Make Water Lines More Efficient With Pipe Insulation
As they say, the devil is in the details, and when it comes to home energy, every little bit helps. Even if your home has a high efficiency water heater, you might be losing heat through your pipes. That’s right, without properly insulating your hot water pipes, you might be wasting money.
Pipe insulation ensures that you don’t have “standby heat loss”, which is what happens if you lose heat while your system isn’t actively being used. Since hot water pipes are metal, typically copper, the pipes let off heat to atmosphere and lose their efficiency the further away your get from your water heater.
Stop Improperly Insulated Pipes From Wasting Energy
While modern tank-type water heaters come insulated internally, hot water plumbing pipes that carry heated water to appliances such as faucets, dishwashers, showerheads, and washing machines do not. Without proper insulation, hot water pipes are left unprotected from the cold ambient temperatures in a basement or crawl space, which causes hot water in the pipes cools off, making them less efficient and make you wait longer for hot water when you need it.
Pipe insulation reduces overall standby heat loss so that your hot water gets to the tap, showerhead or appliance sooner. Homeowners appreciate the convenience of hot water that arrives faster. But it’s also important to note that pipe insulation offers more than convenience. It also offers two kinds of savings: energy and water.
Improve Efficiency By Adding Insulation To Your Pipes & Lower Energy Costs
As home energy performance experts always say: “Every little bit helps.” Installing pipe insulation on your hot water pipes is one of those “little” improvements that you will appreciate for as long as you own your home. Our experienced technicians will thoroughly evaluate your pipes, and then determine what size and type of pipe insulation to use to give you the best results.