Doing a full bath remodel in master bathroom. Replumbing the master bath with PEX-A and will be making some additions and changes around the water heater so that there are shut offs for the two main branches in the house, and adding flex lines to the water heater input/output, since it's hard plumbed copper right now (which means I can't easily replace the anode at the input line. So, since I'm doing this work, I was thinking of adding in hot water recirculation for the master bath branch, and for the kitchen branch. But planning and plumbing everything to include hot water recirculation is going to take this novice a lot longer, causing a delay in getting started, and upping the possibility of me making a mistake, so I was considering the following..........
Since there are just two main portions of the hot water plumbing, one goes north to the kitchen, and one goes south to the master bathroom, I might install a simple under sink recirculation in the two locations. I have always on power available under the kitchen sink, and I can install an outlet under the bath sink easily during remodel. Will these simple under sink recirculation systems provide decent performance? I just want to cut down the hot water time from 50 seconds to something like 10 seconds, during daytime hours. I can use a smart plug for timing, ect... to turn it off at night. The runs to each location are about the same at approx. 40 feet in a single level ranch home. Thanks for any advice.
Since there are just two main portions of the hot water plumbing, one goes north to the kitchen, and one goes south to the master bathroom, I might install a simple under sink recirculation in the two locations. I have always on power available under the kitchen sink, and I can install an outlet under the bath sink easily during remodel. Will these simple under sink recirculation systems provide decent performance? I just want to cut down the hot water time from 50 seconds to something like 10 seconds, during daytime hours. I can use a smart plug for timing, ect... to turn it off at night. The runs to each location are about the same at approx. 40 feet in a single level ranch home. Thanks for any advice.