House Renovations

[KingtheZJ]

On Nov 8th we closed on a foreclosure in the city. Dove right in with big ambitions. The kitchen and bathroom got full gut to replace everything and fix layouts. Living room and dining room had layers of wall paper and tons of holes. Ceilings were a mismatched mess of hacked tiles.

Replumbing the whole house and redoing most electric. New furnace went in last week. New tub yesterday.

Some before pics

[KingtheZJ]

more

[KingtheZJ]

progress

[mr.mindless]

Can't wait to see this unit.

[carchameleon]

agreed, let me know if you need more hands

[CJ]

** All IN **

Looks like you two are diving in head first, have fun, stay patient, have grace and kick ass!!

[KingtheZJ]

Replacing the water heater.

Looking at getting tankless one to save energy and space. also eliminates the need for any venting though the chimney that currently does not have a liner in it.

Any experience with something like this?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0057X27OC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_6?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

[Wingman]

Use that combined with a small under-counter electric and it will be bliss.  The tankless units need a bit of flow rate to kick on and then there is a slightly longer delay while the water gets heated as opposed to just getting through the pipes.  If you combine that with a little 110v under-cabinet electric, you can get instant hot water for the little jobs like hand washing and endless hot water for the showers.

[KingtheZJ]

Thats a great idea I didnt consider.  Those point of use ones look to be about $100.

Perfect setup.

[carchameleon]

that sounds like a good plan for me also

Let me know when your installing, i'd like to see it

what is the point of use unit look like?

mark, is that what you have at your house?

[KingtheZJ]

That would be great Paul.

The point of use one I was looking at is this guy

https://www.amazon.com/Atmor-AT-900-03-Tankless-Electric-Instant/dp/B00LNICDKS/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1480432458&sr=8-7&keywords=point+of+use+water+heater

[Wingman]

I don't and wish I did. It's a long run for hot water to anywhere in my house. Delay can be nearly a minute.

First-world problems... 

I was thinking something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Bosch-2-7-Gallon-Electric-Mini-Tank-Heater/dp/B0148O658Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480432770&sr=8-1&keywords=under+sink+water+heater

[M4wdFab]

same what i found, they have 3500watt units on google with 3 year warranty for 69$

need legit power as they draw 27 amps at 120V though could be down fall / install expense. 

[cracker]

yeah I have a similar whole house unit and love it, but hate the wait time for the farther draws, I to have also thought about adding under counter units.

[mr.mindless]

Seems like less of a hurdle when the walls are laid bare to studs.

That seems like an insane 120v draw though, surprised they're not 15a 220.

Definitely seems like bliss.


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