"Oh, there was a lot of innovating, when he showed it off. The hot water, not the plumbing part, mind." She nods.

"The issue is keeping the water hot, you see? It's fine if you've got access to a forge or a hot spring, but otherwise... " She shrugs.

"In the end, there was a system set up with the sun and kitchen fires, but it still wasn't terribly practical for small households, which had to use the large public baths." She sighs. "And when Feanaro left... well. Most of our innovators left with him. We've still trying to work out a smaller system, but most of the small households either rely on larger neighbours or the public baths if they want to do more than what can be managed on a stove. Unless they've a good Singer, it's just not practical to keep a fire going at all times."