Seems to be a glitch in my e-mail. I just received all these answers this morning, 12/22 and the last few I sent in, didn't show up. I was talking with my husband last night about how much the company would have saved had they made sure it was working properly before they left the last day. He said the lead plumber told him he is doing all this extra work on his own time - so I assume his boss said... your error, your problem. In fairness to him this was a big job, they had 3 plumbers working over a week (2 came down with the flu so they had subs), the electrician was here doing his own work plus adding what they needed for the new system. Also a handyman trying to catch up on various items….so there was a lot of people working in the same general area at the same time. The job took twice as long than planned, which I guess meant pushing other jobs back, and I know they were anxious to get done.
Sent this twice, but here it is again :)
>>>>Problem Solved: To make a long story short, there were several small things but the main one was, they neglected to bleed the line completely when they set it up and there was enough air still in the line, combined with the configuration of the lines, to prevent the water from recirculating. He cut a T in the line, bypassed the kitchen, went direct to the bath and we had hot water in less than 10 seconds. The company is sending out some different parts and they are going to reroute one line. Overall it was a big headache for everyone. Was a problem for them to make several return calls, and a problem for me because I was not happy. But I learned a lot about water heaters and recirculators and that never hurts. Thanks.
On Dec 21, 2015, at 11:05 PM, Terry
THenne1713@aol.com [DoIt_Yourself] <
DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
In my 34-yrs commercial building experience (hospitals), hot water circ problem were MOSTLY related to a plumber (accidently) leaving a valve closed, USUALLY at the far end of the run (farthest fixture), on the return line back to the pump. CIRC BASICS: 1) the return line comes from the HW at the farthest fixture back to the pump suction, (pump near the water heater); 2) The pump Discharge PUSHES the cooled DHW back into the COLD water pipe entering the HW Heater. Compared to a standard non-recirc, you will have EXTRA valves at the far fixture for the return line, and two extra valves to valve off the pump, should it develop a leak.
IF YOU HAD WELL PUMP PROBLEMS, my suspicion (IF ALL VALVES OPEN) is that there is a STRAINER in the pump suction that is CLOGGED??. There is also a (possibility?) of pump failure, or pump damage during well pump down time? (I.e. running dry?)
p.s. all ASSUMING system "properly installed"
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