How Can I Get Instant Hot Water At My Bathroom and Kitchen Faucet?

The Family Plumber - Surprise, Arizona

"So, say it takes a minute to get hot water to your faucet or to your shower so now it'll only take 10 seconds to receive that (hot water)."

Have you ever wondered how when you are in a commercial building like a restaurant or hotel you don't have to wait long for hot water at the sink or shower. However, at home it may take some time for the hot water to arrive.

Bobby Crowder, the Family Plumber explains how you can have hot water almost instantly at your sink, shower or bathtub. Check out this episode of The Plumber Podcast to find out...

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Podcast Episode Transcript:

So say it takes a minute to get hot water to your to your faucet or to your shower so now it'll only take 10 seconds to receive that this is the checker pro radio show checker pro Joe has assembled a team of pre-qualified home service contractors to bring you the latest in services products and techniques now here's your host the man with a hard hat and tool belt check a pro Joe you know what's really nice about being at a hotel when you turn on the hot water it's there instantly and I'm wondering how does that work here I am on the 15th floor of the hotel and I turn the hot water on in my sink or the shower and the waters there immediately but in my one level home it could take two to three minutes to get my shower hot so I've asked Bobby Crowder the family plumber in surprise AZ to answer this question I have why don't I have hot water instantly when I turn it on in my bathroom Bobby how are you good how are you doing Joe I'm have you on yeah thank you so much so what's the difference between what the hotel can deliver me and what my water heater at home delivers me well you could have the same thing at your single story or two-story home your residential home what it is it's just that you know it's a recirculating line that recirculates the hot water back to the to the point of where the water heaters at so when it comes to certain homes certain homes have the recirculating lines built into the home and some do not so when they do it's just a pump that connects to 1/2 inch line that connects to your water heater and circulates the hot water to where when you open up a faucet you have pretty much instant hot water now when you don't have that they came out this incredible I mean it's an amazing invention it's the gruntfest pump and it has a sensing valve that goes to the farthest fixture in the home so when you don't have that recirculating line so there's no more opening up walls or going in the attic and running a separate line you know dedicated lines so now they have this valve that goes underneath your farthest fixture and it goes to the faucet So what it does there's a pump that goes on the water heater that pushes about a quarter of a gallon a minute that pushes the water to this manifold and what it does is it pushes the warm water back into the cold side until it reaches about 103 to 107 degrees then the manifold cuts off so this way you're not constantly pumping hot water into the cold system so when that happens when you turn your faucet now you have your instant hot water there just like the hotels do even if you have a recirculating line so if those valves they if they go bad you'll have hot water in your in your cold side of your faucets you know or a hot toilet water but that's when you know the valve is bad and then you replace it but yeah the convenience of that you just say it's like a 90% so say it takes a minute to get hot water to your to your faucet or to your shower so now it'll only take 10 seconds to receive that so you'll start off with 103 degree temperature until the say your water here is 130 then you'll start getting it'll start getting hotter but at least you can jump into the shower or wash your hands with the 103 degree you know temperature water so Bobby let me get this right if I'm building a house and everything's exposed I can have it plumbed where I'm going to have water almost instantly but I can also do a retro with the grundfos pump is that correct that is correct so yeah I said it's an amazing adventure when they came out with that several years ago that was such we used to run into the attic opening up walls drywall just you know running a dedicated line you don't even have to do that anymore it's incredible that's fantastic wow alright well Bobby hey that's really been helpful for our listeners to learn more in the description of this podcast is all of Bobby crowder's information from the family plumber whether you need water instantly or you need a new water heater or you've got issues with your water in terms of hard water in terms of purity Bob and his team can help you out the family plumber Bobby thank you so much for joining me today thank you for having me I appreciate it check a pro is your local source for pre-qualified contractors stay tuned for more of the cheka pro radio show!