My domestic water heater is in the garage. One 3/4 inch water line exits the water heater and almost immediately a 3/4 inch tee diverts water to the clothes washer 20 feet away. The main line continues straight ahead 25 feet and again tee's with one 3/4 line going left to serve the kitchen area 20 feet away and the other 3/4 inch line turning right and serving the bathrooms which are now 50 feet away. The problem is whenever anyone is in the shower and a faucet is opened upstream the person in the shower is robbed of hot water. Any suggestions for a remedy would be greatly appreciated.
2006-12-03 16:25:13 · 3 answers · asked by luther 4 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Ok
1st of all Im a plumber and the answers givin were ok but not correct.
There is alot you can do
Like a return pump or another line to the shower itself.
Im not gonna write a long answer since I need more info to answer it correct so
Drop me a line at
kos101@yahoo.com
And let me know what kind of hot water tank you have and the Model number.
Also how many bathrooms in the house and (What you have thats on the HWT)
Also what kind of shower unit you have ( IE= delta, price fister, american standard and so on) If you do know then thats ok.
Oh and what state your in and if you have a PRV at your house or you know what the pressure is there.
2006-12-03 20:59:02 · answer #1 · answered by Kos 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I fixed this problem in another house by installing a hot shot tankless water heater. Here is a link to a similar model that I installed. http://www.kthsales.com/website/vendors/Protec/hot-shot-heater.htm Not only did it fix the problem but it became more energy efficient because the water ran less since the hot water was right near the appliance.
2006-12-04 03:29:54 · answer #2 · answered by barrett_shawn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
either another water heater to handle the mst bedroom. i recommend a tankless one which is an on demand. u need it it is hot
2006-12-04 00:48:43 · answer #3 · answered by john t 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