I am in hot water

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The phrase about hot water means that I am in some kind of trouble...maybe I forgot to take something out for dinner or I broke something that belonged to someone else. None of that going on however. One of my big complaints since we moved in this house 4 years ago is that it takes FOREVER for the hot water to get hot. I can literally turn the kitchen faucet on and maybe 10 minutes later the water is hot. We seriously thought about buying one of those tank less hot water heaters but they are not cheap. When the plumber was here last week fixing our leak I asked about the hot water. He said that is a simple fix. First off, plumbers try (if possible) to locate a hot water heater centered in a house. Ours is not centered it is at one end of the basement...kitchen is almost at the opposite end of the house. Solution: install a circulating pump....we first had our neighbor install a 110 outlet near the water heater for the pump. Today plumber is here installing the pump. It involves running a line and all kinds of shinny brass fittings. He said that the job would run around $400 which is way less than the cost of a tank less unit. He figures when I turn on the kitchen faucet it will take 6 second to have hot water. That theory will be tested out shortly! That means several things: less complaining by me....less water down the drain and less electricity! A win-win situation. Photo: pixabay.com/en/tap-black-faucet-kitchen-sink-791172/