Hello everyone,
We have recently completed a single-family house, but unfortunately, we received suboptimal advice in several areas. The water pressure in the house is 3 bar (45 psi). After various checks, we found out that this is not due to the pressure reducer; simply, no more than 3 bar (45 psi) is available in our area. The city recommended installing a pressure booster system. Has anyone here done this before and can share information about the costs and scope of such an installation?
Additionally, we experience long wait times for hot water at various points in the house—up to 10 seconds. I hope that increasing the water pressure will reduce this waiting time. Are there any other solutions to get hot water faster?
We have recently completed a single-family house, but unfortunately, we received suboptimal advice in several areas. The water pressure in the house is 3 bar (45 psi). After various checks, we found out that this is not due to the pressure reducer; simply, no more than 3 bar (45 psi) is available in our area. The city recommended installing a pressure booster system. Has anyone here done this before and can share information about the costs and scope of such an installation?
Additionally, we experience long wait times for hot water at various points in the house—up to 10 seconds. I hope that increasing the water pressure will reduce this waiting time. Are there any other solutions to get hot water faster?
_Ugeen_ schrieb:
We installed a single-family house and unfortunately received suboptimal advice in many areas. The house has 3 bar (43.5 psi) water pressure. After several inspections, we found out that the issue is not with the pressure reducer—simply no more than 3 bar (43.5 psi) is supplied in our area. ...Is there any other way to get hot water faster?
So it’s about the gas pressure?
(Natural gas? It wasn’t specified.)
3 bar (43.5 psi) is not bad.
For example, propane systems operate with only about 0.03 bar (0.44 psi) operating pressure.
What matters is whether the pressure fluctuates significantly depending on load and/or time of day.
Then a pressure regulator (downstream) might help if larger nozzles are installed in the burner.
Was the problem present from the beginning or only after longer operation?
_Ugeen_ schrieb:
... In addition, we sometimes have to wait quite a long time for hot water at various points (up to 10 seconds). I hope to reduce the waiting time a bit by increasing the water pressure. Is there any alternative way to get hot water faster?... Well, at least here you’ve unknowingly done everything right. Waiting 10 seconds means you don’t have a circulation system installed and therefore are not wasting energy unnecessarily by constantly circulating water that gradually cools down.And hey, 10 seconds won’t kill you – right? 😉
P.S. The correct solution would be a "fresh water station," but that won’t make you any happier either.