we installed a huge bath tub,6foot by 4 foot...and about 20 inches deep....3 bedroom house,1 and a half baths,3 people living in thehouse (one is a teenager),how big of a hot water heater do we need? i am guessing this new tub is about 150 to 200 gallon tub?
2007-10-02 15:31:35 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
this will be a electric hot water heater,as of right now we have a 50 gallon,reliance 501....i was thinking a 80 or 100 gallon,we have plenty of room....
2007-10-02 15:44:23 · update #1
hi
my hubby is a master plumber and he said that you should use an 80 gallon hot water heater with a hot water recirculating line so the hot water will always circulate, OR a cheaper route would be 2 - 40 gallon hot water heaters in parallel sequence.
Good luck!
2007-10-02 15:41:23 · answer #1 · answered by cabingirl 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A lot depends on how much room you have for the heater. They do have the new tankless water heaters that have hot water all day long...no matter how many people are taking a bath or if the washer is going at the same time. If you have room...go ahead with a 50 gal....now is it electric or gas....if it is electric you can put an insulation blanket around it....plus you can install a timer into the main power line to turn off heater late at night when no one is using water....saves you lots of money by not heating water when you don't need it.
2007-10-02 22:38:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a big tub, it sounds like you have a rather large hot water demand. Since you have plenty of room you can install an 85 gallon Marathon water heater and an 80 gallon storage tank. That would give you about 160 gallons of hot water. I like the Marathon water heaters because they have a plastic tank and a lifetime warranty, a little more on initial cost but well worth it, they are the most effecient water heaters out there. I would place a small circulating system on the storage tank and water heater only. I would not place one on the house piping because circulating systems have a tendency to eat up the copper lines and you do not want to have to replace all the pipes. One advantage to having a separate storage tank is when your teen moves out and the demand for hot water decreases simply valve out the storage tank and operate on the water heater alone. If you find the water heater does not accommodate the tub, then open the valves to the storage tank. Best of luck.
2007-10-03 09:24:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Is the 50 keeping up with the demand ? If not then a 80 should do well.
A circulating system could help.
a 40 gallon should be able to handle 3-5 people without much trouble in normal circumstances.
2007-10-02 22:55:14 · answer #4 · answered by Robert F 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Genraly it is 10 gallans per person however water sizes in your needs are between 40 and 50 gallans, there is no size inbetween so go for the 50 gallan, I am assuming you have natural gas service to your home which would give faster tempreture rise.
You can confirm this at a plunbing shop or water heater dealer.
2007-10-02 22:39:41 · answer #5 · answered by izzie 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
electric hot water heaters can never keep up the demand that gas can and you would find that hooking up your furnance,drying and oven is a better deal.go with large model
2007-10-02 23:15:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
IT IS A WATER HEATER ! to all of the experts here.
a water heater,one that heats cold water into hot water.
If the water is hot why would you need to heat it ?
2007-10-02 22:53:20 · answer #7 · answered by greg w 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