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MetsGirl07
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If you have a full bathroom on the 2nd floor of a 2 story house...
we have a new bathroom upstairs , and have such a problem with the shower..
its complicated because it gets hot, but takes forever to heat up.. and sometimes it will get cool again while showering.. that is the WORST!!
is this normal? does it happen to anyone else?
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Posted 3/16/11 12:02 PM  |
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Otherme
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Re: If you have a full bathroom on the 2nd floor of a 2 story house...
We have a full bathroom on the 2nd floor of our house and have never had this kind of issue
seems like your water heater temp might need adjusting? if not, i'd call a plumber
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| Posted 3/16/11 12:04 PM |
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bicosi
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Re: If you have a full bathroom on the 2nd floor of a 2 story house...
never happened with me.. i would have someone check it out.
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| Posted 3/16/11 12:04 PM |
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w8andsee
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Re: If you have a full bathroom on the 2nd floor of a 2 story house...
is it always happening? or just when both bathrooms are in use. (i'm assuing you have 2 bathrooms cause this one is new. . )
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| Posted 3/16/11 12:05 PM |
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MetsGirl07
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Deanna
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Re: If you have a full bathroom on the 2nd floor of a 2 story house...
it happens all the time.
maybe i should call the company that did the work
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| Posted 3/16/11 12:12 PM |
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JustJack
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Re: If you have a full bathroom on the 2nd floor of a 2 story house...
that never has happened to us either.
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| Posted 3/16/11 12:13 PM |
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KimberlyScott
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Re: If you have a full bathroom on the 2nd floor of a 2 story house...
We have 2 full bathrooms upstairs and this has never happened even when both are being used at the same time.
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| Posted 3/16/11 12:17 PM |
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w8andsee
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Re: If you have a full bathroom on the 2nd floor of a 2 story house...
Do you have a seperate water tank? If you do, there is a temperature control dial you can adjust. I know when my husband is on his energy saving kick, he messes with that dial and I never have enough hot water for my shower.
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| Posted 3/16/11 12:26 PM |
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Re: If you have a full bathroom on the 2nd floor of a 2 story house...
Do you have a hot water tank or tankless hot water?
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| Posted 3/16/11 1:10 PM |
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MetsGirl07
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Re: If you have a full bathroom on the 2nd floor of a 2 story house...
no, we don't have a hot water tank. 
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| Posted 3/16/11 1:17 PM |
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pnbplus1
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Re: If you have a full bathroom on the 2nd floor of a 2 story house...
We have a full bath upstairs and the water takes a minute or two to heat up but once it does, it's HOT! We have really hot water up there, never runs out while we are showering.
Do you have a separate hot water heater? My parents don't and their hot water does run out sometimes and then takes a few minutes to come back.
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| Posted 3/16/11 1:20 PM |
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MetsGirl07
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Re: If you have a full bathroom on the 2nd floor of a 2 story house...
Posted by pnbplus1
We have a full bath upstairs and the water takes a minute or two to heat up but once it does, it's HOT! We have really hot water up there, never runs out while we are showering.
Do you have a separate hot water heater? My parents don't and their hot water does run out sometimes and then takes a few minutes to come back.
no, we don't have a seperate hot water heater.
yea thats what happens.. it will take a litlte while to come back hot.
i think the oil tank has to kick in or something.
im so frustrated. i want to look into it more, the thing is i don't know who to call!!
the plumber or the oil burner guy
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| Posted 3/16/11 1:28 PM |
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cutie
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Re: If you have a full bathroom on the 2nd floor of a 2 story house...
Our water gets REALLY hot in the house. When I run the shower, I can actually hear the difference when it gets hot.
I have noticed that if our heat is coming up when the shower, I either get no hot water (have to wait a few minutes and try again) or lose it half way through. I have found that if I make sure none of the heat zones are active when I get in, it makes a huge difference.
Maybe that is your problem too?
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| Posted 3/16/11 1:46 PM |
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MetsGirl07
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Re: If you have a full bathroom on the 2nd floor of a 2 story house...
Posted by cutie
Our water gets REALLY hot in the house. When I run the shower, I can actually hear the difference when it gets hot.
I have noticed that if our heat is coming up when the shower, I either get no hot water (have to wait a few minutes and try again) or lose it half way through. I have found that if I make sure none of the heat zones are active when I get in, it makes a huge difference.
Maybe that is your problem too?
i am going to try this. it does make sense.
because the bathroom was finished over the summer last year and we had no problems.. and this whole winter it has been so different.
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| Posted 3/16/11 1:49 PM |
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maybemommy10
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Re: If you have a full bathroom on the 2nd floor of a 2 story house...
We had the same problem, we ended up having to buy a water buffer and put it in the closet under the stairs.
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| Posted 3/16/11 1:52 PM |
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julz33
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Re: If you have a full bathroom on the 2nd floor of a 2 story house...
Posted by MetsGirl07
no, we don't have a hot water tank.
thats the problem. we had the same things happening when we first moved in here, had the hot water tank installed, and no problems since!
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| Posted 3/16/11 2:34 PM |
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pnbplus1
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Re: If you have a full bathroom on the 2nd floor of a 2 story house...
Posted by MetsGirl07
Posted by pnbplus1
We have a full bath upstairs and the water takes a minute or two to heat up but once it does, it's HOT! We have really hot water up there, never runs out while we are showering.
Do you have a separate hot water heater? My parents don't and their hot water does run out sometimes and then takes a few minutes to come back.
no, we don't have a seperate hot water heater.
yea thats what happens.. it will take a litlte while to come back hot.
i think the oil tank has to kick in or something.
im so frustrated. i want to look into it more, the thing is i don't know who to call!!
the plumber or the oil burner guy
Maybe you are just running out of hot water then and it takes time for the water to refill and get hot again. I would call a plumber to get a separate hot water heater (gas powered if you have gas in your house) but first take a trip out to Lowes/HD and see if you can check out prices just so you are informed.
In the mean time, try to shower with water that is slightly cooler so you don't run out of hot water as fast.
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