no hot water second floor
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no hot water second floor
have gotten a used house and have an issue of getting hot water to second floor. Have a gas 50gallon hot water heater. Most of the faucets are all in one...one faucet for both hot and cold...get water but very little hot...one is a two handle faucet....will get hot water after I run the water for ever. am thinking of turning up temp contro on heater....other than that don't have any ideas...
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Is the volume of water from the hot side of the faucet an issue? you didn't offer anything on the age of the house, the type of piping or the age of water heater. Some ideas to consider include: corroded steel pipes, excess sediment in the water heater or debris in a valve. More info would help diagnose.
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house built around 2003...copper pipes....hot water heater not too old. get good pressure upstairs...on 1 valve faucet..can run water forever and not get much hot water...run the 2 valve faucet...gets hot water...I know turning up the thermostat on heater will not get the water up, but though that it might help because the water feels so cold. if I have to start taking faucets apart to look at the seats and springs...that could be fun sence they did not put many shut off values in...
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house built around 2003...copper pipes....hot water heater not too old. get good pressure upstairs...on 1 valve faucet..can run water forever and not get much hot water...run the 2 valve faucet...gets hot water
Another possibility is that you have heat trap nipples at the water heater designed to save energy. With copper pipe it is amazing just how far up those copper pipes the heat will migrate with no water flow at all. With the heat trap nipples you have as much as an extra 10 to 15 feet of pipe with cold water that must flow to the second floor bathroom before the hot water gets there.