Those words spurn up a variety of thoughts and feelings. To some, hot water is the metaphorical comparison of being in trouble. To others, hot water is comforting, as it reminds them of the nice ...

Q: Ed, we love reading your column. Your recent article on “recirculating hot water”systems for residential use has sparked a lot of interest. In many areas of Florida we pay for every drop of water ...

The master bathroom in our two-story Victorian house is as far away from the water heater in the basement as it is possible to be. Therefore, it takes minutes for the hot water at the sink to arrive.

Q: We’re building a new home and I want a natural-gas or propane tankless water heater. I also want a recirculating hot-water system in my home for quicker hot water. Do they make gas-fired tankless ...

A paper published in a recent issue of Journal of Green Building casts doubt on the use of hot water recirculating schemes as a means of saving energy. The thought behind recirculating systems is that ...

Q: I installed a water heater recently, and the installation went great. However, it takes a long time for the hot water to reach my faucets. Prior to my new water heater, my recirculating pump worked ...

A Canadian company, RainStick Shower, aims to save 80% of the water and energy of a typical shower by recirculating sanitized ...

As a former plumbing contractor,Cheryl Ashida’s letter (April 12) regarding the installation of tankless water heaters to conserve water needs clarification. Removing a storage-type water heater and ...

Brionna is a writer specializing in home improvement, construction, and real estate topics. She leverages her background as a civil engineer and interior decorator as well as her love for ...

The hot water took too long to come out of the tap. That is what I was trying to solve. I did not intend to discover that, for a while there, water heaters like mine may have been open to anybody.

1) tankless companies have pushed the efficiency angle but it's always been overrated and may take many many years to recoup the installation cost. They are technically superior in this sense but you ...