[SustainableTompkins] water heating

[Margaret McCasland]

re: point of use:  In my case (4 kitchens, 4 bathrooms, rambling 
house), I would have needed too many point-of-use heaters. At the 
time, the cost per unit was still pretty high, space wasn't always 
conveniently available in all units, and there were concerns about 
reliability with hard water. So, with my plumber's advice, I went 
with an indirect coil on my boiler.

However I would consider point of use heaters if I were installing a 
new system in that house at this point in time, given improvements in 
the products (and a wider range of options), greater familiarity on 
the part of installers, and especially given how long it takes water 
to get from the basement to the second floor. Also, I have a much 
improved water filtration system.

BTW, my very hard water never affected the Munchkin boiler (I assume 
because all the openings in a boiler and inirect coil are fairly 
large).

Looking forward, I appreciate this discussion because I have recently 
moved into a duplex in a housing complex, and the water comes from 
the other side via a ventilated crawl space.  It takes over minute to 
get warm water when I have it running full force, let alone hot 
water. We are looking into NYSERDA programs for housing complexes, 
and this discussion will help us know what water heating options to 
consider.

Margaret



>I haven't encountered info about these waterheaters in decades and in
>those days they were viewed as being installed right at the place of
>use, so that a regular northamerican house would need several. That
>would, of course, have eliminated the lag in hot watter arriving, too.
>What are the considerations that make the whole-house on-demand heaters
>preferable?
>Andrejs
>
>Thomas Shelley wrote:
>>  At 10:57 AM 1/27/2008 -0500, you wrote, in part:
>>  
>>>  A couple of you have mentioned a "remote water temperature control" - this
>>>  is not something that I've encountered before and am wondering what it is.
>>>    
>
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