"Mike" wrote in message
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The originally hot water sits in two stories of pipe and cools.
You have to move that much out of the pipes. You could look at
a recirculating system. You could look at an in-line flow
actuated heater. Both are expensive to install and give better
comfort and performance

Thanks for the info. I understand that the pipes between the heater
and the faucet cools off, it just seems that it takes a loooong time to
finally get hot water. I thought maybe doing some water heater
maintenance could help as it hasn't been done in several years.

Thanks again...

Mike

No amount of HW heater maintenance will reduce the volume of water in the
pipes. Increasing the pressure would reduce the time it takes to get hot
but not the volume of water wasted. Maintenence will increase the lifetime
of the heater but not its performance sending water upstairs.