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Tonight I finished the H&C water plumbing for my 2 story addition. I was so proud of myself....NO LEAKS.
Had a drink...or two....headed into the exsting bathroom to take a shower (been a long day crawling under the house)....and NO hot water.
Hmmmmmmm......lets see....valve on for the hot water heater?....Check....
Hot water heater on? Check.
Hot water heater hot? Check.
Oh, wait.....I have 2 shower rough in valves with the test plug in.....that means cold and hot are tied together.....and since water takes the path of least resitance.....maybe the cold is going back down the hot line?
Seeing how my new construction is more or less parallel with the existing.....but the existing chokes down to 1/2" line while the new is 3/4".....I can see how I'm not getting proper hot water flow.
Is there anything I can put into the rough-in valve to block it the flow from one side to the other? I have the filters in and that is what got me to 'luke warm'.....but I'm not a 'luke warm' kind of guy.
Had a drink...or two....headed into the exsting bathroom to take a shower (been a long day crawling under the house)....and NO hot water.
Hmmmmmmm......lets see....valve on for the hot water heater?....Check....
Hot water heater on? Check.
Hot water heater hot? Check.
Oh, wait.....I have 2 shower rough in valves with the test plug in.....that means cold and hot are tied together.....and since water takes the path of least resitance.....maybe the cold is going back down the hot line?
Seeing how my new construction is more or less parallel with the existing.....but the existing chokes down to 1/2" line while the new is 3/4".....I can see how I'm not getting proper hot water flow.
Is there anything I can put into the rough-in valve to block it the flow from one side to the other? I have the filters in and that is what got me to 'luke warm'.....but I'm not a 'luke warm' kind of guy.