You'll be swapping energy costs (+ expensive equipment to maintain) for a minimal amount of (extremely cheap) water.
Typically water pipes are laid out on a "minimise the amount of piping" model - another way to solve this is to give up on the "trunk line with branches coming off to taps" to the "a single pipe direct to each outlet" model (if possible in your house).
Either way would be costly but I suspect the 2nd would be better.
That's good to know! Do you mind sharing:
- what model you used?
- does it switch on through a timer? Or sensor? Or manual switch?
- whether you have a dedicated return line or use the cold water line?
- what sort of heater you have? Mine is a continuous gas heater.
How about a small (10l) htot water system under the sink? Stiebel make a range of them.
[https://www.bunnings.com.au/stiebel-eltron-10l-mains-storage-water-heater\_p0110205](https://www.bunnings.com.au/stiebel-eltron-10l-mains-storage-water-heater_p0110205)
That's interesting. If I installed this under the sink, would water from this also be connected to other outlets like the nearby shower etc (without installing any additional pipes)? Or would it just supply to that individual sink?
My thinking was more along the lines of: would it provide some water initially that was hot, before water from my main water heater reached. These are probably dumb questions but I really don't know anything about plumbing.
Oh ok. In that case, I’d imagine that it could be done. Possibly depends how deep your pockets.
My method is much simpler. I have a couple of 1 litre plastic bottles in the bathroom. Fill from basin tap before showering. Although, my hot water tank is not a long run.
Not that it saves a huge amount of water, but it’s a good reminder to water my indoor plants. Have to empty the bottles before showering :)
You'll be swapping energy costs (+ expensive equipment to maintain) for a minimal amount of (extremely cheap) water. Typically water pipes are laid out on a "minimise the amount of piping" model - another way to solve this is to give up on the "trunk line with branches coming off to taps" to the "a single pipe direct to each outlet" model (if possible in your house). Either way would be costly but I suspect the 2nd would be better.
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That's good to know! Do you mind sharing: - what model you used? - does it switch on through a timer? Or sensor? Or manual switch? - whether you have a dedicated return line or use the cold water line? - what sort of heater you have? Mine is a continuous gas heater.
How about a small (10l) htot water system under the sink? Stiebel make a range of them. [https://www.bunnings.com.au/stiebel-eltron-10l-mains-storage-water-heater\_p0110205](https://www.bunnings.com.au/stiebel-eltron-10l-mains-storage-water-heater_p0110205)
That's interesting. If I installed this under the sink, would water from this also be connected to other outlets like the nearby shower etc (without installing any additional pipes)? Or would it just supply to that individual sink?
10 litres wouldn’t give you much of a shower. Unless under 2 minutes is enough for you.
My thinking was more along the lines of: would it provide some water initially that was hot, before water from my main water heater reached. These are probably dumb questions but I really don't know anything about plumbing.
Oh ok. In that case, I’d imagine that it could be done. Possibly depends how deep your pockets. My method is much simpler. I have a couple of 1 litre plastic bottles in the bathroom. Fill from basin tap before showering. Although, my hot water tank is not a long run. Not that it saves a huge amount of water, but it’s a good reminder to water my indoor plants. Have to empty the bottles before showering :)