I had a plumber tell me recently, that the reason it took a second day to put in a sink was that there was hot water piped to the toilet. We can grow mushrooms in this! When the float rod broke I had my arm in freezing water while wifey found the shut off behind the water heater. Hmmm... and that was after a full flush that never stopped. hahaha
On Sat, 12 Sep 2009, Lenny McHugh wrote: > Bob, > How about an ice maker? A friend in Memphis has a condo and had Sears > install a new refrigerator with an ice maker. It was in for a few weeks > before he discovered that they tapped into the hot water line for the ice > maker and cold water system. He discovered it when the dish washer was > running and he went to get a cold drink. Quite a surprise when hot water > came out of the refrigerator.. Then they wanted another $85 to correct their > mistake. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Kennedy" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 11:18 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] interesting hotwater issue > > > I've never heard of a humidifier having hot water sent to it. Unfortunately > most people remember the last repair made and equate every problem to that > repair. Kind of like when I built transmissions and they would bring the > car back saying the air conditioner didn't work after I fixed the > transmission. Needless to say the 2 aren't related. Or on the same end of > the engine for that matter. > > Someone asked how long the problem was going on. That's a must to find out > in order to find the problem. House on a slab, chances are the plumbing is > over head. Cold water coming out of the faucet can mean a bunch of things. > How long did the water run before deciding only cold comes out? The farther > from the water heater the longer it takes to warm the pipe so hot water can > get there. > > Of course I'm guessing here but. There is hot water to the other tub? > > A couple questions that come to mind. Was she trying to get hot water to > the tub after someone took a bath in the first tub? How large is the water > heater? Can she get hot water from the sink in the effected bathroom? > > There's a little something extra to think about. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Scott Howell > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 8:10 AM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] interesting hotwater issue > > > Folks, I was visiting my grandmother last week and she was telling me > about a problem she has been having. There are two bathrooms in her > house and apparently one of the bath tubs has no hot water. She said > there is water coming out of that side of the fixture, but it's only > cold. Now I haven't gone to look at this because apparently my > cousin's husband is a plumber, but it is unlikely he'll get to it any > time soon. So, of course I'm really curious about the problem. The > house is one level on a slab and a year or two back she had a > humidifier installed, which she seems to think is the problem, but I > doubt this, unless they installed a valve in the line that could > interrupt the flow of water to that bathroom, but then there just > wouldn't be any water at all if the valve was closed. So, surely it > can't be a valve issue because again, if the valve anywhere in the > line was closed, then you would have no water flow. My uncle who was a > plumber mainly doing sprinkler systems for commercial buildings etc. > wasn't even sure what the problem may be. So, I thought I'd toss the > idea at you good people and see what ideas may flow. > I know this isn't much info, but can't hurt to generate some thoughts. > > tnx, > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > [email protected] > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > Or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list > just send a blank message to: > [email protected]! Groups Links > > > > > __________ NOD32 4419 (20090912) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > >
