Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum 1 Sep 09, 2014 10:46 pm I am currently building a new house and have a query on how the plumber should run the hot and cold water feeds within the house, particularly the hot water pipes. The plumber I have spoken to mentioned that he would bring the pipes up under the house (raised floor with plenty of room under) up through an internal wall to ceiling area, then install a "mains ring" in the ceiling and then drop each tap outlet feed down from this "ring" to the respective outlet. My concern with this is that the hot water feed from the split solar tank/lpg instant HWS will be much longer than if it went straight to the kitchen tap outlet, near where he would take the feed to the ceiling. He mentioned that this type of distribution has problems with the water pressure dropping when another tap is turned on, whereas that "ring system" evenly distributes the pressure. I can see his logic, however I am concerned with the longer delay in hot water getting to kitchen tap. I was trying to reduce the amount of cold water wasted before the hot water arrived at the kitchen tap. As I am in a rural area (NSW) the water supply is from a water tank via a pressure pump. I would appreciate some guidance on the above, if possible.....many thanks Re: Plumbing - hotand cold water distribution 2Sep 10, 2014 12:59 am You can put a Redwater divider in the hot water line www.redwater.net.au, I will be installing two of these in my house, as for the outlets I have put all pipe in the walls from the under the floor running 22 mm supply to all pipes with 13 mm copper risers to the outlets. Re: Plumbing - hotand cold water distribution 3Sep 10, 2014 1:06 am We are in WA also on water from our water tank via a PT our plumber set up a mains ring for us as well - can't tell you how well it weeks yet because we are probably about 2 months away from moving in however the way they expained it certainly made sense NB Our mains ring doesn't include the kitchen only the ensuite, bathroom and laundry our kitchen is on the existing houses plumbing <!-- l --><a class="postlink-local" href="https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=62083">viewtopic.php?t=62083</a><!-- l --> Building Standards; Getting It Right! 1. optional, you can but normally just use the earth from the main switch board 2. should be enough but the distance determines voltage drop - sparky should work it… 1 28812 Depends how much direct sun it gets. Is there any shading (eaves or trees)? If the sun hits a window directly it doesn't matter too much if it's double or single… 1 12662 Hi guys, I want to butt a concrete vegetable garden bed against a concrete build up of a carport. It will be a 700mm high wall about 120mm thick and I will run a 12mm rio… 0 2601 |