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Well, I finally got this all resolved so I thought I'd come back and report. First off for Hackney plumbing: I never did try exactly what you had mentioned so I can't say what the result of that was. To ballvalve: regarding your comment: "When you open a hot tap, the cold water cannot flow in...

I appreciate all the responses. Once again, I've already determined what is happening - that is that hot water is coming through the wrong way through the cold pipe when just cold water is turned on. I've done a number of things to determine this, some of what you are suggesting. The big...

Hey thanks for the replies. Yes the expansion tank is supported with a strap that runs around it, and is then screwed into some ducting. You can sort of see the strap in the last picture, though it's hard to know how much support it's actually providing. Yes the cold water side gets hot when...

The pipes were installed on the right side, that's not the issue. Here are some pics - they were a little hard to get anything real clear because it's a fairly tight space, but the expansion tank is on the left on the hot side. No other work was done other than the water heater replacement...

Hi, I recently had a water heater installed and am having a funny issue. We are periodically getting warm water coming through the faucets when only the cold water is turned on. I've read about cross connections, but I've determined that's not the case. In fact, I've determined that hot water...