GreenBlog SF

It’s true.  It’s New Years Day and I love to do things like clean out closets.  So my husband stays smartly out of the way and just came up to tell me that he had insulated our hot water pipes.

  Now you may have guessed, we are a GREEN household and always seeing to improve our recycling, energy efficiency, use of natural and re-use products, native gardening improvements and general home repair GREEn upgrades.  Natuarally I was pleased to hear he had insulated the pipes.

My husband also happens to be a plumbing contractor in the City of San Francisco and personally he is an avid recycler and energy improver! If he makes a plumbing call to your house, you can almost be sure he will advise you about what you can do to optimize your recylcling and energy comsumption.

Why Insulating your Hot Water Pipes are good:

The water in the pipe stays hotter longer so you are not wasting water, when you turn on the hot faucet – while waiting for water to get or be hot from that faucet.

We don’t have an exact figure, but this saves gallons of water.  Now you are a contributor in stemming the annual shortages in California, and to keeping your water bill down.