Statjunk
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Hello All,
I would like to make a thorough description of the situation to see if you guys have any theories as to what may be the problem.
Here goes: The house is a slab home built in 1954. It is a large 2800+ sq ft ranch that has in ground heating via a boiler. The boiler is original to the house and is a total hog. (this is only part of the problem). My February heating bill was $879. Yes you read that correctly! So enter the recent future. I no longer run the boiler and the only appliances that I've been running are the hot water tank and the washer and dryer. My June gas bill was $180. I'm the only person living in the house. I take one shower per day and do one load of laundry per week and maybe one extra per month, linens and other stuff. There is no dishwasher. The master bathroom resides about 65' from the hot water tank and the hallway bathroom is about 45' from the tank. The water lines are copper and all run under the slab. When taking a shower in the master it can take up to about 7-8 minutes before hot water reaches that shower. The hallway takes maybe a minute. One of the enigmas is that hot water reaches the master bath sink much quicker than it does the shower. Just under 3-4 minutes. I recently installed a new Whirlpool hot water tank so the efficienty issue may have been resolved but I don't think there was anything wrong with the original tank. It still takes a long time for the hot water to reach the master bath.
I recently demolitioned the master bath and the valves under the sink leaked so I went ahead and replaced the values. Worth noting, it took me over a half hour to get the water to stop coming out of the pipe. I was sucking it out with the shop vac. It kept coming in waves. (it would stop for a bit and then water would come out) The entire house is one big remodel so I'm unable to drain much of the water from the lines when I cut the water at the meter.
I've got two questions
1) What might be going on? Why does it take so long for hot water to arrive at the master but not as long to get to the hallway bath?
and
2) How might I resolve this? I'm installing a 75 gallon jacuzzi jet tub in the bathroom so I will need lots of hot water in this room.
Thanks
Tom
I would like to make a thorough description of the situation to see if you guys have any theories as to what may be the problem.
Here goes: The house is a slab home built in 1954. It is a large 2800+ sq ft ranch that has in ground heating via a boiler. The boiler is original to the house and is a total hog. (this is only part of the problem). My February heating bill was $879. Yes you read that correctly! So enter the recent future. I no longer run the boiler and the only appliances that I've been running are the hot water tank and the washer and dryer. My June gas bill was $180. I'm the only person living in the house. I take one shower per day and do one load of laundry per week and maybe one extra per month, linens and other stuff. There is no dishwasher. The master bathroom resides about 65' from the hot water tank and the hallway bathroom is about 45' from the tank. The water lines are copper and all run under the slab. When taking a shower in the master it can take up to about 7-8 minutes before hot water reaches that shower. The hallway takes maybe a minute. One of the enigmas is that hot water reaches the master bath sink much quicker than it does the shower. Just under 3-4 minutes. I recently installed a new Whirlpool hot water tank so the efficienty issue may have been resolved but I don't think there was anything wrong with the original tank. It still takes a long time for the hot water to reach the master bath.
I recently demolitioned the master bath and the valves under the sink leaked so I went ahead and replaced the values. Worth noting, it took me over a half hour to get the water to stop coming out of the pipe. I was sucking it out with the shop vac. It kept coming in waves. (it would stop for a bit and then water would come out) The entire house is one big remodel so I'm unable to drain much of the water from the lines when I cut the water at the meter.
I've got two questions
1) What might be going on? Why does it take so long for hot water to arrive at the master but not as long to get to the hallway bath?
and
2) How might I resolve this? I'm installing a 75 gallon jacuzzi jet tub in the bathroom so I will need lots of hot water in this room.
Thanks
Tom