You may hear a lot of jokes about people taking their smartphones everywhere – including into the bathroom. But wouldn’t it be nice if you could draw a hot bath from your phone and have it ready when you got home? As more people become connected, so do our homes. So, it only makes sense that Smart plumbing trends will soon make an impact on our daily lives.

Here’s what’s on the horizon for homeowners — and we have to admit, we’re pretty excited about it.

Smart Bathroom Trends

While some of the latest residential trends are adaptations from commercial applications, some are truly innovative.

Touchless fixtures

We’ve seen touchless fixtures at stores and offices, but now they’re making their way into our homes.

Touchless fixtures offer hands-free and hygienic faucets, soap dispensers, and toilets. These are easier for small children and the elderly to use.

Smart toilets

You may wonder just how brainy a toilet can get, but the latest models are pure genius. How about a self-cleaning toilet? Sounds pretty smart to us. Current models feature water saving, overflow protection, and sanitizing features.

Connectivity features allow you to preset your preferences, from seat temperature to bidet pressure, to lighting.

Future models may become so smart, they’ll analyze your “output” for signs of disease.

Smart showers

If you stumble out of bed and right into the shower, you may need a smart shower.

Current smart plumbing trends for your bathroom offer voice control showers that always get the temperature just right.

Some models offer customizable settings for pressure and temperature for every member of the household.

Other models offer a steam bath that entertains you while you gently cook away the tension at the end of the day.

Smart Household Plumbing Trends

With calls for improved water conservation and the rising cost of waste treatment, Smart tech that monitors your home’s plumbing system are on the rise.

Smart water leak sensors provide you with warnings of plumbing problems. In some models, the system shuts off valves to prevent property damage and water wastage.

And if you’re worried about your pipes freezing and bursting in the winter, you’ll know before it happens.

Brain Pipes

Brain pipes are one of the coolest of the latest smart plumbing trends. Brain pipes locate leaks in the system and message you with the exact location. How handy is that? After texting you, the system will shut off the main water supply so you can get it fixed ASAP.

The system works by constantly monitoring the water pressure at every fixture in your home. A drop in pressure alerts the system, which sends the message and then initiates the shut-off.

Brain Pipes also report on your monthly water usage at each terminal. That way, you can work to conserve water, and money, wherever it’s wasted.

Smart(er) appliances

Appliances like washing machines, dishwashers, and water heaters will soon come with water-saving and energy-saving modes that you set and control from your smartphone.

So, even if you’re away from home, you can start, stop, or schedule cycles on your appliances.

Smart(er) Lawn Care

Whether you have a golf-course quality lawn or just like to grow your own fruit and veg, Smart plumbing trends will have a huge impact on our outdoor spaces.

Smart irrigation

Automatic irrigation is a time saver, but if you find yourself constantly adjusting the schedule because it rained, or didn’t rain, worry no more.

Smart controllers offer automatic rescheduling, water saving settings, and irrigation that is responsive to real-time conditions.

Utilizing a wireless connection, these Smart irrigation controllers seek local weather conditions. They compare weather reports and readings on soil moisture with the needs of the plants in the landscape. From this data, they determine an optimal watering schedule.

Smart water recycling

As more of us become concerned about the delicate balance of our surrounding natural world, greywater recycling has become more popular. With smart technology, it will also be more accessible.

Greywater is the “slightly used” water from your sinks, dishwasher, and washing machine. Containing a little dirt, perhaps, maybe some soap, it is generally safe for your lawn and landscape ornamentals.

Between greywater routing and smart irrigation, homeowners will be able to have a brag-worthy lawn without spending a fortune on watering.

Are You Ready for the Future?

If you’re as excited about these smart plumbing trends as we are, make an appointment today with a Nashville plumber from Benjamin Franklin Plumbing. We’ll help you create the Smart home of your dreams.