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Just as a follow-up on this thread for anyone facing the same issues... I ended up purchasing a Takagi remote for the Tankless heater so I could manually adjust the temperature. It does seem to help to an extent. Unfortunately, my wife wants the setting around 108 for her showers and that causes...

Follow up question about the two heater arrangement... Would I likely be dealing with weird changes in temperature as the system transitions from the small volume of HW in the upstairs tank to the hot water coming in from the basement (that initially will be flowing cold)? I'd hate to do all of...

Yes. I considered it, but it's a long run from the meter no matter what. I'm already running 3/4" and I believe the meter is only 1". The only possibility seems to be to run 1" from the meter (which would require several elbows to get around the corner and up the wall to the eve near the...

Thanks for the advice! Will do. If I go with an electric option I'm a tad concerned about electrical load (old house, small panel). Do you have any suggestions there? It's also a small closet space. I was looking at a small electric tank heater that was around 12 gal and drew 1500 watts. Would...

It's a TKD-20 from around 2005. Here's the manual, but I have no idea if what you are saying is possible for it. It's running on Nat Gas.

So, I didn't really look and assumed there were small volume NG tank heaters, but it seems all small volume (<20 Gal) are electric. I don't think that changes my fundamental question though. Is it okay to put a small tank heater (or for that matter tankless as long as it doesn't pull too many...

I have a bit of an unconventional dilemma. I have an older gas Takagi tankless HW heater in my upstairs. It has had issues for years and I've concluded that the gas line does not deliver sufficient volume under high demand. So I need to replace it. When I did some other plumbing work years ago I...

Eesh. Well I'm definitely going to have some plumbing in my near future. Unfortunately some of it is quite inaccessible.

The air intake is external to the house (that was what I was talking about with the 3" PVC). Both pipes run straight up through the roof with the intake turning downward to put distance from the exhaust vent. So I don't think the air intake is a concern. The Rheem unit isn't running when we have...

Thanks for the detailed reply. Sounds like the likely culprit. The TK2 is not close to the meter at all. There is 1" line about 10-15' in to the house, but there is at least another 20' of 3/4" pipe with several turns. This is in the closet of our second floor. I would imagine it will be nearly...

I have a TK2 that is approximately 9 years old. It has two quirks that started a while back and that I would really like to resolve. Maybe they are related, maybe not. The most important problem is that when the unit is first fired up (my wife takes HOT showers in the morning), if the water is...

Thanks for the info! I guess the only way to know if that is there (let alone functioning properly, is to pull the sink off of the countertop). :( That would make sense though. If this is not there is it a readily replaceable part? What would it be called to a plumbing supply place?

So, no input? I'm at a bit of a loss on things...

Fair enough about the variation and buying suggestions, but I am going through the internet with different products from different manufacturers. I already did the same with a bathroom, but there things were more forgiving, since the sink drain is not right beside the faucet and the towel racks...

Here is a shot of what I believe to be the problem area. You can see the cutout in the drain assembly that allows the overflow to enter the drain. I believe water is going between the metal and porcelain at this point any time water enters the drain. The pop up assembly has been taken out for...