Brian.Hoard
New Member
Hi,
I am installing a new water heater and am thinking this is a good time to add a hot water recirculating pump.
All of my bathrooms are near the water heater, so they don't have to wait for hot water.
But the kitchen is at the other end of the house, and it takes about 90 seconds to get hot water there.
I have seen the Grundfos comfort system pumps and timers, but I am thinking I would just like to have a manual switch at the kitchen sink. So my thought is instead of turning on the water in the morning and letting it run for 90 seconds, I would just press this switch, and the system would pump the water, filling the pipes and then automatically shut off when it was hot.
Since we don't really keep a schedule at our house where a timer would work, as we may use hot water at the kitchen at any odd time in the day or night, I don't think I would benefit from a timer. And having the system always be hot all the time seems like that would be wasting energy if we aren't using it. I'm not sure.
I plan on going into my crawl space where the pipes run to the kitchen and wrapping them with 1" fiberglass insulation. So I know that should help somewhat. They are 1/2" copper and not insulated at all now.
I am open to your advice on what might be the best approach for this. I am interested in high quality parts and something that will not break down and cause problems. But allow hot water at the kitchen without wasting water.
Thanks for any help.
I am installing a new water heater and am thinking this is a good time to add a hot water recirculating pump.
All of my bathrooms are near the water heater, so they don't have to wait for hot water.
But the kitchen is at the other end of the house, and it takes about 90 seconds to get hot water there.
I have seen the Grundfos comfort system pumps and timers, but I am thinking I would just like to have a manual switch at the kitchen sink. So my thought is instead of turning on the water in the morning and letting it run for 90 seconds, I would just press this switch, and the system would pump the water, filling the pipes and then automatically shut off when it was hot.
Since we don't really keep a schedule at our house where a timer would work, as we may use hot water at the kitchen at any odd time in the day or night, I don't think I would benefit from a timer. And having the system always be hot all the time seems like that would be wasting energy if we aren't using it. I'm not sure.
I plan on going into my crawl space where the pipes run to the kitchen and wrapping them with 1" fiberglass insulation. So I know that should help somewhat. They are 1/2" copper and not insulated at all now.
I am open to your advice on what might be the best approach for this. I am interested in high quality parts and something that will not break down and cause problems. But allow hot water at the kitchen without wasting water.
Thanks for any help.