Long House and Slow hot water

[whiskeyfrank]

Hi

I live in an old (1675) house which is basically lots of rooms in a long line, the boiler which is oil fired at one end of the house with a hot water tank above. The hot water can take over 10 minutes to get to the other end of the house. My question is there any way of speeding this up, the pressure is quite good so expecting not. Its grade II and thatched so no loft to speak of.

Thanks

 

[bernardgreen]

Faced with a similar problem of long pipe runs I decided to have two hot water tanks. One in the kitchen and one in the bath room. Works well.

 

[Aquaheat]

Fit a hot water return that way water is accessible from the taps regardless of where they are pretty much instantly.

 

[Nozzle]

Continuosuly circulating water and well lagged pipework? You'll need a pump that is on all the time - I expect once the system is hot, the losses won't be that bad - not as bad as having to draw off tens of litres of water and replace that with cold water in the cylinder just to wash your hands. I recon hotels probably have something like this. The pump doesn't need to give huge amounts of head, just enough to circ to the furthest point and back.

Nozzle

 

[Nozzle]

The pump doesn't need to give huge amounts of head

Giggidy

Nozzle

 

[muggles]

You need a hot water secondary circulation system installing - basically a return pipe on the hot and a circulator to run a constant loop of hot water around your house. Connect it to a timer and a pipe thermostat and it'll only come on when you want it to and the pipe isn't hot already

 

[whiskeyfrank]

OK thanks ill have a look to see if i can get a return - its not easy in an old house as im sure you know!