOLUTE CHAD*
Zzcooljammar 420zZ chad?
Fortnite Sucks how am I?
Zzcooljammar 420zZ not one person in England says they need to spend a penny when they go to the toilet😴
I live in england and my house looks nothing like this.
I live in an average, British semi-detached house.
Yeah.. and I have mixer taps and a toilet in the bathroom. 😆
Same lol
You probably live in a different house then.
Thank you! This is the video I was looking for for the English lessons! Entertaining and gives a lot of information!
I’m from England and We don’t say basins we say sinks
Yeah
DOES ANYONE GO TO SCHOOL HERE CAUSE YOU’LL LEARM ABOUT VICTORIANS
I'm from Ireland and we say both, kitchen and loo ones are basins and bathroom ones are sinks
Same
@@lisaobrien5325 u need to go to school u spelt "learn" wrong so......
"it rarely gets warm enough for AC"
except for every summer when every brit is complaining about the heat
We British are a funny bunch, we love to complain about everything!
Ah, summer - that time when the temperature fluctuates wildly between zero and twenty degrees. :)
+David Sullivan They surely can cope with that one day of the year!
No, as a matter of fact we can't. As JollyShot said, we love to complain about everything. Too hot, too cold...
30c the other day, and yes I complained about the heat :)
I could listen to your voice all day, such beautiful pronunciation of every word.
What a wonderfully produced, accurate and informative episode. This is my first time watching your channel and I will deffo be using your vids in my ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) course. The students will find it very useful.
Do you have videos explaining the differences between various parts of the country? I had a student from Eritrea who was very confused when people starting calling her cock in Barnsley!
I have my bath and toilet in the same room. I'm from the uk
Same
Same
Same🇬🇧🇬🇧
It's mostly a mix. I know people with separate and some with it together. I live up north if that makes a difference
Same
Separate taps need to end, I've seen brand new buildings with them installed. I'm fed up with either fisting Satan or plunging my hands into liquid nitrogen when I need to wash them.
10/10 analogies.
Plus you waste to much water by seperate taps
Just put mixer taps in. My house has the "old" design with a water tank in the roof so you don't want to drink the water from any upstairs tap anyway. Probably safer from the hot tap given it's been heated hot enough to kill the bugs.
***** In the older houses the water for upstairs is stored in a tank in the roof so you won't want to drink that either. Originally they were metal tanks but are now plastic. The only water you'd want to drink is the downstairs cold water. Given the hot water is meant to be 60C or higher, it should be safe but better not to risk it.
***** This is all down to having a tank to store the hot water. There are actually two tanks in the roof. One small one is used to provide water to the central heating system and the other larger provides cold water that goes into the hot water system that you then use. This larger one is also often used to provide water to the cold taps upstairs. These both provide a head of water to keep the systems pressurised.
We do have water towers because you still need to fill these tanks so the pressure must be enough for that. Areas with lower pressure would benefit and there are probably historical reasons for it that modern design doesn't need. Combi-boilers, that heat water on demand, do away with the hot and two cold water tanks. Combo-Boilers are quite new though so anything early 80s or before used these tanks.
Often people moving into these houses rip out the older boiler and tanks and replace with the combo-boiler. The downside is that the boilers are more expensive and more complex so tend to breakdown more quickly. The dedicated hot water tank does mean I can have a shower whilst a hot tap is turned on and off without noticing, something people with combo-boilers often complain about.
I live in the US and grew up with a bathroom sink with separate hot and cold taps, we always just filled up the sink with a mixture of hot and cold water and used it that way. I grew up in a time when air conditioning was just being introduced here, it was common to do stuff like lie outside on the front porch roof to try to cool off in the summer. Especially since overnight there are nights it don't get below 80 degrees Fahrenheit (that's 27 degrees Celsius). And then in the winter, you always hoped the furnace would kick on in the mornings, otherwise it was freezing cold.
I wouldn't mind separate loo from bath. That way if you're bathing another person can shit if they need to without bugging you. The washer used to be in the kitchen when I was young. Having it dry as well would be great. The separate faucets are still around our older homes. Our outlets have reset buttons on some but no switch. We also have three prong adapters. I suggest screens for your windows to keep the pigeons out.
Just wanting you Americans to know that literally no one speaks like this...😊😊
Lucy Davidson ok good I was getting a little worried XD
Ooooohh, thanks for clearing that up lol
Ok I was getting kinda worried. Also do you Gus really t have AC or was that fake 😂
Peppa Pig I depends ( I’m can’t say anything cuz I’m not British )
Lucy Davidson I speak poshly like this so...
Electric kettles really confuse Americans. I once stayed in a B&B in Washington and my sister lent me an electric kettle to use there. I came into the kitchen to find they'd put in on the hob and melted it. :(
Julia Galvin This is so odd. Those must be particularly "special" Americans... Everyone I know (in US and Canada) have electric kettles.
