What cheeses me off

[Quickstatus]

I have made sure the plumber makes the run to the kitchen the shortest.

Not possible to change the position of the HWS in my case. Even if I could the make the run to kitchen island shorter, doing that would lenghten the run to the bathrooms.

 

[hydrabyss]

Not possible to change the position of the HWS in my case. Even if I could the make the run to kitchen island shorter, doing that would lenghten the run to the bathrooms.

My mums house has the same issue. I have tried for 20 years to talk her into putting 10L hot water service under the sink. But no she need the cupboard space as the other 20 or so aren't enough. I think it takes around 4L of water to get warm.

 

[Port Power]

It is for the kitchen sink and the dishwasher not for the cuppa

No, for washing dishes in the sink or washing my face. Otherwise I’d be taking several buckets of water each time out to the pot plants.

 

[Port Power]

Each time I have got rid of a gas HWS in various houses and installed solar I have made sure the plumber makes the run to the kitchen the shortest.

All my water pipes run across the ceiling in the roof space. The solar tank is midway between bath and kitchen. It still takes too long, hence the kettle.

Mind you, water is cheap. It is the supply charge that is high. Nevertheless it is ingrained not to waste water!

 

[Ade]

One of those days?

Pretty much ... one of those days ... today was the perfect Swiss cheese model of everything going wrong ... but things will work out soon, one hopes

 

[TheRealTMA]

Not possible because the kitchen sink and dishwasher is an island and the pipes are in the concrete slab

Don’t connect dishwasher to hot water. Not recommended.

 

[RooFlyer]

After a few years of living in my place, I appreciated some design features.

Hot water is immediately next to the spare or guests loo - it’s basin has instant hot water. Five steps to the kitchen so that gets hot water after -5 seconds or I can take a few steps and get the hot water out of the guest loo wash basin.

Main bedroom ensuite is directly above the hot water so it gets hot water in maybe 10 seconds.

Kids/spare bedroom’s bathroom is middle of the house and well, hot water takes whatever time to get there. Someone had to lose out.

Courtyard shower for apres spa is way the other end of the place - it takes forever to get hot but in the meantime it can water the lawn.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Don’t connect dishwasher to hot water. Not recommended.

Miele enables and even recommends their dishwashers to connect to hot water. We had ours connected so for 30+ years, with perfect results every time.

 

[equus]

Mind you, water is cheap. It is the supply charge that is high.

Says someone connected to a reticulated mains water supply. For those of us relying on tanks, the supply charge is non-existant, the cost is normally low (running a pump) but the costs associated with running out of a finite supply are enormous in comparison.

 

[MARTINE]

Pretty much ... one of those days ... today was the perfect Swiss cheese model of everything going wrong ... but things will work out soon, one hopes

Its over now Ade. May today be better

 

[JessicaTam]

Says someone connected to a reticulated mains water supply. For those of us relying on tanks, the supply charge is non-existant, the cost is normally low (running a pump) but the costs associated with running out of a finite supply are enormous in comparison.

And that cheese me off.

Water is seriously undervalued in AU. How are we supposed to encourage water saving if the actual water usage component of my $300 bill is only about $20?

Halving my usage would save me about $10!