Why Tom Daley likes it HOT – when it comes to bathtime

Brits will take an average of 96 baths a year - more than 6,000 over their lifetime.

And one in 10 even admitted to having times where they have had three or more soaks in a single day.

A study of 2,000 adults found 65 per cent love a soak in a nice warm, tub – even if they know it’s quicker to hop in the shower.

With 8pm on a Sunday night considered the perfect time to have a soak, with the water a steamy 39.8 degrees.

But 23 per cent like the water to be as hot as they can bear when they dip their toes in – between 43 and 45 degrees, with 19 per cent always ensuring they put their elbow in first to check the temperature.

While an unexpected cold bath – or shower - is the number one way to ruin the day for 50 per cent.

British Gas [https://www.britishgas.co.uk/heating/boiler-repair.html] , which commissioned the survey to mark the launch of its same day boiler service, has also appointed Tom Daley as its ‘Nice Bath’ Ambassador championing warm baths.

The Olympic gold medallist said: “I’ve had quite a few ice baths in my time as an athlete but now I’m retired, I can enjoy a nice warm bath.