hot water

There is a copper tank in my wood-heated basement that tempers the very cold well water before it enters the hot water heater tank. It has developed a pin-hole leak. Is it worth replacing, or should i just by-pass it, letting the oil boiler do all the heating? If replacing, what should I use...

Hey all, New homeowner here, been remodeling the whole house. Bought a Rheem 50 gal platinum plus gas (natural venting, only powered flue flap no fan) on clearance. Looked in the manual and it calls for B vent. Ran it out the house and up the side above the roof (per local code). Issue I have...

Hello All! I have been fighting with this Black Speck issue in my hot water heater for over a year now. Just to give you guys a quick summary, I had a brand new home built in December 2017. After several months, we noticed black oily specks in our hot water. (Cold water runs clear). ALL HOT...

I hope this isn't a repeat as I couldn't find an answer in the older threads. I'm doing some home renovations and removed a few sections of baseboard heater. I reconnected the sections temporarily with orange PEX while I complete reno and until I reinstall baseboards to have the continuous loop...

Hi all, I'm wondering what precautions to take when running PEX through joists to prevent expansion noises. Is just running it through a clearance hole good enough? Should it go through some sort of hanger/bushing? How many 1/2" or 5/8" pipes would you put through one clearance hole? I was...

My condominium association in Houston just finished replacing the original 1-1/2" galvanized hot water line in one of our four buildings with CPVC but now we want cold side done too since we have 6 peoples' ceilings open. People are wondering why we did not use PEX from the start. The plumbing...

We just moved to a new home after 20 years in a home with a dedicated hot water return / recirculating pump system. This new home (built 2014) has no recirc system despite being 4300 sf in size, and I guess we were spoiled before, because waiting several minutes for hot water to show up in the...

OK, so I just moved into this 3600 house and things are strange. First, in the two rooms furthest from the hot water heater, the water rarely gets HOT. It gets warm, but never hot. Meanwhile, the other bathrooms closest to the water heater have really hot water. Water pressure from both hot and...

Sometime over the last few months, my water heater stopped producing nearly as much hot water as it used to. I used to be able to fill up my tub with water so hot, I had to muster my strength and sloooowly inch my way in. Now when my tub is full, it's just a smidge above room temp. Luke warm...

Hi All, Looking for some advice. We just purchased a home. Water heater is new. Last night our first night there we realized there was no hot water in the tub. The faucet was on wrong and we fixed it. Both hot and cold were coming out of the sink and tub. This morning we wake up and the...

So, we’ve just recently had this problem in our main bathroom of our house built in 1973. When the hot water from anywhere else in the house is used, and someone is using the shower, the shower water immediately turns cold. There is also an issue of the hot water not being as, I guess you could...

So the hot water in only my upstairs shower barely trickles hot water out. After a little research I found it to be just replacing a cartridge. When I got to removing the cartridge I hit a snag. Their was no locking clip only a locking nut/metal cover, that I took off but the cartridge wont move...

We are seeing black specs in hot water. It was coming in master bathroom bath tub first but now it is coming in all the faucets. It is little rubbery in touch and leaves black smears. Water heater was just replaced last ear Nov 2017. Our plumbing is copper pipes. Not sure what is causing it. Can...

There's a 30 foot run of 1/2" copper hot water pipe that was cut where a compression fitting was installed. I replaced this hot water fitting 3 times with a new one of the same type that was on there that had gotten old and rubber seals dryrotted away which means it was leaking badly. The new...

I'm in Houston area. I am elected President and de facto property manager of a small 30 unit condominium community the buildings of which were originally built in about 1971. We have the whole gambit of construction issues from that era including aluminum wire, FPE breakers, cast iron...

Can anyone tell me what this part is and how to use it or adjust it? I have a circulator pump on my water heater for instant hot water. There are two of these devices--one on either side of the pump. There is no water flowing through the pump after I had a new water heater installed. If these...

I am looking to switch over to a tankless water heater but want to learn more, real world info about transitioning from a 30 gal gas traditional to a tankless. I have researched some and know some about flow rate and temp rise desired from input temp to 115 deg f. My situation is that i...

For a month now, the water pressure drops when using hot water in my shower. Cold water comes out fine. In addition, there's sometimes a small increase and decrease in temperature, but the more noticeable issue is the pressure. Concerning the pressure, it will sometimes fluctuate, or remain...

My kitchen sink and dishwasher are getting little hot water with very little pressure. The faucet is a single handle faucet and the pressure reduces dramatically when pushing the handle to hot. The dishwasher is only about 2-3 months old has worked fine until now. A little water comes thru...

My kitchen sink and dishwasher are getting little hot water with very little pressure. The faucet is a single handle faucet and the pressure reduces dramatically when pushing the handle to hot. The dishwasher is only about 2-3 months old has worked fine until now. A little water trickles thru...