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  webhund

  3 years ago

  Or, have your plumber install a recirculating pump into your hot water system. That way you'll have instant hot water at every faucet and it'll pay back itself in your reduced water bills from not having to run water down the drain just to get to the hot stuff.
  
  p.s. got here from your pilers/filers email post. very good.
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  David

  3 years ago

  My lord, my water heater takes like 5-10minutes to heat up.
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  Jason

  3 years ago

  Thanks, webhund! I didn't know that those existed, but it sure makes sense.
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  bw

  3 years ago

  My parents have something similar, however I don't believe there is a pump. I think the water recirculates in a loop (2 hot water pipes) by convection. The pipes a flexible plastic and are insulated with slip-on foam insulation. Be careful though, a long pipe of hot water becomes a heat exchanger... recirculating will simply dissapate more heat... and your water heater will use more energy. If it's inside YOUR house it's heating your home... no problem. For us apartment dwellers with a central hot water heater(s)... tough luck.
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  gregp

  3 years ago

  That is funny, I do just the opposite. I often want hot water in the sink in a faster time frame than I am getting it (in the winter mostly), I run the tub on hot, as the flow is more than the sink, and gets things "mo hotter mo betta", mo fasta ;-)
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  Jason

  3 years ago

  That's great! I never really considered that it would work in the opposite direction, but now that you mention it it's really obvious! Thanks!
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  Bobby

  4 months ago

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  plumbing

  1 week ago

  It’s the pipes between the hot water heater and your shower spout that keep the water cold for so long
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