>> So everytime the hot water tap is opened it is effectively adding cold water into
>> the tank. Missus has a habit of
>> and the chances are she turns it off before the hot water had physically reached
>> the tap but in that time it’s added more cold water to the tank!
We've been reviewing our usage of hot water and realised we loose a lot because it's drawn out of the tank but never reaches the tap. As there's a diffuser on the tap it takes an age to run warm. Now trying to (a) use the cold tap for rinsing bowls etc before they go in the dishwasher and (b) run water to wash glasses and other odds that we won't put in the dishwasher only once a day.
Have reduced the boiler from being on all day for hot water to just a couple of hours in the morning and again in the evening. May reduce that later as the new Smart Meter evidences actual burn time.
As part of a wider economy drive we've emptied and isolated second fridge and freezer that were in the garage running less than half full, consolidating everything in the fridge/freezer in the kitchen.
We'd stopped using freezer #2 after the kids moved out and my stopping commuting tp London changed our eating patterns/habits but re-instated it during the pandemic when were shopping less often.
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