Bbrrrrrrr

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by livi

So. Global warming turns out to be a plauge of cold spells.
Just blame Trump.

It's 6 right now, will be 39 later today....but I don't blame Trump....why that'd be dumb .

I'll be eternally grateful to Al Gore for that

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Winter sucks ass. One BIG reason why I left the mainland and now live where it’s comfortably warm Year-round (sure I can go see snow and cold on the high mountaintops but... why?)

Enjoy your cold, snow, ice and thrown-out backs from shoveling! I’m going surfing tomorrow!

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile

Winter sucks ass. One BIG reason why I left the mainland and now live where it’s comfortably warm Year-round (sure I can go see snow and cold on the high mountaintops but... why?)

Enjoy your cold, snow, ice and thrown-out backs from shoveling! I’m going surfing tomorrow!

Did I read that you've landed in HI now? If so....bite me....and look out for missles !

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by KC911

Never heard of such a thing SM....recirculating the hot like that.....is it effecient? I just doesn't seem like it would be, but I dunno? ....

No idea.

In a traditional system, depending on size of home and location of taps it can take some time for hot water to reach a tap. Meanwhile the cold water is running down the drain.

Water is not cheap in TX but energy is.

Probably offsets.

I do know I'll never have a home without it again.

[ckelly78z]

On unused hot/cold lines routed through walls, and floors, there is no hot water waiting to be used that would possibly warm up the area. When I turn on the shower upstairs in my house, I wait for about a minute, or two to get hot water from the water heater, which is located in the basement about 30' distance.

Having a shallow well in a temperate zone means I have all the water I will ever need, but doesn't mean that I waste it needlessly. There has never been water usage restrictions in my area.

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

No idea.

In a traditional system, depending on size of home and location of taps it can take some time for hot water to reach a tap. Meanwhile the cold water is running down the drain.

Water is not cheap in TX but energy is.

Probably offsets.

I do know I'll never have a home without it again.

My next house will probably not have a huge HOT water heater tank.....I know, I know , but a tankless deal that heats the water where it's needed, not in the garage....would be ideal for me.

[red-beard]

I spent Monday-Wednesday in Missouri. It was -4 on the Drive from St. Louis to Jefferson City.

[red-beard]

On the recirculation, it will lose a lot of energy unless very well insulated. My idea, have the hot water line setup with electric instant hot water heaters. you get hot water immediately. For longer durations, the hot water comes from the hot water tank.

[Mark Henry]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

I used to live in NY so the cold is nothing new. The difference is TX is not really equipped for bitter cold.

We have pipes blowing all over the community, something I never gave a second thought to back East.

Which leads me to a question.

When I built the house here we did "instant hot" water.

Basically the hot water pipes recirculate so when you open the tap, boom, hot water from the git go.

Curious if that helps mitigate the worry of frozen pipes.

Logically the cold and hot pipes will have parallel runs so does the proximity of warm pipes help prevent the cold water pipes from freezing?

Could that be why some of my neighbors have issues and I (knock wood) have not? T

How is that going to help? Maybe a small bit in a circulating hot water system, but if 4-6" between pipes not much. The pipes must be on the warm side (inside) of the vapor barrier. Water pipes in an outside wall are a big no-no, any pipes exposed to outside temps need a thermostat controlled trace/wrap.

[masraum]

The good news is that Houston is up from 20° and is now at 50° and raining. This weekend we are supposed to be in the 70s both days.

[flipper35]

[dewolf]

Opposite extreme here. We've just had two days of 42C /107.6F with more to come

[Eric at Pelican Parts]

It's a nice 62F here in sunny southern California... although it isn't sunny here right now!