https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/49d8d126-f00a-408a-948a-b8a086148000 Up in the loft, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey shows host Kevin O'Connor a few ways to reduce the energy needed for heating water. SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse Richard showed Kevin a few ways to save energy while making domestic hot water. For gas and electric water heaters, Richard recommended adjusting the thermostat to 125-degrees. Next, he recommended wrapping all the hot water pipes in a house with pipe insulation. Richard also recommended using a water-saving showerhead to reduce the amount of hot water being used. Finally, Richard showed an alternative to a traditional storage tank-type water heater: an “instantaneous” unit that only heats water as it's needed. Pipe insulation and water-saving showerheads are available at your local hardware store or home center. The instantaneous water heater Richard showed was manufactured by Rinnai [https://www.rinnai.us/] About Ask This Old House TV: Homeowners have a virtual truckload of questions for us on smaller projects, and we're ready to answer. Ask This Old House solves the steady stream of home improvement problems faced by our viewers—and we make house calls! Ask This Old House features some familiar faces from This Old House, including Kevin O'Connor, general contractor Tom Silva, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, and landscape contractor Roger Cook. Looking for more step by step guidance on how to complete projects around the house? Join This Old House INSIDER to stream over 1,000 episodes commercial-free: https://bit.ly/2GPiYbH Plus, download our FREE app for full-episode streaming to your connected TV, phone or tablet: https://www.thisoldhouse.com/pages/streaming-app Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseIG http://bit.ly/AskTOHIG For more on This Old House and Ask This Old House, visit us at: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseWebsite Heating Water More Efficiently | Ask This Old House https://www.youtube.com/user/thisoldhouse/ Sun, 17 May 2026 05:45:54 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/49d8d126-f00a-408a-948a-b8a086148000 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.