This is what we are used to shouting before stepping into the shower in my house. The kids normally take showers in the evening and I have to make sure that I fill pots with water or wash vegetables, etc. before they step into the bathroom because if while in the shower, anyone else in the house turns any other faucet on, you will instantly get re-invigorated in the form of very, very cold water. In the morning ,this is my normal routine....
ME: "la, la, la, la... oh what a wonderful , nice, hot shower I am taking this morning." "AAHHHGH! PATRICK TURN OFF THE FAUCET!"
Patrick: "Sorry Schatz, I was brushing my teeth".
me: "Oh, O.K..... la, la, la AAAHHHHGH! Patrick, what now?"
Patrick: "I am trying to shave, do you mind?"
me: "Yes I mind. It is freezing, you know!"
Patrick: "Well, suck it up!!!"
... needless to say, I don't suck it up. I blame him for daring to even think of approaching a faucet while I am taking a shower. I blame the piping for not working right. I blame the water for being too cold and then too hot. I blame the bathroom for ...well I blame the bathroom for being ugly. This last one has nothing to do with the water temperature, but I still thought it was important to point out.
We realized this interesting detail about the water flow in our home after we moved in over 4 years ago. A couple of years later we installed a bigger water heater thinking that it would solve the problem... but it did not.
Our contractor Scott, called me this morning and told me that he now figured out why this was happenning. It just so happens that someone along the way (the house is 37 years old) mixed the water lines... the cold line goes to the hot or something like that.
The promising news is that since he found the problem, he will fix it (at least that is the plan)!
You might take normal hot, uninterrupted showers for granted, but for us it will be a huge upgrade.
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