Confused in Ohio
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We bought a house out of foreclosure. It has a 400 gallon spa tub that we could never get filled to a proper temperature and we were told it was because the hot water heater was too small. We had a new heater installed that was supposed to be able to fill the tub. From Day One in the house we have had a problem with the cold water running hot on all the facuets on this side of the house. The water starts cold and them runs hot a minute of so and then goes back to cold. It does this on all the sinks. With the instalation of the new hot water heater, we had a check valve installed on the expansion tank, this did nothing to fix the issue. We shut off the hot water supply, turned on the hot water and it continues to run to each fixture. The plumber told us it has to be a failed temperature modulation value (except we cannot find one), or a crossed line. He has used in-wall cameras to look for the valve to no avail. We now have 6 holes in the basement ceiling and had several check valves replaced on the other lines. Apparently he found some check valves while cutting holes in the ceiling. The plumber has left for the day and now there is a sound like someone sawing a hole that goes off every 15 minutes. We are at our wits end here. Here is what is served by the hot water on this side of the house. Powder room toilet and sink (1st floor), bar sink (basement), Full bath shower, sink toilet (basement), master bath (first floor) Kohler spa tub, shower with Kohler hand held shower wand with seperate volume and temperature control, 2 Kohler steam units, 2 sets of three Kohler body sprays each with a seperate volume and temperature control and 2 sinks. The bsaement ceiling looks like swiss cheese.
Here are my quesitons
1. Does this sound like crossed lines?
2. If yes how do you isolate a fixture to see if it is the supply to that fixture that is causing the problem?
3. What could be causing the sawing noise that only started today?
4. What can we do besides continuing to cut holes in the ceiling????
HELP
Here are my quesitons
1. Does this sound like crossed lines?
2. If yes how do you isolate a fixture to see if it is the supply to that fixture that is causing the problem?
3. What could be causing the sawing noise that only started today?
4. What can we do besides continuing to cut holes in the ceiling????
HELP