DerMaschinist24 May 2016 22:52Hello dear plumbing experts,
maybe someone here can give me a tip. It’s about the shower faucet of my 87-year-old neighbor. As you can see in the pictures, the current faucet is mounted in the center on a 1/2" wall plate (cold water). The tankless water heater is connected directly to the faucet with two hoses. Beautiful!
Why do I want to change this? Because the neighbor either freezes or scalds herself and fumbles with both taps and the power regulator of the tankless water heater for minutes until the temperature finally fits. Not a nice situation—at 87, you don’t have much time left for this, the clock is ticking...
I don’t have much experience with these old tankless water heaters. My question:
Can I remove the old tap, install a T-piece, maintain constant pressure on the cold water side of the tankless water heater, and connect the warm water outlet of the tankless water heater directly to the “hot” side of a modern mixer tap?
I couldn’t find modern mixer taps with “direct” connections for tankless water heaters... seems like it never caught on...
Best regards from Lower Saxony
Chris
maybe someone here can give me a tip. It’s about the shower faucet of my 87-year-old neighbor. As you can see in the pictures, the current faucet is mounted in the center on a 1/2" wall plate (cold water). The tankless water heater is connected directly to the faucet with two hoses. Beautiful!
Why do I want to change this? Because the neighbor either freezes or scalds herself and fumbles with both taps and the power regulator of the tankless water heater for minutes until the temperature finally fits. Not a nice situation—at 87, you don’t have much time left for this, the clock is ticking...
I don’t have much experience with these old tankless water heaters. My question:
Can I remove the old tap, install a T-piece, maintain constant pressure on the cold water side of the tankless water heater, and connect the warm water outlet of the tankless water heater directly to the “hot” side of a modern mixer tap?
I couldn’t find modern mixer taps with “direct” connections for tankless water heaters... seems like it never caught on...
Best regards from Lower Saxony
Chris
Hello Chris
The hydraulically controlled instantaneous water heater won’t work in this case. If I’m not mistaken, the renovation is also supposed to be as cost-effective as possible? I would recommend using, for example, an instantaneous water heater with a capacity of 18 – 24 kW from Stiebel Eltron.
Olli
The hydraulically controlled instantaneous water heater won’t work in this case. If I’m not mistaken, the renovation is also supposed to be as cost-effective as possible? I would recommend using, for example, an instantaneous water heater with a capacity of 18 – 24 kW from Stiebel Eltron.
Olli
DerMaschinist1 Jun 2016 16:27Hello Olli,
thank you for the feedback and the information. I had already suspected that the old instant water heater would not be "compatible."
However, the lady has now decided to leave the installation as it is for the time being.
Kind regards
Chris
thank you for the feedback and the information. I had already suspected that the old instant water heater would not be "compatible."
However, the lady has now decided to leave the installation as it is for the time being.
Kind regards
Chris
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