Andy Ring
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Just became familar with Redy Temp from another post here. Apparently, it provides instant hot water--eliminating the time it takes for hot water to travel from the hot water heater to faucet. It seems to do this by monitoring the temp of the water in the hot water feed line near the faucet. When it drops below some preset level, it runs a little hot water and feeds it back into the cold water feed, thereby keeping the hot water circulating and hot.
Could this solve a freezing pipe problem? My house has a bathroom addition connected to the rear of the house. Long story short, the addition was built very poorly and is not well insulated . When the temp gets into the teens (a couple times a winter), I have to remember to leave a faucet dripping or my pipes will freeze. I cannot access the pipes to put pipe wrap on them unless I rip up the tile floor, the subfloor, etc. I have tried keeping the heat in the bathroom turned up high and also have pointed a space heater at the peipes right before they go into the floor--neither methods work. So, I'm wondering if the RedyTemp might be my best short-term solution (until I tear down and rebuild the whole structure). Redy-Temp costs $339, so it ain't cheap, but having a pipe burst is a lot more expensive! Are there cheaper solutions? Thanks!
Could this solve a freezing pipe problem? My house has a bathroom addition connected to the rear of the house. Long story short, the addition was built very poorly and is not well insulated . When the temp gets into the teens (a couple times a winter), I have to remember to leave a faucet dripping or my pipes will freeze. I cannot access the pipes to put pipe wrap on them unless I rip up the tile floor, the subfloor, etc. I have tried keeping the heat in the bathroom turned up high and also have pointed a space heater at the peipes right before they go into the floor--neither methods work. So, I'm wondering if the RedyTemp might be my best short-term solution (until I tear down and rebuild the whole structure). Redy-Temp costs $339, so it ain't cheap, but having a pipe burst is a lot more expensive! Are there cheaper solutions? Thanks!