I know it's extremely hard to describe a layout over the internet so I'll do my best to make it clear. I am starting to call some local plumbers and have them come out and give me some opinions and quotes, but I wanted to see what you guys say first.
Our original house was 1400 sq ft and 60' long. We added an additional 1300 sq ft to the house and an additional 30' to the length. The old house has 1 3/4 bathrooms, the kitchen, and dishwasher. The new addition has the laundry room and the master suite with a dual head shower and large Jacuzzi tub. There is a basement under the entire house, which is where everything will reside.
Current setup:
Standing in the basement facing the back wall I have a Takagi TK-2 about 20' in from the end. One bathroom is directly above it, kitchen slightly to the left, and the other bathroom slightly to the right. The new laundry room is about 40' down with the master bathroom another 20' past that.
Obviously I have a couple problems. The first of which is the delay of how long it takes hot water to reach the new addition. Most of the time the washing machine is done filling before any warm water ever reaches it. When showering we turn on our sink faucets and wait for the hot water before we turn on the shower (as to help reduce the cold water wasted). We have enough time to get our clothes, go to the bathroom, etc. It's killing me how much water and propane we are wasting waiting for the water to hit that end of the house.
I'm unsure how I want to handle this. I've thought about having the Takagi moved to the new addition, and install a smaller tank version at the old location. I've also considered adding a tank at the new addition and leave the TK-2 alone but I have no flue vents in the addition. I would have to either have one installed or install a power vent hwt.
Some things to consider:
- No vent at the addition end
- Large Jacuzzi tub in the addition
- Dual shower heads in the addition
- Would like a fail-over system in case one has issues
- Would like the ability to trickle hot water (don't have that now)
- Don't care about "endless" water in the old section. It allows my teenage daughter the ability to take too long showers.
- Propane fuel
- Size really doesn't matter as it's in the basement
- Forced air heat, no current boiler
Please do not turn this into a tank vs tankless discussion. I'm not leaning one way or the other, I just want something that works.
Thanks
Jared
Our original house was 1400 sq ft and 60' long. We added an additional 1300 sq ft to the house and an additional 30' to the length. The old house has 1 3/4 bathrooms, the kitchen, and dishwasher. The new addition has the laundry room and the master suite with a dual head shower and large Jacuzzi tub. There is a basement under the entire house, which is where everything will reside.
Current setup:
Standing in the basement facing the back wall I have a Takagi TK-2 about 20' in from the end. One bathroom is directly above it, kitchen slightly to the left, and the other bathroom slightly to the right. The new laundry room is about 40' down with the master bathroom another 20' past that.
Obviously I have a couple problems. The first of which is the delay of how long it takes hot water to reach the new addition. Most of the time the washing machine is done filling before any warm water ever reaches it. When showering we turn on our sink faucets and wait for the hot water before we turn on the shower (as to help reduce the cold water wasted). We have enough time to get our clothes, go to the bathroom, etc. It's killing me how much water and propane we are wasting waiting for the water to hit that end of the house.
I'm unsure how I want to handle this. I've thought about having the Takagi moved to the new addition, and install a smaller tank version at the old location. I've also considered adding a tank at the new addition and leave the TK-2 alone but I have no flue vents in the addition. I would have to either have one installed or install a power vent hwt.
Some things to consider:
- No vent at the addition end
- Large Jacuzzi tub in the addition
- Dual shower heads in the addition
- Would like a fail-over system in case one has issues
- Would like the ability to trickle hot water (don't have that now)
- Don't care about "endless" water in the old section. It allows my teenage daughter the ability to take too long showers.
- Propane fuel
- Size really doesn't matter as it's in the basement
- Forced air heat, no current boiler
Please do not turn this into a tank vs tankless discussion. I'm not leaning one way or the other, I just want something that works.
Thanks
Jared
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