The water system is a well with a two year old 50 gallon pressure tank and pump. The hot water heater was just replaced and moved to the opposite side of the basement to allow the drain and drain pan to empty into the sump pump. The cold and hot water piping is 3/4" cpvc. The only new parts are the heater, two shut off valves and some additional 3/4" piping. After the heater was moved a noticeable pressure drop developed. The cold pressure seems fine. I checked the I.D. of the valves and they are not significantly smaller as some valves can be. If you turn on a shower and go from cold to hot you can see a noticeable decrease in the volume and pressure of the hot water. My question is does the hot water heater cold water supply line need to be before it is broken off to supply the rest of the house?
The house is a split level. On pressure is 44lbs and off pressure is 58lbs. Although the water heater was moved there was actually no added length to the system piping. It was just added in at the other end of the current piping in the basement. I keep thinking the valves but when I took it apart and looked into the I.D. they don't appear to be smaller than the nominal pipe I.D.. So thats why I was wondering if I should run the feed directly to the water heater then out to the other circuits.
The house is a split level. On pressure is 44lbs and off pressure is 58lbs. Although the water heater was moved there was actually no added length to the system piping. It was just added in at the other end of the current piping in the basement. I keep thinking the valves but when I took it apart and looked into the I.D. they don't appear to be smaller than the nominal pipe I.D.. So thats why I was wondering if I should run the feed directly to the water heater then out to the other circuits.