Probably a dead thread, as fast as this group moves on, but nevertheless
I'll drop this one, Bob. A couple of years ago we were into a two year
drought and water restrictions were in effect, though you wouldn't know it
by the number of 'boobs' who washed their precious car on a weekly basis.
We placed a basin in our kitchen sink and a 5 gal bucket in the corner. The
pr-hot water was caught and ladled out for various light duty rinsings or
just washing our hands. After it was contaminated it was put into the 5 gal
bucket and used to flush. You have to use your head, of course and not have
a bunch of food and grease laying about becoming rancid and potentially
poisoning someone due to cross contamination. We cut our monthly useage
nearly in half. Of course, most of this was probably the miserly use of the
shower. We got ourselves wet, turned it off, scrubbed down and then rinsed
quickly. No more lazy, luxurious showers. Then the rains came and we were
back to our normally wasteful ways!

"Bob" wrote in message
.. .
This is my first visit to this group, so the question may be
a repeat.
I am thinking about installing a return pipe on my hot water
feed to the kitchen to reduce the amount of cold water that
is wasted before the hot water has reached the sink.
Where is the best place to make the connection close to the
hot water tank? It takes nearly four litres of cold water to
run through the pipes before the hot water arrives. I have
lots of pipe and connections left over from different
projects and I might as well use them for this. My ceiling
is easy to access. My problem is knowing where to connect
near the tank.
I have also read that some people have installed a "U" near
the tank to reduce the loss of heat when hot water is not
being drawn for use. Anyone have any details about this idea?
Many thanks for your ideas.

Bob