Will Nicholson
New Member
Hi all,
I'm in the final stages of building my own home in Bowie, Texas, and I have an opportunity to plumb the house with hot water recirculation lines, but I have a question about that.
My water heater (propane tankless -- I'm open to suggestions) will be located in a room in the corner of the house. The kitchen and master suite with bathroom will go off to one side, but the guest bathroom will go off to the other side.
In order to complete the loop, it seems like the simplest option is to go all the way to the master suite (roughly 55 feet, then turn around come all the way back, PASS the water heater and continue around to the guest bath, and the loop the recirculation line back from there. So, about 155' of hot water supply (3/4" pex insulated), and another 50' of recirculation to get back to the WH.
Is 200 feet of insulated PEX too far to maintain hot water for a system like this?
Also, any suggestions for Tankless Propane water heaters, pumps, etc? I haven't purchased any of the equipment yet, so I'm in a good place for advice.
One other thing I didn't mention is that I'm also going to have radiant heat flooring, so the water heater COULD run double duty on that, or be completely separate.
For reference, it's an 1800 sqft building at 50x36 feet.
Thanks.
I'm in the final stages of building my own home in Bowie, Texas, and I have an opportunity to plumb the house with hot water recirculation lines, but I have a question about that.
My water heater (propane tankless -- I'm open to suggestions) will be located in a room in the corner of the house. The kitchen and master suite with bathroom will go off to one side, but the guest bathroom will go off to the other side.
In order to complete the loop, it seems like the simplest option is to go all the way to the master suite (roughly 55 feet, then turn around come all the way back, PASS the water heater and continue around to the guest bath, and the loop the recirculation line back from there. So, about 155' of hot water supply (3/4" pex insulated), and another 50' of recirculation to get back to the WH.
Is 200 feet of insulated PEX too far to maintain hot water for a system like this?
Also, any suggestions for Tankless Propane water heaters, pumps, etc? I haven't purchased any of the equipment yet, so I'm in a good place for advice.
One other thing I didn't mention is that I'm also going to have radiant heat flooring, so the water heater COULD run double duty on that, or be completely separate.
For reference, it's an 1800 sqft building at 50x36 feet.
Thanks.