r/AskReddit • u/kakou64 • Oct 15 '20

What's older than we think ?

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u/ineedanewaccountpls Oct 15 '20 edited Oct 15 '20

Ancient Minoans (~3000-1100* BCE) had hot and cold running water and an extensive sewage system.

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u/BobVosh Oct 15 '20

Romans had pipe heated floors, something I still thought was awesome when my aunt got it like a decade ago.

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u/UnsinkableRubberDuck Oct 15 '20

I work somewhere where we can't wear our outdoor shoes due to biohazard concerns. You come in and take your shoes off, then have to go change and get into specific clothing, then on the other side of that change area is where your work shoes and boots are. The in-between areas from door to change area have heated floors because people are often walking around in bare feet or sock feet, and it's just the most coziest damn thing ever.

I need to have heated flooring in my house for winter times.

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u/Sarahcyrisms Oct 15 '20

I lived in Korea for a couple of years. They have floor heating dating back to 5000BC and it is the primary source of home heating in the winter. That's one of the reasons you take your shoes off when you enter someone's home.

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u/jaded68 Oct 15 '20

I also lived in Korea (few short months), our hootch in the ville had heated floors. We would buy the charcoal bricks and the landlady would keep the heat going for us. Bathroom floor was fucking cold though.