Hot water taps and heating

Question

How do hot water taps work? Do they require a heating system that can provide hot water on demand or they heat the water through a separate mechanism?

Julian · Answer

When you say hot taps, I assume you mean boiling water taps.  If so, yes it does require its own source of heating, so it does not effect the rest of the hot water taps. 
Hope this helps!

Karl · Answer

If you mean Boiling Water Taps. They have a small vessel heater underneath the tap. 
This needs to be installed by a professional due to G3 regulations.

Cameron · Answer

You need something to heat the water, which will be gas, oil, solar or electricity

David · Answer

your hot water can be supplied instantaneously by a combi boiler or via a hot water cylinder, the taps themselves do not heat the water.

James · Answer

Hot water is produced in a few different ways. The most common is direct and indirect system. In a direct system the hot water storage cylinder is fitted with an immersion heater element that warms up the water inside and when a tap is opened you get hot water. In an indirect system the hot water is heated up via the gas boiler indirectly to the heating system via heat transfer of the calorifier inside the cylinder, the waters never mix. I hope that helps!

Betim · Answer

Hot water tap is nothing to do with heating
Hot water tap is connected to boiler so kitchen ,bathroom and sink working through boiler is nothing to do to heating system 
Thank you

Joe · Answer

The instant hot water taps have an electric unit situated below that provides the hot water to the tap

Stanley · Answer

A combi boiler works hot water on demand, you can also have a cylinder for storage of hot water. This can be done by gas, oil, solid fuel, heat pumps or electric

Gary · Answer

Simple answer either depends if you have a combi boiler or traditional heating system

Naikullah · Answer

Both, depends on the system used. 
If the water is coming directly from your mains then you've most likely got a combination boiler which heats the water straight away as its being drawn from the tap., if you've got a hot water cylinder in the property somewhere then you've got hot water reserved in the cylinder ready to be dispensed, being refilled via a cold water storage cistern which you'd also have above the hot water cylinder somewhere.

Hot water taps and heating

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