How long does your hot water take?
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Ours takes maybe 10-15 seconds.
I've never drained our hot water tank. Maybe I should.
Funnily enough, we just had our furnace serviced on Tuesday - they accidentally left a wire misconnected, so that when the boiler asked for hot water, it switched on the heating instead - I came downstairs from my shower to a house like an oven - and then when I clicked the thermostat, both A/C and heating were running full-blast. I could have cut out the middle-man and just set fire to a load of $20 bills.
The guy came in yesterday to investigate the problem, and was completely at a loss to explain how it happened. His young apprentice managed not to look too crestfallen, however I'm pretty sure it wasn't me that disconnected the wire....
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over a minute on the top floor. I have a three story house. My plumber once offered me a device that keeps the water circulating constantly which would presumably cut the time down to zero, but I don't think it's worth it. Just another thing that might break.
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@mik said in How long does your hot water take?:
And your guy is spot on about draining your water heater every year. It will make it last longer.
Do you drain it using the full method (power/gas off, pressure released, full drain) or just the high-pressure spigot of a few gallons to get the sediment at the bottom mixed up and out?
@89th said in How long does your hot water take?:
@mik said in How long does your hot water take?:
And your guy is spot on about draining your water heater every year. It will make it last longer.
Do you drain it using the full method (power/gas off, pressure released, full drain) or just the high-pressure spigot of a few gallons to get the sediment at the bottom mixed up and out?
As specified in the owner's manual.
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Secondly...Most people don't care about a thirty second delay on a shower or bath water, but you might want hot water instantly at an upstairs lavatory or at the kitchen sink. Consider a small tankless water heater. If you've got juice available, they're pretty inexpensive.
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1-5 minutes. Old place.
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We have a circulating pump that takes care of "immediate" hot water regardless of distance. I thought these days they were pretty common!?
@klaus said in How long does your hot water take?:
We have a circulating pump that takes care of "immediate" hot water regardless of distance. I thought these days they were pretty common!?
Depends where you live and how old your house is . Only my friends in California have I experienced the instant hot.
I wonder how it would cost to add a recirculator for me. I don’t think it’s a no brained or I would see lots of ads for it.
My shower is a long way. At some point I will time it, but an easy fix is to follow someone.
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@klaus said in How long does your hot water take?:
We have a circulating pump that takes care of "immediate" hot water regardless of distance. I thought these days they were pretty common!?
Depends where you live and how old your house is . Only my friends in California have I experienced the instant hot.
I wonder how it would cost to add a recirculator for me. I don’t think it’s a no brained or I would see lots of ads for it.
My shower is a long way. At some point I will time it, but an easy fix is to follow someone.
@loki said in How long does your hot water take?:
I wonder how it would cost to add a recirculator for me.
I guess it would be rather elaborate to add that to an existing house. You obviously need a circular pipe, and the pipe must be isolated very well to avoid wasting energy all the time.
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The Germans are so efficient.
Our town doesn't even have a bloody sewer. It's like living in the freaking middle ages.
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The Germans are so efficient.
Our town doesn't even have a bloody sewer. It's like living in the freaking middle ages.
@doctor-phibes said in How long does your hot water take?:
Our town doesn't even have a bloody sewer.
I should hope not. <shudder> Plain water sewers are groady enough.
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@loki said in How long does your hot water take?:
I wonder how it would cost to add a recirculator for me.
I guess it would be rather elaborate to add that to an existing house. You obviously need a circular pipe, and the pipe must be isolated very well to avoid wasting energy all the time.
@klaus said in How long does your hot water take?:
@loki said in How long does your hot water take?:
I wonder how it would cost to add a recirculator for me.
I guess it would be rather elaborate to add that to an existing house. You obviously need a circular pipe, and the pipe must be isolated very well to avoid wasting energy all the time.
This is a good video about your options, such as a thermal bypass valve if you don’t have a separate dedicated recirculating pipe.
Link to video
