Browse Forums Heating, Cooling & Insulation Re: Rinnai 26 questions 2Dec 31, 2012 9:04 pm PPA 30/6/12, Land 28/06/12, Contract 7/9/12, Valuation 11/9/12, Prestart 13/9/12, Settlement 18/10/12, Building Permit Issued 18/10/12, Footings 30/10/11, Slab 31/10/11 Re: Rinnai 26 questions 8Jan 15, 2013 9:32 pm Slab Down: 2/6/11 Moved in 13/3/2012 Current Status : Waiting for the garden to grow. My build thread : viewtopic.php?f=31&t=47031 Re: Rinnai 26 questions 12Jan 20, 2013 10:14 am Slab Down: 2/6/11 Moved in 13/3/2012 Current Status : Waiting for the garden to grow. My build thread : viewtopic.php?f=31&t=47031 Re: Rinnai 26 questions 13Jan 20, 2013 11:54 am lenarufus Crow On our new build we got a Rinnai 26 on 1 side of the house for the kitchen, laundry and upstairs bathroom as they are reasonably close. On the other side of the house we got a Rinnai 16 for the ensuite. This was to prevent deadwater having to travel ffrom one side of the house to the other. The big problem with delay of hot water is with the water flow restricting taps. The one to our kitchen takes forever with the restrict flow tap. The one in our outdorr kitchen sink with no restrict flow tap happens really quick and it is further from the HWS. I was wondering if it would be feasible to do the same - have 2 Rinnai 16s instead of 1 Rinnai 26. Not sure what the difference in cost would be though, might be prohibitive. We will have 12m between the taps in the kitchen and those in the bathroom so I thought a HWS beside both would cut down the delay. But then you suggest that the distance from the HWS isn't what causes the delay ..?? Heater to bath tab, handbasin and shower around 5m, delay to hot around 5 seconds, you can feel it start to get warm after around 2-3. Heater to laundry around 7m, still seems around 5 seconds to hot. With these I don't think it could realistically be any quicker due to the time it takes for the heater to detect flow and fire up. Heater to kicthen around 10m, hot in around 10 seconds. Heater to ensuite around 20m, hot in around 20 seconds. So I guess based on my place it takes around one second per metre to get hot. Your idea of two units would work, so too would the pre-heat system, provided you have access to run an extra pipe from the furthermost tap back to the heater. Personally, considering your layout (study/work desks in bedrooms), I don't think you have any other option but to leave NW windows and make them as big as possible e.g.… 7 10483 We had this happen to us last year and got charged a variation. Try and give away as much as you can that is usable to charity otherwise if you are in Sydney I have a… 1 4508 Not sure what council area you are in. Some LGA's allow zero lot retaining walls. This usually occurs in greenfield developments but not often in established areas. You… 1 8256 |