Julia Galvin There was once an Indian guy in our dormitory who came for student exchange and he has never seen electric kettle. Guess what? He tried to boil... milk in it! ;-P I am sure you can imagine how the story ends... :-)
surfbbee I live in the US and I don't anyone who has an electric kettle. Where do you live?
edejan How do you boil water for a tea then? :-) Let me guess - in a microwave? :D
BEERCOASTERSpl Stove top whistler kettle
Although this being a typically London based house, it's still pretty accurate for some homes. I live just outside London (the underground doesn't even reach here) and after having an extension in the early 2000's, we've managed to squeeze two bathrooms (both with baths, sinks and toilets), an open plan living room, dining room and kitchen, a study (of sorts), an entrance hallway (where the stairs are), three bedrooms (although mine *really* should be bigger considering the size of the others.) and a storage room.
(Also, the washing machine used to be in the kitchen, we didn't have a tumble dryer, the "study" was mine and my sister's bedroom and the entrance hall used to be our parents room while the storage room is the old entrance.)
Nowadays most kitchens have one tap with two handles, but in the bathroom there are two separate taps and most toilets are in the bathroom
I love that she open the window and breathes on the “fresh air” and coughs (I’m from England btw)
REEDY THE RED PANDA London is in england
I have a washing machine in the kitchen
An electric kettle
A light switch on string
Toilet and bath in the same room
Separate taps
Kakapos And kiwis same
Ooh! Exactly the same for me haha.
Exactly the same
Same
Same I live in England tho
The washing machine is also where it is because of differences in British plumbing.
My house is from the 1920s and you get hot water from an Immersion heater from water that came from our water tank which also supplied the toilet flush with water.
I do like the idea of a separate room for your tub!
In a family with kids, your often I terrupted by kids wanting IN.
I never even noticed these things living in Britain 😂😂 I just thought it was normal
Exactly same, I'm shocked if it's actually different for Americans
+SUM1 This is also really different for Frenchs haha but the most disturbing thing is to turn off and on the plugs !
+SUM1 All the things she mentioned in the video are actually different here in the US. For example:
*I have a laundry room with separate washer and dryer and a folding/spot cleaning area. This is also where I keep all my cleaning supplies and appliances, as well as where I have extra shelving for storage space. I had actually never seen a washer that doubles as a dryer until this video!
*While some American homes do have what we call a "half bath" that just has a toilet and sink, most have at least one bathroom that has both the toilet and tub/shower, called a "full bath." Many homes have two full baths.
*Most bathrooms in US homes have outlets in the bathroom to plug in flat irons, hair dryers, and the like. Newer homes often have special outlets that reduce the risk of electric shock in the bathroom, as these outlets are usually close to the sink.
*I think we all pretty much know that the plugs themselves are different in America than they are in the UK. However, it is not common to have to turn the outlet on and off. I personally have never seen an on/off switch on an outlet here.
+lifeathome I live in the UK and have never used a double washer/dryer, and I don't even think i've seen one. They seem to be common in flats or small city houses, rather than in larger houses. Launderettes tend to rarer in the UK. At home there's an addendum to the kitchen where a washing machine and tumble dryer live (also alongside some cupboards).
Also, most large homes in the UK have at least one "full bath", in addition to or part of an en suite to the master bedroom.
It seems generally we only differ in our electrics.
same, I did too
As a British person I would like to say WHO THE HELL DOESNT HAVE THE TOILET AND BATH IN THE SAME ROOM
Bethany x yeha I know right what if you need the loo while your on the bath you can just hop onto the looo
I KNOWWWW RIGHTTTT
I don't xx
My house doesn't
Bethany x me 😂😂😂😂
Thanks for the tour of a typical British home, so cool.. Your smile makes for a fun ride through your video..
Yes, 2021 and still in love with Kate...yeap
I'm from the UK and while I know they exist, washer dryers are very rare.
It's because they don't do a very good job of drying, because the optimum drum size for a dryer is much larger than for a washing machine.
Chris Wilson I didn't know it either!
Chris Wilson really? Literally everyone I know including me has one..
I don't have a dryer but washer yes
I have one, but used the dryer like 3 times in years, it takes ages and the clothes don't smell nice.
It's literally 1am why am I watching this
2 here
read this comment, check the time - 12:56am haahaha
Small cacti yup
Jack Bolton time zones?
haha init 01:03
This my comfort video
I just came back home from a 2 weeks travel across England and Cornwall and I miss so much those houses, even though they're pretty strange to an Italian person 😂😭
she's a real life tracer 0.0
Although Tracer is more Cockney accent... or should I say 'mockney'
She is a real what?
Tracer is a character in the game Overwatch and she has a terrible overblown London cockney accent.
