Today, the hot water recirculating pump was replaced. Our plumber noted the old one had a couple of it's propeller blades broken off, and simply wasn't pumping. He also thought it had survived far longer than they are designed to, and so a new one was installed. Shut off valves were installed too, on both sides of the pump. This will allow the water flow to the thing to be repaired/replaced without having to shut off water to the whole building, and will allow it to be shut off if it ever sprung a leak. You can see the work in the boiler room, right at the door to exit to the alley, just look up!
The function is pretty simple, it will pull hot water slowly thorough the pipes, and should seriously shorten the wait time for hot water at any particular sink. It won't be instantaneous, this is a slow flowing pump, but we expect to see an improvement over what we had before.
As occurs when the house water supply is drained and air enters the pipes, expect some brown water, some spitting from the taps, and if there was sediment or rust in your plumbing, the little aerator or strainer at the end of the faucet may have to be cleaned. Let's hope the cold water problem is a thing of the past now!
.JPG)
No comments:
Post a Comment