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I have a contractor remodeling a bathroom in my house. Yesterday he completed the plumbing and put the dent shield around the shower area, nailed the floor down and the wall board is up. He had to relocate the pipes for the sink and the shower.
After he left yesterday I noticed several things:
1) When I took a shower in another bathroom last night I had to take the shower with the hot water only and it would usually be scalding, but it was just luke warm and almost cold.
2) Every time I turn on a cold water faucet, anywhere in the house, within a couple of seconds I am getting warm water, almost instantly. It used to take 30 seconds or so before I would start to get warm water from a hot water faucet. The warm water will run from the cold faucet for about 30 seconds or so and then it turns cold.
3) When I wash dishes in the kitchen sink I had to turn the hot water all the way on and use no cold water and the water was only luke warm. It is usually scalding.
I checked the thermostat on the water heater and it is set properly and the water from the water heater is scalding right from the tank.
They are ready to start tiling in the bathroom today and I think they may have somehow crossed water lines in the bathroom. The toilet supply line is capped, the sink supply lines are capped the shower mixer valve is installed, but the shower head has not been installed. If they crossed a line and it has to be fixed, they will have to tear up the mortar bed in the shower to get at the water lines. They aren't going to be too happy about that.
Is it possible the shower mixer valve is on and the hot and cold are mixing there? The shower head is capped off and hasn't been installed yet. There should be no water flow through there.
After he left yesterday I noticed several things:
1) When I took a shower in another bathroom last night I had to take the shower with the hot water only and it would usually be scalding, but it was just luke warm and almost cold.
2) Every time I turn on a cold water faucet, anywhere in the house, within a couple of seconds I am getting warm water, almost instantly. It used to take 30 seconds or so before I would start to get warm water from a hot water faucet. The warm water will run from the cold faucet for about 30 seconds or so and then it turns cold.
3) When I wash dishes in the kitchen sink I had to turn the hot water all the way on and use no cold water and the water was only luke warm. It is usually scalding.
I checked the thermostat on the water heater and it is set properly and the water from the water heater is scalding right from the tank.
They are ready to start tiling in the bathroom today and I think they may have somehow crossed water lines in the bathroom. The toilet supply line is capped, the sink supply lines are capped the shower mixer valve is installed, but the shower head has not been installed. If they crossed a line and it has to be fixed, they will have to tear up the mortar bed in the shower to get at the water lines. They aren't going to be too happy about that.
Is it possible the shower mixer valve is on and the hot and cold are mixing there? The shower head is capped off and hasn't been installed yet. There should be no water flow through there.
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