Plumbing bros, I need advice

[Fedorgasm]

Just got a new water heater and now my kids are saying the hot water is inconsistent in their shower.

My shower is fine and all the sinks seen to have plenty of hot water too. When I test their shower it has hot water. They say it's sometimes hot and sometimes not.

Could it be the cartridge in the shower? But then wouldn't it always fail? I don't get how it can sometimes work.

And I don't think it's the water heater since everywhere else seems fine.

What do, bros?

 

[TCE]

I wonder what UFC fighters are actually plumbers as well?

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Conor used to be a plumber, he should know!

 

[Neck&Neck]

Do your kids even want to be fighters bro !?
If they are going to make it to the Contenders Series they are going to have to make sacrifices
Tell them to wear a sweater in the shower if they are cold
Back in my day we only had one temperature

 

[HHJ]

 

[Fedorgasm]

LOL, my bad.

Mods please move this to the plumbing forum, aka Mayberry

 

[AmericanMMA]

Tell your kids to stop being bitches

 

[volodya]

Just got a new water heater and now my kids are saying the hot water is inconsistent in their shower.

My shower is fine and all the sinks seen to have plenty of hot water too. When I test their shower it has hot water. They say it's sometimes hot and sometimes not.

Could it be the cartridge in the shower? But then wouldn't it always fail? I don't get how it can sometimes work.

And I don't think it's the water heater since everywhere else seems fine.

What do, bros?

Probably want to ask Michael Jordan about this one.

 

[Osculater]

Yeah, I remember those days when I used to bath with cold water that my body would start steaming

 

[JonnyBonesPharmacist]

Buncha helpful fks around here

 

[GSP_37]

Bad valve flip flopping betw hot and hot + cold?

 

[Legumes]

Did you change to a different design or size?

 

[Bornstarch]

You have to confirm what they're saying is true. Make sure to tell them to get you when it happens. Then take a thermometer and confirm that it is indeed not as hot as it should be. Then take reading at the faucet and see if it doesn't have the same issue.

Shutting off the house main valve then turning it back on might've introduced some sediment in some part of it and is causing issues with the pressure balancing spool causing it to not move freely to regulate the pressures between the cold and the hot side.

 

[facePuncher7]

You have to confirm what they're saying is true. Make sure to tell them to get you when it happens. Then take a thermometer and confirm that it is indeed not as hot as it should be. Then take reading at the faucet and see if it doesn't have the same issue.

Shutting off the house main valve then turning it back on might've introduced some sediment in some part of it and is causing issues with the pressure balancing spool causing it to not move freely to regulate the pressures between the cold and the hot side.

You're ruining this for everyone else

 

[JBSchroeds]

You have to confirm what they're saying is true. Make sure to tell them to get you when it happens. Then take a thermometer and confirm that it is indeed not as hot as it should be. Then take reading at the faucet and see if it doesn't have the same issue.

Shutting off the house main valve then turning it back on might've introduced some sediment in some part of it and is causing issues with the pressure balancing spool causing it to not move freely to regulate the pressures between the cold and the hot side.

My father's a master plumber and I've heard him talk enough about his job over the years (and watched a ton of This Old House with him) to recognize good advice when I see it.

OP, do this. And if you do have to replace the cartridge in your pressure balance valve be warned: if it's been in there a long time it can be an absolute bitch to get out.

 

[chardog]

Tell your kids to stop being bitches

Foreal

The cartridge can be an issue however it’s likely just an adjustment issue + volume , this is a new water heater and the temperature is different. Have them pound dirt and adjust as needed.

 

[Fedorgasm]

Tell your kids to stop being bitches

I fixed it.

Apparently on some valves they have an anti-scald feature. It limits how far you can turn it to hot. I guess it's to prevent small children from accidentally burning themselves.

So I had to take the handle off and get to the cartridge, then I could turn off the anti scald thing.

Now my children will be scalded. And I will tell them to stop being bitches.

 

[Tone C]

I came in here expecting someone to be talking about a colonoscopy or overactive bladder , instead I get someone actually talking about plumbing?

I mean, wtf ?

 

[William Huggins]

I came in here expecting someone to be talking about a colonoscopy or overactive bladder , instead I get someone actually talking about plumbing?

I mean, wtf ?

It's 2025, anything can happen......

 

[lsa]

Probably AIDS

RIP