Hi folks,
Just found this site in the process of doing research on tankless systems. I looked through many posts and did not see one directly related to my situation.
We are considering a shower remodeling. We want to put is a shower with the side body sprayers and large rain type shower head. The design we are considering can use as much as 7 gallons a minute. We have a 40 gallon propane water heater. With a 40 gallon tank and 7 gallons a minute for a shower, we can see there may be a problem with running out of hot water during a long shower after a long hard day's work.
We are wondering what about a hybrid system with both the tank and tankless systems working together.
What if the flow system has the tankless system after the tank system?
Would it work as follows: the tankless system would not turn on until the water from the tank system started to fall below a certain value we set. We are thinking the tankless system would not be used a lot, but when it was needed it would come to the rescue.
What do you folks with experience with such matters think?
Thanks in advance for any help or comments.
Just found this site in the process of doing research on tankless systems. I looked through many posts and did not see one directly related to my situation.
We are considering a shower remodeling. We want to put is a shower with the side body sprayers and large rain type shower head. The design we are considering can use as much as 7 gallons a minute. We have a 40 gallon propane water heater. With a 40 gallon tank and 7 gallons a minute for a shower, we can see there may be a problem with running out of hot water during a long shower after a long hard day's work.
We are wondering what about a hybrid system with both the tank and tankless systems working together.
What if the flow system has the tankless system after the tank system?
Would it work as follows: the tankless system would not turn on until the water from the tank system started to fall below a certain value we set. We are thinking the tankless system would not be used a lot, but when it was needed it would come to the rescue.
What do you folks with experience with such matters think?
Thanks in advance for any help or comments.