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02-16-2009, 11:38 AM
I apologize in advance for the long question but here goes....
My wife and I purchased a new house that was under construction when we became interested in it. One of the options for the house was a 3rd bathroom, but they told us construction was too far along to get that added (framed, wired, plumbing in). We said thanks but no thanks, we need the 3rd bath option for our kids. They came back and said, OK we can put the 3rd bath in but it will cost $X dollars to do it and we said OK. In our neighborhood the standard is for 2.5 baths or less, you get one water heater, for 3+ baths you get 2, so the additional bathroom got us the second hot water heater.
Fast forward 2 months and we're not very pleased with how quickly the hot water runs out in the master bathroom shower. We had the builder's plumbing people come out to see what the issue is and we find out the second hot water heater supplies water only to the 3rd (late install) bathroom, our sons bathroom. They also said we could turn the temp up on the hot water heater but with 2 small kids we didn't want it at the highest setting because even at a low setting the water is very very hot. In the walk-through for our new house we asked about the 2 hot water heaters (and which supplies what) and were told that typically the master bathroom gets its own heater and the rest of the house shares the other.
So we have a few questions.......Is it possible to re direct which bathroom is supplied by each heater or is it too late for that? Is it possible to "network" the 2 heaters so they both supply water to all parts of the house and effectively become an 80 gallon hot water heater? Is this sort of set-up typical and we're on the hook for any expenses to fix this, or has the builder done a lazy job and should pay for the fix(es).
Thanks!
My wife and I purchased a new house that was under construction when we became interested in it. One of the options for the house was a 3rd bathroom, but they told us construction was too far along to get that added (framed, wired, plumbing in). We said thanks but no thanks, we need the 3rd bath option for our kids. They came back and said, OK we can put the 3rd bath in but it will cost $X dollars to do it and we said OK. In our neighborhood the standard is for 2.5 baths or less, you get one water heater, for 3+ baths you get 2, so the additional bathroom got us the second hot water heater.
Fast forward 2 months and we're not very pleased with how quickly the hot water runs out in the master bathroom shower. We had the builder's plumbing people come out to see what the issue is and we find out the second hot water heater supplies water only to the 3rd (late install) bathroom, our sons bathroom. They also said we could turn the temp up on the hot water heater but with 2 small kids we didn't want it at the highest setting because even at a low setting the water is very very hot. In the walk-through for our new house we asked about the 2 hot water heaters (and which supplies what) and were told that typically the master bathroom gets its own heater and the rest of the house shares the other.
So we have a few questions.......Is it possible to re direct which bathroom is supplied by each heater or is it too late for that? Is it possible to "network" the 2 heaters so they both supply water to all parts of the house and effectively become an 80 gallon hot water heater? Is this sort of set-up typical and we're on the hook for any expenses to fix this, or has the builder done a lazy job and should pay for the fix(es).
Thanks!