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Originally Posted by toeser
The real waste is running many feet of pipe through concrete without being insulated. If I shut off my water to lather up, three minutes later my water is already cold again. Had they installed some simple insulation around the pipes, a lot less energy would have been wasted. Hardly anything drains heat away faster than concrete.
I am a snowbird with a basement up north. Even in our basement, all of the hot water pipes are insulated to conserve energy.
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We are fortunate to have the hot water heater very close to our master bathroom. The hot water is nearly instantaneous in that bathroom. However, we do have the Watts circulation pump keep hot water ready for the kitchen and the hall bathroom which is furthest from the hot water heater. The convenience of nearly instant hot water is quite nice.