Using Attic To Heat Water

Using attic to heat your water.

Using attic to heat water. I will be using propane as as the fuel type since gas is not available. Taking advantage of this natural process referred to as passive ventilation is the most common way to vent an attic. I began to experiment and. Stick in some pipe.

Water comes out of the ground at 56 degrees. Hot air exhaust vents located at the peak of the roof allow hot air to escape. Turn excess attic heat into hotwater step 1. If you don t do.

In the attic and hope for the best. I was worried about condensation on the pipes and also concerned about freezing even though i. Once it is sufficiently warm it can be drained down for domestic use. Connected to the inlet of the water heater.

I have read on this site that navien 240 is an option but longevity and hot water availability may be an issue. Cpvc has a surprisingly high r value. I tried cpvc first because it was easy. Attic reaches about 130 degrees in summer valves divert water directly to heater in winter.

Make a big box. You would need to insulate the preheat tank or coil heavily and then run the attic hot air from the attic peak through the insulated box only when the attic peak temperature exceeds the water tank temperature. In areas that do experience freezing a tank could be mounted on the finished side at the highest point of the ceiling. The house was built in 1991 and is well insulated.

4 cpvc pipe in the attic laying flat across the rafters with a drip pan. Giant tanks of water happen to take up a lot of square footage and primarily for that reason many builders have opted to place water heaters in the attic of new homes. I am removing the copper baseboard radiators and going to use the central ac ducts to provide forced air heat.