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Hydro pipe for hot water

  • 21-12-2018 09:49PM
    #1
    arctictree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭


    Thinking of running a hot water pipe from the house to the shed. Does anyone know if I can use the standard agri Hydro piping and philmac fittings for this or do I need copper/brass etc instead for the hot water? Thanks!


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  • #2
    have2flushtwice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,585 ✭✭✭have2flushtwice


    Not sure about pipe type but it will be cheaper if you buy a heater for the shed.
    By the time the hot water gets to the shed, and heats up the pipe, it will use a fair bit of your water storage. And then twenty minutes later you will want another gallon, and the pipe will have to empty and fill again with more hot water. Then you will run out inside the house.
    I priced a unit for work, think it was thirty litres, about 270 euro. Immersion was within the unit.


  • #3
    Odelay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,035 ✭✭✭Odelay


    Depending on the distance you will either spend a fortune insulating the pipe, warming everything it touches or leaving hot water in the pipe.
    Go with the advice above unless there are special circumstances.


  • #4
    Dunedin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,894 ✭✭✭Dunedin


    Odelay wrote: »
    Go with the advice above unless there are special circumstances.

    Such as having a bath with a cow..........!!


  • #5
    _Brian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,752 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    Definitely water heater in shed is way to go. Too Much thermal loss otherwise


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