Recent content by alingerfelt

Re: Thank you for the suggestions. I will have the elements checked.

Re Water heaters are on opposite side of the house. Lines are insulated. They do run through the slab. I've checked the leak meter, no leaks. We built/bought the house three years ago. Only noticed this in about the last six months. However, in that same time we also switched from our...

Re Okay. And one other question--could there be anything having to do with the tub or the plumbing of the tub that could affect the temperature? Like in the plumbing is there something that can be adjusted that would affect the temperature? I've attached a photo from construction showing...

Re We have a propane tank but it is just for our gas fireplace. That is why we have electric tank water heaters. So gas tankless would not work for us. I will try increasing the temperature during the upcoming week. If the water heaters are set to 120, what should I increase them to...

Our home (living) is just over 3,000 sq ft. We have 3 baths (2 with shower/tubs, 1 master with separate shower and jacuzzi tub). We are on city water, we have 2 AO Smith 40 gallon electric water heaters with a Taco recirculation pump. Whenever we take showers we always have plenty of hot...

Re: Thank you very much for the helpful responses. I did some research. We do not have a PRV. And definitely not an expansion tank. I called the water company and they said when they set meters they also do not include a PRV. So we do NOT have a closed system. I went to Ace Hardware and...

I've read a lot on here about PRVs and expansion tanks. I live in a new home in the Tarrant County area of Texas built in 2006 and we have two electric water heaters and a recirculation pump. From what I can tell we do not have an expansion tank. Are they necessary? The last time a plumber...

Re Pipes are not exposed. I think I had my terms wrong from what you are saying. So there is a shutoff valve on either side of the taco pump.

In the fall I added timers to our water heaters (2 40 gallon electric water heaters, AO Smith) and to our taco recirculation pump. The timers turning everything off at about 11 p.m. at night and turn everything back on at about 5 am in the morning. There is a check valve (believe that's what...

Re: We are here in Tarrant County and our well is a shallow well at about 250-300 feet. There is lot of iron in this area so we have been using a pretty extensive filtration setup (air pump, oxidation tank, two huge tanks for filtering the iron, and then a water softener for the house only)...

Re: Okay. So should the pressure tank pump switch be turned off, and if so, will water be going in and out of the pressure tank, or should I have it pulled?

Re: The plumber's plan when he runs the new line to the house was to tie in outside the house, where the existing line runs inside, but to cap off the well line so there is an "air gap." Is that sufficient, or should we also replumb in the garage so all of the old equipment is also...

Hi everyone, My wife and I will be getting city water next week and will be having it plumbed into the house. Because we've been on a well, in our garage, before the water runs into the house's plumbing it first goes through a pressure tank and then filtration. I can easily bypass the...