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Default Copper Pipe Question

One of the women at my church complains there is "never any
hot water". I timed it one night, something like 4 1/2
minutes for the hot water to arrive. I'm wondering if they
used 3/4 copper. I think they have water saver aerators,
which I ought to drill out.

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"Speedy Jim" wrote in message
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It will cause a problem if there are long runs on the Hot
side.
3/4" pipe has roughly 50% more area than 1/2", meaning that
50% more volume of water has to be drawn from a distant
faucet
before Hot water arrives. That may be trivial or it may be
a
real pain in the neck.