Mculik5
New Member
Remodeling a bathroom in my house. Our water heater is centrally located in the basement, and this bathroom is far from the water heater laterally and up two stories. As you can imagine, it takes a long time for HW to reach the faucets.
I'm doing the supply plumbing now and would like to add a thermal bypass valve like this one and the associated pump near the HWH in the basement, obviously - https://www.supplyhouse.com/Grundfos-595926-Comfort-Valve, https://www.supplyhouse.com/Grundfo...-115V-Pump-w-Auto-Adapt-Line-Cord-1-1-4-Union
Here are my questions:
1. Does anyone make a thermostatically controlled, solenoid actuated version of this valve?
2. Regardless of the valve type used, my understanding is that once hot water reaches the valve, the bypass closes. If this happens when the sink/shower isn't being used, does the pump shut off automatically at a certain pressure or does it bypass back into the HWH?
3. The instructions talk about placing the valve at the furthest fixture, but in a branched setup like mine, it seems logical that I could plumb a thermal bypass valve into any faucet/shower and hot water would be supplied to any/all of them any time one or more bypasses is open and the pump is running. Is this correct?
Thanks!
I'm doing the supply plumbing now and would like to add a thermal bypass valve like this one and the associated pump near the HWH in the basement, obviously - https://www.supplyhouse.com/Grundfos-595926-Comfort-Valve, https://www.supplyhouse.com/Grundfo...-115V-Pump-w-Auto-Adapt-Line-Cord-1-1-4-Union
Here are my questions:
1. Does anyone make a thermostatically controlled, solenoid actuated version of this valve?
2. Regardless of the valve type used, my understanding is that once hot water reaches the valve, the bypass closes. If this happens when the sink/shower isn't being used, does the pump shut off automatically at a certain pressure or does it bypass back into the HWH?
3. The instructions talk about placing the valve at the furthest fixture, but in a branched setup like mine, it seems logical that I could plumb a thermal bypass valve into any faucet/shower and hot water would be supplied to any/all of them any time one or more bypasses is open and the pump is running. Is this correct?
Thanks!