[Frangyomory]

Everyone I know complains about getting a hot shower and as far as I know, we all do the same thing....turn on the water to the hottest spot on the shower and wait about thirty seconds. By then it is really hot, adjust and take your shower. I don't know anything about tankless hot water but can we do it since we all have hot water tanks and gas heated water tanks?????

[chuckinca]

Originally Posted by Frangyomory

Everyone I know complains about getting a hot shower and as far as I know, we all do the same thing....turn on the water to the hottest spot on the shower and wait about thirty seconds. By then it is really hot, adjust and take your shower. I don't know anything about tankless hot water but can we do it since we all have hot water tanks and gas heated water tanks?????

Fran:

They replace the Gas or Electric Hot Water Heater and Tank.

It's like having an "insta hot" for all your hot water system. You save by not heating the water all the time and storing it hot in a large tank until you need it.

It doesn't change the time it takes to get hot water from the heater to the point of use (shower, dishwasher, sink, etc).

[Bryant]

I take a bucket into the bathroom each time I shower. The water I collect is used to water the plants and flowers, or if I don't feel like carrying it outside, I use it to flush the toilet. It's a pain in the neck, but at least I'm not wasting the water.

[jnieman]

We live in Hadley one of the newer sections of TV and our shower in the master bath is hot almost instantly. I don't wait more than 20 seconds to hop in. At our old house in Ohio it took forever!

[tkret]

Originally Posted by Bryant

I take a bucket into the bathroom each time I shower. The water I collect is used to water the plants and flowers, or if I don't feel like carrying it outside, I use it to flush the toilet. It's a pain in the neck, but at least I'm not wasting the water.

That's funny, Bryant, because I would do the same thing in my home in Arizona and we all know how precious that commodity is in a desert climate. The outside plants loved it.

[faithfulfrank]

This is one thing I have noticed in my "new to us" Florida home. It seems to take forever to get hot water. Also, my water seems to cost about 3 times as much down in Florida as it does here in NY.

There are a few ways to help with this. If you have a regular tank water heater, you can install a recirculating pump system. Grundfos company makes a few types of these. you can either install a return pipe from the farthest away from the tank hot water valve to the drain opening on the bottom of your tank, along with a pump....(harder in an existing home) -or-

Install a similar type of pump, and a valve between the hot and cold pipes of the furthest away sink.

Either way when the pump senses the pipes are cold, it turns on a VERY SMALL recirculating pump, taking hot water back into the pipes. This insure that when you turn on the hot water, you will have hot water right away. The cost, especially if you do it yourself, in minimal.

Another option is to install a smaller, point of use instant hot water heater under the sink or faucet you wish to have hot water.

It should be noted that a recirculating pump will not work with a tankless water heater system.

There is another thread here that also explains these pumps in greater detail...as stated above, I believe it is the "tankless water heater" thread.

Frank D.

[pqrstar]

Our new home has two controls in the shower faucet.

The larger control in the dial will control only the water flow, not the temperature.

Make sure that the smaller control in the dial is turned all the way to the hot side.

Otherwise you will be mixing some cold water in with the hot and it will take much longer for the water to "feel" warm.

[JanetandCarol]

I was just reading this site, and I have to laugh. My sister and I bought our home in January, 2007. We are still working in Hamburg, NY, so we come down on our vacations to stay for 1-2 weeks until we retire. Well, in March 2008, we had visitors who stayed in the guest bedroom (3br ranch) and used the small bathroom. My cousin asked why the toilet water was hot after he took his shower. The bowl on the toilet was indeed hot. We called the warranty department and they sent over a plumber. Sure enough, the pipes were reversed and the chip in the shower was also reversed. He had to cut into the closet wall and the guest bedroom wall to get at the pipes. We had 2 big holes in our new house. They fixed the pipes, sent over a drywall person, and then a painter. You would never know that there were holes there. The plumber was so mad, that he was going to call the builder and complain. It seems that the builders use unskilled labor to build the homes and when they are putting in the pipes, etc. they are working backwards so they reversed the plumbing. The warranty department was very helpful and apologetic and handled the problem immediately. They have always been very helpful and responsive whenever I had to call them. Can't wait to come down October 24 for one week with friends. Next year we plan on retiring and then will be here for the winter until we sell our house in WNY. BTW, our sprinkler system works very well and we did install the "do-nuts" around the sprinkler heads. Really helps. Janet and Carol

[golfnut]

Thanks chuckinca for your wisdom, 34 feet of 3/4" pipe is less than a gallon of water.

[swrinfla]

For those who've been thinking about "tankless water heaters," may I suggest that you read the October 2008 issue of Consumer Reports, which has a couple of pages on these devices. CR seems to be cool towards them!

SWR

Originally Posted by swrinfla

For those who've been thinking about "tankless water heaters," may I suggest that you read the October 2008 issue of Consumer Reports, which has a couple of pages on these devices. CR seems to be cool towards them!

SWR

Link to part of this article-- http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/a...heaters-ov.htm

[chuckinca]

Originally Posted by golfnut

Thanks chuckinca for your wisdom, 34 feet of 3/4" pipe is less than a gallon of water.

Your welcome Golfnut!

Chuck
(industrial process piping estimator/project manager)

[Ooper]

Earlier in this post, somebody suggested that if you open the sink faucet nexto to the shower, you won't waste as much water before the hot water gets to the shower. NOT!... Fact is, you won't have to wait as long for the water to get to the shower but you will still waste the same amount. The volume of water in the hot water pipe has to get cleared before the hot water will come out. Having 2 faucets open helps speed this process but having 2 faucets open will also draw twice as much water... just quicker!

[chuckinca]

True:

And if you open four hot water faucets it is four times as fast (etc) - but you still need to dump the same amount of cold water ahead of the hot water, it just goes to four places (etc) instead of two or one.