Interviewer instructions
Q. 6 Hot water installation
30. A unit is considered to have hot water available when hot water is piped to the bathroom, kitchen, or other toilet group from the public community network (mark an x in the box for code 1), or when the housing unit has its own hot water supply installation (mark an x in the box for code 2).
A dwelling is considered to have hot water available from its own supply installation if the dwelling does not receive any hot water from the public network, having instead its own installation for heating water (a steam boiler, electrical boiler, etc.). Included in this category are housing units from localities where both kitchen and bathroom use only geothermal water and geothermal water is also used for heating. Housing units that only use geothermal water for home heating, without any hot water system installation for the kitchen and bathroom. are not considered as having a hot water supply.
Dwellings where the boilers are used only for hot water used by the bathtub or shower are not considered as having a hot water supply.
The following answers will be checked for consistency:
If in Q.6 - hot water supply installations, the answer recorded was code 1 (public network), then at Q.5 - water supply system - must also be marked code 1 (the dwelling has water supply system from public network);
If in Q.6 the answer recorded was code 2 (private supply installation), then Q.5 must be marked with code 1 or 2, as appropriate (public network or private/own system).
The box for code 3 (none) in Q.6 will be marked for dwellings without any hot water installation.
