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Bath water gets colder within a minute
I just had a new bathtub installed, including a new stack for the shower. The problem I'm having is that when I turn on the water, it starts off hot, but gets colder very quickly, until there is no hot water running out of the faucet. This does not happen with any of the other faucets in the house, and they still run hot after the bathwater is running ice cold, so it's not a problem with the water heater.
I've got a contractor working in another part of the house, and he says it's because when the stack was installed, it wasn't installed with an air chamber and that affects the pressure of the hot water. Is this correct? Is there another reason that might be fixed without pulling down the shower wall to install air chambers on the pipes?
I just had a new bathtub installed, including a new stack for the shower. The problem I'm having is that when I turn on the water, it starts off hot, but gets colder very quickly, until there is no hot water running out of the faucet. This does not happen with any of the other faucets in the house, and they still run hot after the bathwater is running ice cold, so it's not a problem with the water heater.
I've got a contractor working in another part of the house, and he says it's because when the stack was installed, it wasn't installed with an air chamber and that affects the pressure of the hot water. Is this correct? Is there another reason that might be fixed without pulling down the shower wall to install air chambers on the pipes?
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