Hey Guys,
Myself and the Mrs just bought our first home on the outskirts of Denver. Place seemed great and our inspection went off without a hitch! Although I have now discovered an issue when it comes to the sinks.
I've attached some images of the space under our kitchen sink and also our water heater. They're both energy efficient, which at first I thought was great but now I'm beginning to believe that it may be the cause of the issue. What it boils down to is, it takes a lifetime for the water to heat up. The bathroom sinks are a little better but the kitchen one takes a good 3-4 mins to get warm, that's a lot of water wasted.
I've played around with the valves under the kitchen sink, I thought the previous owner may have shut the hot water flow off completely, but alas, that was not the case. The valve on the right (Which I was pretty sure was the hot flow) only seemed to control the pressure. The valve on the left, seemed to control the cold. As far as I can tell, the silver valve (by itself to the right) doesn't do anything. I've also attached a pic of the control panel on the heater. It's set to it's hottest setting...
Any help on this would be massively appreciated guys. I don't really want to get a guy in as money is a bit tight after the house purchase. I'm a big fan of DIY and can do a good handle full of things. Plumbing seems to be my downfall however.
Cheers
Matt
Myself and the Mrs just bought our first home on the outskirts of Denver. Place seemed great and our inspection went off without a hitch! Although I have now discovered an issue when it comes to the sinks.
I've attached some images of the space under our kitchen sink and also our water heater. They're both energy efficient, which at first I thought was great but now I'm beginning to believe that it may be the cause of the issue. What it boils down to is, it takes a lifetime for the water to heat up. The bathroom sinks are a little better but the kitchen one takes a good 3-4 mins to get warm, that's a lot of water wasted.
I've played around with the valves under the kitchen sink, I thought the previous owner may have shut the hot water flow off completely, but alas, that was not the case. The valve on the right (Which I was pretty sure was the hot flow) only seemed to control the pressure. The valve on the left, seemed to control the cold. As far as I can tell, the silver valve (by itself to the right) doesn't do anything. I've also attached a pic of the control panel on the heater. It's set to it's hottest setting...
Any help on this would be massively appreciated guys. I don't really want to get a guy in as money is a bit tight after the house purchase. I'm a big fan of DIY and can do a good handle full of things. Plumbing seems to be my downfall however.
Cheers
Matt
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