Re: Hot water for garage bathroom

["Steve Hammatt, Mount Vernon WA USA" <gsteve@hammatt.com>]

I saw this setup on "This Old House" a couple of years ago.
It may have been an a small sequence on one of the TOH
spin-off shows.

Steve Hammatt
Mount Vernon WA USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
Cc: <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 9:23 PM
Subject: RE: Hot water for garage bathroom


|
| > I've also seen a system that used a pump and a thermostatic valve,
| > plus a control circuit. Before you turn on the hot water you press a
| > switch that pumps water from the (now cold) hot water line into the
| > cold water line via the thermostatic valve.
|
| That's a nifty idea.  But why would the valve need to be thermostatic 
?  Why not
| just a solenoid valve that only opens when the pump is running ?
|
| Seems like this would be easy to build yourself, and removes the 
concern over
| the hot water line being heated all the time.
|
| Randall
|
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