JoeWras
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Well I learned something today that I never realized existed: cold <-> hot water crossover due to defective faucets. It is a "silent killer" of steady, tempered water for your shower or sink.
Anyone ever have this problem, know about, and fix it?
Symptoms: cold water in hot, hot water in cold, showers that fluctuate wildly, showers that only get lukewarm.
Did you know that your single handle sink can cause this? Silently, without any indications that it is letting your warm and cold water cross-over without your knowledge?
I didn't, until today.
I'm helping our facilities guy at a non-profit facility that has a kind of motel layout. We have all kinds of problems with the water temperatures. Turns out that well-used single handle faucets have internally worn and now are allowing mixing, while just sitting there doing apparently nothing.
It's a real problem, especially when you have 38 mixing faucets to test.
Anyone ever have this problem, know about, and fix it?
Symptoms: cold water in hot, hot water in cold, showers that fluctuate wildly, showers that only get lukewarm.
Did you know that your single handle sink can cause this? Silently, without any indications that it is letting your warm and cold water cross-over without your knowledge?
I didn't, until today.
I'm helping our facilities guy at a non-profit facility that has a kind of motel layout. We have all kinds of problems with the water temperatures. Turns out that well-used single handle faucets have internally worn and now are allowing mixing, while just sitting there doing apparently nothing.
It's a real problem, especially when you have 38 mixing faucets to test.