Getting Into Hot Water — Part 3

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Plan a home-run pipe layout with a central manifold, and keep your pipe runs as short as possible

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In [a previous blog](http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/blogs/dept/guest-blogs/getting-hot-water-part-1), I described our decision to get rid of our oil-fired boiler. When our oil boiler went away, the hot water tank did also, and this gave me an opportunity to relocate the new water heater directly below the two bathrooms. This reduces the wait time to get hot water to the tap substantially, and the tank is now only half the distance from the kitchen as well.

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