heat pump water heater

  1. A

    Help with Hot Water/Recirculation System Plumbing Design - New Residential Construction

    Hi, My wife and I are working with an local architect group here in South Florida on a new home for our family. The home is approximately 5500 sq ft under air and will be on well water and a septic system. One ask I had of the engineers/architects was to try to a utilize heat pump water heater...
  2. Eric Padraic

    Thermostatic mixing valve plus expansion tank both at water heater... what's wrong with my configuration?

    Hi all, I'm trying to troubleshoot a thermostatic mixing valve that's installed directly at the domestic hot water heater outlet, but which is not giving the desired temp. This is the first time we've installed these valves along with a thermal expansion tank as part of the same install, and...
  3. Tomject

    Heat pump water heater not quite warm enough in winter

    We've got a 100+ year old house in Portland Oregon, it has a 50G hybrid heat pump water heater in the unfinished but warm basement. We have 2-4 people living here. During winter months we've found it often doesn't get warm enough water to the 2nd floor shower. In the summer, there are times...
  4. chill_builds

    Series Heat Pump Water Heater and Basic Electric Unit

    I am planning to install a 50 gallon Rheem HPWH(in garage main level) in series with a basic 50 gallon Rheem 4500 watt electric unit(in basement one level down). The reasoning for this is to increase total amount of available hot water for the few times a year we run out of hot water and to save...
  5. NCGC

    Need Help! Heat pump water heater, recirculating pump, and tank booster

    I need help with a hot water heater system in a new construction. We are going with a 50 gallon heat pump water heater with a tank booster and a recirculating pump. The plumbing company is putting in the return hot water lines for the pump but expects me to provide the water heater, pump, and...
  6. Dave Hudgins

    HPWH: Unheated Basement...is it worth the risk?

    Backdrop: 32 yr old (duplex-attached) home, with separate boiler heating/hot-water systems...meaning, main side has separate boiler from apartment side and each boiler supplies hot water base board heat along with potable hot water. The semi-burried basement under main house is finished/heated...
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