Hot water pipe, self-regulating heating tapes, circulation controller

Hello everyone

The following problem:

I am currently planning a single-family house (Einfamilienhaus) with 3 floors; basement, ground floor, and upper floor.
I have placed the water heater in the utility room.
Two riser pipes are near the utility room (approx. 5m)
However, I still need a hot water connection for the kitchen, which is about 8m away from the water heater.

Do I really have to maintain the hot water pipe either with a heating tape or circulation?
Or can I do without it?

Thank you very much!

To ensure that the withdrawal of hot water does not take too long, you should plan for a pump; especially in the kitchen, quickly available hot water is essential. The hot water pipes must, of course, be insulated. Heating tapes are primarily used to prevent pipes from freezing; why you ask about the necessity of a heating tape in connection with the kitchen 8 meters away is unclear to me. Unfortunately, I cannot say anything about that now. But maybe heating tape has a different meaning in Switzerland than in Germany.

We have a similar type of house and I also faced the question regarding the hot water. We then decided to install a circulation pump. Especially in the kitchen, hot water is needed quickly. Without a pump, we would have to wait too long for hot water. All pipes were also insulated to minimize heat loss.

So a heating tape like that is also unknown to us. We also installed a pump and it works perfectly. Our kitchen is even 10 m away and there are no problems here.

Hello,

These are good prospects, because I am also involved in such a planning. That a pump has to be installed, that is already clear to me. Although such a heating tape was also initially in my focus.

Well, our kitchen is only about 6 meters away.

I know these self-regulating heating tapes and we have installed them in large properties. They are installed beneath the insulation and their task is to compensate for the heat loss of the water. This is already quite noticeable in large houses.