+GuzziHeroV50 I figured tracer was overdoing it XD haha
I'm southern American and I think my fake British accent would sound more authentic! = P
In stead of saying spend a penny I just say I need a piss
I'm from uk
Sdcard Games ye init
Sdcard Games hahahaha yh
Sdcard Games lol yeah
I’m quite fond of the term ”loo” as well
Well, I hope you don't use it with your grandmother present. Robert.
I'm from the U.S. and I find I usually get the best results when I ask the hostess/waitress/waiter, in my best Cockney accent, where I might go to have a tinkle.
Haven't found anyone yet that was able to answer with a straight face. :-)
In America, we have Ground Fault Circuit Interruptor electrical outlets in bathrooms and kitchens on separate circuits to prevent electrical shock. We also have three-prong outlets throughout the house, with one receptacle as the ground, so that all outlets are grounded, except that table lamps and most small appliances only have two-pronged cord plugs.
“It doesn’t get war in the UK”
2018: Lets make this wrong
Still, it’s nothing compared to Australia, I visited my cousins over there and it reached 48 degrees celcius and I died.
@@teresapurdie4958 so how did ur funeral go?
@@teresapurdie4958 it's all about humidity
Were my British sqaud
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Actually the on/off switch on plugs makes sense.
Jesse K Ive never heard of anyone getting shocked by an outlet unless they put a fork in it or something. Whats the point in have an on/off switch when you can just unplug whatevers plugged in
My husband was a career soldier in the US Army and in 1965, just before my 22nd birthday we were sent to England to Menwith Hill in what was then the West Riding of Yorkshire. We had to take a flat in Harrogate until on base quarters were available. I remember all the things she's described plus a few she left out. Since Yorkshire usually had a shower or 2 each day our kitchen had a large wooden rack near the ceiling which had pulleys so it could be lowered to hang the laundry on and then raised to be out of the way while they dried. That's something I wish I had for things that have to be line dried. Back then central heat was nearly non-existent, we had a nice gas heater in the fireplace in the living room and we put our rented TV in there so we'd be warm while watching it. There was a coke stove in the kitchen and my husband had to get a fire going every morning before he left for work, I only managed to get a fire started once though he tried to teach my almost every day. When I asked why they didn't have central heat the usual answer in Yorkshire was "It dies out your blood." Our flat was on the ground floor, what we would call the 2nd floor is the first floor in Britain. There were meters in the basement for our gas & electricity and they took shillings and sixpence coins (they were still on the old monetary system then and I still miss it when we go there). The basement was just stone walls and a dirt floor and it wasn't so bad when the gas meter ran out because you could turn on the light and see to get down there. I learned to keep a torch (a flashlight) close by so I could go down and put money in the meter. The experience was worth the temporary hardship, though I complained constantly and I missed the flat when we moved into quarters. We lived in the flat from March till September during the coldest summer they had experienced in many years and my biggest complaint was the extremely high ceilings that trapped all the heat up there. St. Mary's C of E Church was very conveniently just across from the back gate.The bus stop was just across the street, though my friends and I usually walked to town if the weather was dry. The best thing of all was that Betty's Cafe was only a 10 minute walk from that back gate. We go back to England often and it's changed. It's become too Americanized, when you go into an ASDA store you know immediately that you are in a WalMart, Safeway is also there and all the fast food chains we have here. What I loved about England was that even though we spoke the same language (though there was the Yorkshire dialect spoken by the farmers and working people that I mastered back then, don't ask me now) England was a foreign country that was accessible to me. Even London was still. a bit behind the times because they were still recovering from WW2. At least I got to know and love England before it became so Americanized. I'd love to go back to the way it was with one exception. I want the pubs and restaurants to have good size parking lots, but then when we go there now friends drive or we take a taxi.
Also in many older homes in Great Britain they do not have closets or walk-in closets in the bedrooms like all American apartments and homes; they have chifferobe or armoire built-ins.
Why didn't she show us the cellar? The place where all us "British" tie each other up and play the tank commander and the milkmaid? (When we're not "just popping off" to "the loo" for a quick Hillary Swank.)
are you British?
No. I'm English.
+ Ethan Duncan. No - my power of speech is unimpaired to date.... although I am an Englishman from Birmingham.... as opposed to a Welshman from Cardiff or a Scottish man from Glasgow or a Northern Irishman from Belfast.
Tank commander? Note to self, must try for promotion. Best I can manage is bus conductor.
..I'm so upset that she opened the letter and just threw the envelope on the floor. Who does that? ;-;
Moxie that poor envelope
Moxie remember that all british homes come with a maid. if she picked up her envelope what would there be for the staff to do!?!
silverd20 really?
silverd20 ...well ..damnit ...I've not been assigned the maid that I'm entitled to!
I thought the same thing! Lol
Please make different videos of our routines at home like this videos, learning about routes which are common are so useful, thanks
When I miss London, I love looking at this tube. So sweet! Remember to tell people about why you sometimes find a bucket in your kitchen sink!