mikeangelini
New Member
Hello,
I am in the middle of a foyer/ kitchen / hallway renovation.
I am removing drywall and have to re route the upstairs hot and cold water feeds due to the addition of a food pantry and doorway where the pipes are currently located.
My hot water heater (gas 40 gallon tank) is on one side of the house, not in the middle.
The hot feed is 3/4" copper from the tank to the center of the house (about 25 feet), and then up to the 2nd floor (9 feet ).
From there reduces to 1/2" copper and travels another ~6-8 feet to the upstairs bathrooms.
Since I am forced to move the plumbing anyway, I was considering adding a small manifold at the heater tank, and running 2 separate, 1/2" pex lines directly to each bathroom.
Reason being, I want to waste less water waiting for it to fill up all that 3/4 copper with hot water. I also want to be able to run both bathrooms at the same time.
The hot water tank is fed with 3/4" copper.
Questions:
Does this sound logical?
Will it significantly reduce the time it takes the hot water to get upstairs? (a lot less waste water?)
Will using 2 separate 1/2" pex lines significantly improve pressure?
(I could just use one 1/2" line for both and hopefully decrease the waiting for hot water, but what about when both showers are running?)
Should I wrap the pex lines in foam pipe wrap?
(The basement gets rather cold in the winter. Not freeze cold, but chilly.
I read that some pex cant be wrapped with pipe wrap. Some kind of reaction? I also read lots of people saying that is BS.)
If yes, wrap the pex lines, should I wrap each bathroom hot supply separately? Or in the same, larger foam insulation?
Wondering if the cold water in one supply would suck more heat off the one being used, than just being un-insulated...
The basement walks outside, and has a sliding glass door, which sees a few hours of sunlight a day.
Should I use the foam pipe wrap to protect the pex from sunlight?
Thanks very much for any help with this long winded question(s)....,
Mike
I am in the middle of a foyer/ kitchen / hallway renovation.
I am removing drywall and have to re route the upstairs hot and cold water feeds due to the addition of a food pantry and doorway where the pipes are currently located.
My hot water heater (gas 40 gallon tank) is on one side of the house, not in the middle.
The hot feed is 3/4" copper from the tank to the center of the house (about 25 feet), and then up to the 2nd floor (9 feet ).
From there reduces to 1/2" copper and travels another ~6-8 feet to the upstairs bathrooms.
Since I am forced to move the plumbing anyway, I was considering adding a small manifold at the heater tank, and running 2 separate, 1/2" pex lines directly to each bathroom.
Reason being, I want to waste less water waiting for it to fill up all that 3/4 copper with hot water. I also want to be able to run both bathrooms at the same time.
The hot water tank is fed with 3/4" copper.
Questions:
Does this sound logical?
Will it significantly reduce the time it takes the hot water to get upstairs? (a lot less waste water?)
Will using 2 separate 1/2" pex lines significantly improve pressure?
(I could just use one 1/2" line for both and hopefully decrease the waiting for hot water, but what about when both showers are running?)
Should I wrap the pex lines in foam pipe wrap?
(The basement gets rather cold in the winter. Not freeze cold, but chilly.
I read that some pex cant be wrapped with pipe wrap. Some kind of reaction? I also read lots of people saying that is BS.)
If yes, wrap the pex lines, should I wrap each bathroom hot supply separately? Or in the same, larger foam insulation?
Wondering if the cold water in one supply would suck more heat off the one being used, than just being un-insulated...
The basement walks outside, and has a sliding glass door, which sees a few hours of sunlight a day.
Should I use the foam pipe wrap to protect the pex from sunlight?
Thanks very much for any help with this long winded question(s)....,
Mike