kissiffer4
Member
Hi,
Have an issue with hot water and and any help really appreciated.
We had a problem with our hot water whereby the hot would turn cold very quickly in the our two baths - one downstairs and one upstairs. It would stay hot for a minute or two then run cold. Turning off the faucet for half a minute and back on again would result in more hot water only to run cold within a minute or so.
We finally managed to diagnose this by turning off the MAIN cold water line for all of the apartments and running the cold water faucet in the bathroom...bizarrely cold water was still coming through.
Thought this was odd, even though the cold water line had been turned off in the basement. So looking in the basement, we then noticed a seperate 3/4 inch pipe that we discovered fed our washer/dryer unit only.
The plumber told us that the hot water running cold problem was most likely due to faulty check valves on the washer.
Does that sound like a viable diagnosis for why the hot water could be turning cold so quickly in our bathroom faucets? If so, can we get these replaced or is it better to just purchase a new washer/dryer stackable unit? This one I think is about 14 years old.
Thanks all
Have an issue with hot water and and any help really appreciated.
We had a problem with our hot water whereby the hot would turn cold very quickly in the our two baths - one downstairs and one upstairs. It would stay hot for a minute or two then run cold. Turning off the faucet for half a minute and back on again would result in more hot water only to run cold within a minute or so.
We finally managed to diagnose this by turning off the MAIN cold water line for all of the apartments and running the cold water faucet in the bathroom...bizarrely cold water was still coming through.
Thought this was odd, even though the cold water line had been turned off in the basement. So looking in the basement, we then noticed a seperate 3/4 inch pipe that we discovered fed our washer/dryer unit only.
The plumber told us that the hot water running cold problem was most likely due to faulty check valves on the washer.
Does that sound like a viable diagnosis for why the hot water could be turning cold so quickly in our bathroom faucets? If so, can we get these replaced or is it better to just purchase a new washer/dryer stackable unit? This one I think is about 14 years old.
Thanks all