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Re: Home energy usage
Hi, The rule of thumb for hot water use is 20 gallons for the first person and 15 gallons for each subsequent person. In real life it can vary by an order of magnitude 🤪, but it's quite close to your 64 gallons 😎
Yours, Larry
Re: Home energy usage
This is new construction? Don't know of any general info, but for what it's worth Cedric's home uses 30 kWh per day of electricity, and is sort of average in terms of appliances and lights…
Re: Convert steam radiators to hydronic?
Thank you @Erin Holohan Haskell Youre awesome
Re: 1920's Toilet Shroud
If you glue the crack back together and reinforce it with a strut of some sort on the back you can paint in the crack in such a way that it is barely noticable, especially down where it will be.
mattmia2
Re: 1920's Toilet Shroud
I’m a homeowner so my experience is limited, but I had good luck with this company that finds and sells antique plumbing fixtures. They are in California, but ship everywhere.
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JH3550
Re: Possible solution for all those DIYers struggling with heat loss calculations
Isn't this true for flesh and blood humans too? 🤔
JakeCK
Re: Hot Water Heater....banging, thumping, hissing....advice please
@Larry Weingarten , thank you for you help. Much appreciation! Flo
FloMo201
Re: 1930's Hydronic System help understanding
Your problem could indeed, be the new pump. While the Taco can pump against a higher head, the B&G has a greater flow capacity. Calculate the head and GPM of your system and find your duty point on the charts to see which pump is the correct one.
Re: 1930's Hydronic System help understanding
Good call! In the old days, they installed orifice plates in the upstairs radiator spuds on gravity systems because the hot water was buoyant and wanted to go there first. When you convert to a pumped system, the orifice plates get moved to the downstairs radiators.
I’ve never seen this around here, but Dan talks about it in his books.