Michael P Reilly
Member
Getting ready to install water heater and water softener in new utility/laundry room (couple days off). I was going to provide threaded stubs and hook them up with the standard hoses like a washer. The water softener came with hoses. The water heater was previously done with hard pipe.
My coworker (an engineer) suggested that I use hard pipe for both. Also said that was how a pro would do it. He says the hoses would seriously restrict the flow of water. I feel like doing hard pipe adds a level of difficulty to the install and positioning of the units and wouldn't the water flow already be restricted lower than the hoses by the 1/2" supply lines at the fixtures?
So my question to you pro's out there...would you hard pipe (I am using 3/4" CPVC in this area) or go with the hoses?
My coworker (an engineer) suggested that I use hard pipe for both. Also said that was how a pro would do it. He says the hoses would seriously restrict the flow of water. I feel like doing hard pipe adds a level of difficulty to the install and positioning of the units and wouldn't the water flow already be restricted lower than the hoses by the 1/2" supply lines at the fixtures?
So my question to you pro's out there...would you hard pipe (I am using 3/4" CPVC in this area) or go with the hoses?