Cold water flat

A cold water flat is an apartment that has no running hot water.

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In most developed countries, current building codes make cold water flats illegal, but they used to be common in cities such as Detroit and Chicago until the mid-twentieth century.

Typically, cold water flats did not have built-in showers installed; tenants who wished to bathe would heat pots of water by stove and add the heated water to a bathtub. They also typically had no central heating. Tenants would keep warm by use of kerosene, electric space heaters, hot water bottles, or electric blankets.