Re: Hot water
When we purchased our home in the villages 5yrs. ago,they asked us if we wanted a water circulator,I asked what is a water circulator,they explained that it keeps the hot water constantly moving,then when turning on the hot water it is there almost immediately.
Naturally it came with a large price as an upgrade and we did not take it.
Being from the north and with a home with a basement and the pipes in a rather warm area we figured we would need not it,because after a pint of water or so the warm water would be there.
Here in the villages the water will go through the pipes under the concrete slab that the home sits on and the place in the home that is closest to the hot water tank will get the warm water first and if your kitchen sink is farther away as in our case it will take much longer.( about 2 gallons longer)
The developer of TV knows this is a problem and should have included it all new homes and charge us for the circulater and not left it to the buyer to make the decision because most of us from the north are not familiar with such things,but he wanted to keep prices low to get us to buy.
It is to late to get one installed now, and if it was possible the cost would be way out of line.
In the mean time I will continue to waste water waiting for the hot water to arrive.
Seeing that the developer was not more precise in educating us on this problem, they should not complain when we waste water, including watering our lawn when this home owner feels like.
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