Since I live in So Cal this goal only comes to my attention between December and February when we occasionally turn on the heat on at night. I know, poor me, the weather is awesome here.
In any event, this has moved up my list a bit since I discovered pipe insulation for $.99 at Home Depot yesterday (this is 1/2 off, usually $1.99 for 5 4 ft pieces). The stuff looks like a bunch of floatie noodles and fits around copper pipes under 1”, which is all I have in my house. It’s super simple to install and will hopefully save some $ on hot water heating as we should be able to turn down the heater temp. As I pointed out to my husband in so cal we do not need to wrap all of the pipes (since pipes do not freeze here) just the hot water ones.
I am not into promoting HD, but I am always please to get a good deal when doing things I would do anyway (eventually).
Nov 13, 12:31PM PST | 1 cheer | 0 comments
Pipes First
11 months ago
Hopefully this weekend!
I live in SoCAL and use a space heater WHEN I need heat about two weeks a year, so I am not that worried about the whole house. I do notice that the hot water is much cooler in winter and would like to fix this and save money on water heating.
DH started by wrapping the water heater with a insulated blanket $14 +45 minutes to install. I have noticed the water temp is much improved, which means we are probably saving $ too. I highly recommend this as a first step. It was cheap and we can really feel the difference.
The water pipes are next as they are copper and have zero insulation. NONE. As this is an old house with a basement/ crawl space, so the pipes are visible and exposed. I am making this my project for the weekend.
Other easy things we have done to cut the heat bill and save $:
Install a curtain on one side of a doorway to cut the air flow down a hallway. No idea how much money this saves, but you can feel the difference in temp between the hall and the unheated den.
Install heavier full length curtains in front of full length bedroom glass doors. Noticeably warmer. Bonus light blocking.
Stop watering the year in winter. If the ground is damp why keep watering the weeds??? They just grow faster.
Jan 07, 2009, 04:07PM PST | 0 comments
