foresteronw
New Member
Hello all, this is my first post on here, looks like you have a great thing going.
My question is about a hot water problem.
I live with my girlfriend and her daughter in a 3 bed/2 bath house on the coast of North Carolina. We have a 40 gallon hot water heater on a slab in the garage.
My girlfriend is the only one who takes a shower in the morning. She's lived in this house for almost three years. Over the past two months she has been running out of hot water during her showers. This has never happened until now. She said she timed it other day and by 11 minutes she had it maxed out to hot and it was only luke warm.
We had an electrician come over and he replaced the thermostats and turned them up, it made no difference. A plumber came over and said he didn't see any problems but we're not confident he knew what he was doing.
The house was built in 1995. The hot water heater is electric, not sure of the brand right now. We are on city water but since we live near the ocean we still have hard water, and we do not have a water softener. The dip tube was never checked and the hot water heater was never flushed.
Any ideas?
My question is about a hot water problem.
I live with my girlfriend and her daughter in a 3 bed/2 bath house on the coast of North Carolina. We have a 40 gallon hot water heater on a slab in the garage.
My girlfriend is the only one who takes a shower in the morning. She's lived in this house for almost three years. Over the past two months she has been running out of hot water during her showers. This has never happened until now. She said she timed it other day and by 11 minutes she had it maxed out to hot and it was only luke warm.
We had an electrician come over and he replaced the thermostats and turned them up, it made no difference. A plumber came over and said he didn't see any problems but we're not confident he knew what he was doing.
The house was built in 1995. The hot water heater is electric, not sure of the brand right now. We are on city water but since we live near the ocean we still have hard water, and we do not have a water softener. The dip tube was never checked and the hot water heater was never flushed.
Any ideas?