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Originally Posted by Topspinmo
For me, I changed out bathroom faucet when I replaced Accor hoses. Now I have to wait even longer for hot water. The new faucet has flow rate of 1.2 GPM which takes for ever to get hot water even close to water heater.
Also the hose connection different size, 1/2” vs 3/8” (not big deal). I could imagine how long it take to get to furthest faucet. Which I timed over 30 seconds with old delta that flow I guessing twice as much (can’t find spec on old one).
So if plan in replacement look at flow rate if you have to wait for hot water.
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We had a recirc pump until we switched to a tankless water heater. However, we have a soaking tub, 50 gal capacity next to the shower and we installed an 8 gpm waterfall faucet or it would take about 30 minutes to fill the tub with the 1.8 gpm and then the first 15 minutes of water would have cooled off. So… when we turn the shower on, we just flip the tub on a full hot and we have hot water at the shower head in just a few seconds. We do the same with the faucets if hot water is needed which is not very often.