Hi,
we have recently renovated the kitchen and we have a gravity fed hot water system which does not provide much pressure by the time the water gets to the kitchen. does anyone have any experience or can recommend an under-bench instantaneous electric hot water system? i have found a couple online varying from 5L to 25L tanks but wanted to hear other peoples experiences?
Low pressure on hot water in kitchen
redfox1200 on 16/03/2018 - 14:50
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we have a gravity fed electric hot water tank (no mains pressure). the pressure is normally fine in the bathrooms because the tank is directly above. but the kitchen takes about 1 minute for the hot water to reach it, and its low pressure.
I'm interested to see the responses as i'm looking to do similar but more so to get away from the bulky storage heater, not so much an issue with pressure.
When i'd been looking there seemed to be a couple that fit the bill and some pending release that looked good.
Did you always have the issue of low pressure even before the renovation, Is it being restricted anywhere?
yes mainly in the kitchen. we got new taps, so i think they don't work well with the low hot water pressure as the pressure seems worse now.
i'm basically looking at the Gleamous DSL - 30N, its a 5L tank that sits under the kitchen sink. the next closest option is a 25L DUX tank from bunnings, but that is probably excessive just for the kitchen
What about adding a pump some where along the line? Should be cheaper then a hole new system?
Some thing like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crC_3vR-m7oDid you take the pressure limiter out of the new tap in the kitchen before it was installed?
Start with the basics, check the filter on your kitchen tap. It doesn't take much dirt in the filter to drastically limit flow.
If you don't have a filter on your kitchen tap, totally ignore my suggestion, sorry. :-(
Its got nothing to do with your hot water system, its got to do with your water pipes, sounds like you either have a limiter at your gas and propably need to replace it with a thicker gauge, or your pipes are too thin. Your plumber should of been able to advise you about this.