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I have a hot water recirculator installed and love it. It's even faster than on demand. Faster hot water incentivizes hand washing. Just think about how many m
by dubswithus 4y ago
I have a hot water recirculator installed and love it. It's even faster than on demand.
Faster hot water incentivizes hand washing. Just think about how many more people would wash their hands at the airport if they didn't have to wait 2 minutes (or forever) to get hot water.
- ortusdux 4y agoI'm looking at going this route before I finish the basement. The master shower is the furthest point from the heater, and it takes a solid 2-3 gallons to get hot water in the morning. The math didn't make sense until I put in a heat-pump water heater. Now I average $170/year to heat my water, and the recirc should only add ~$30/year. My pipes are well insulated, but I'm in a colder climate so loosing heat into the walls just lowers my heating bill.
- bluSCALE4 4y agoI installed a recirculating pump and had it on the timer. But then for some reason, I switched it to always on and it's so much nicer. Hot water is always hot.
- dubswithus 4y agoI’ve been tempted to do that. Sometimes I wake up at odd hours when it’s not running.
- Nick87633 4y agoI wash my hands with the cool water that initially comes out?
- dubswithus 4y agoCool water? What about freezing water in the winter?
- leoedin 4y agoAssuming your pipes are between the tap and the water heater, and the pipes run indoors, the water temperature will be close to room temperature - nowhere near freezing.
- dubswithus 4y agoWhich was a problem in NL because the bathroom of the airbnb was not well insulated. And there wasn't a hot water option because... NL.
- quickthrower2 4y agoI am still waiting for the freezing water to come out of the tap.