All dressed up and nowhere to go

Let's take a break from our depressing heating problems to describe another quick fix we did the day that our family and friends came down to help us with our honey-do list. We bought some fiberglass insulation for our hot water heater over a year ago and had yet to install it. We missed putting it on before last winter, but I wasn't going to let another cold season go by without wrapping it up to keep it running more efficiently.

The process was pretty straightforward: wrap and tape (while leaving the front parts exposed). Here it all is, step-by-step in pictures.

Now if only everything were that easy!