Recent content by burto17rn

Yes I was referring to the brief temperature change you get after toilet is flushed you get while showering.

I'm getting ready to do my rough plumbing for the house I'm building. I am a home owner doing my own work. I have this theory about plumbing design as it relates fluctuations in temperature after a toilet is flushed. Does it make a difference what order the fixtures are connected in a...

I had not considered that idea. Thank you for the suggestion.

So in my sketch you would put it on option 1? Thats the only cold water I have available.

I'm going to put on top of the tank on the hot side where I have shown option 2 because it requires the least amount of rework. If he rejects it while will put it on the inlet side.

For clarification this installation is on the first floor of a slab on grade home that is 2 stories tall.

So create a loop on the inlet that extends 6 inches above the tank?

I'm only running the one valve. I drew proposed locations on my drawings as part of me asking the question.

I am a DIY home owner in Michigan under the 2015 IPC. I sent my inspector a "How does this look?" picture via email. He responded that the hot water storage tank needs a vacuum relief valve. The code he is referring is "P2804.7 Vacuum-relief valve" and is referenced below. I attached a picture...