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Drain on WH at a supply line
On Jun 4, 12:56*pm, "hr(bob) "
wrote: On Jun 4, 10:02*am, Tony Hwang wrote: Art Todesco wrote: Ok, here's my situation. *I am installing a utility sink in the basement. *The house is all PEX, so there should be no problem tapping into the lines which are about 7' away. But, today I was thinking ..... may be a dangerous thing. I have a propane water heater only about 8' from where the utility sink will be. What if I connected the hot water from the lower drain on the WH to supply the hot water to the sink faucet. This would accomplish "automatic" periodic WH flushing. I know the water at the bottom is not as hot as from the top, especially when it is not fired up. But, it is just a utility sink. I know in my previous houses I always tried to run a gallon or 2 of water periodically, like every month. The month turned into 2 and then maybe a year, etc. And eventually, you completely forget about it. Anyway, what do y'all think about this? Have at it. Hmmm, I had to laugh. Yeah, take hot water from drain cock. Art: Most of the posters have missed your point that the tap off the water heater would be only for the new basement sink. No, most posters didn't miss the fact that it is a DUMB IDEA, no matter where the water is to be used. |
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