Water Heater Guru's...I Have A Question

[Chopsticks]

Everywhere in my house, the water heats up really quick and really hot, however, in my masterbathroom, the standup shower takes forever to warm up and even then, the water is not that hot. Now, the bathtub next to it and my two sinks do fine with the hot water. Anyone got any suggestions? Thanks...

 

[THE KOD]

We realized in February that our downstairs shower is not getting hot water. Obviously, we only use it a few times a year, or we would have noticed it sooner. Our home is about three years old and we have copper pipes. Is there something we can try before calling in a plumber? My husband was wondering if something was limed up. What steps should we take?

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Turn off the water to your water heater and remove the stem. the washer might have come off and is stuck on the seat. By the way is this a single handle or two handle or three handle? Need a name or brand of valve

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Chops - Time to call a plumber on any gas appliance your not that fmiliar with.

 

[Chopsticks]

Thanks for the advice, Scott. The house was just built last year, so I still have it under warranty. I was just hoping someone could give me a quick fix so I wouldn't have to go through the bother of getting with the builder. Again, thanks bro...

 

[toastonastick]

its not the heater if you are getting hot water in other fixtures. Does it do it in the summer too?

 

[Chopsticks]

No, it just started doing this about a week ago...

 

[BahamaMama]

does that shower have it's own shutoff valve? maybe a child twisted it to almost off.

 

[Franky Wright]

Chop,
Im a builder..........
If it is a Moen faucet, which is a popular brand, then get a replacement cartridge at the store, and the directions will walk you thru it. Too early to be limed up. This is not uncommon in new construction. I have seen it all. Solder gets stuck in those cartridges can cause this. Also saw steel wool, pieces of plumbers tools(probably broke off in the line and the dumbasses are too lazy to get it out, I mean just look at their plumbers cracks, if they are too lazy to wear their pants right.......well you get the idea! :mj07: ) and nails in their.
If thats not it, call your builder right away, tell him what you did, and he should appreciate that you tried to take care of it yourself, and should but you #1 on his punch list.
GL
Franky