Making Shower Hotter. (help!)

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bevo_daddy

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Just moved into new house and the shower in the bathroom does not get hot enough to be comfortable. The nozzle doesn't seem to turn around enough to get it hotter and it seems like if it could turn more it would get hotter.

We turned the water heater up all the way but no avail. Any tips?
 
You could have a small tankless water heater installed somewhere at the supply point to that bathroom. My in-laws had a bathroom where the water took forever to only get lukewarm, and it made a huge difference...of course, if your hot water is gas rather than electric, this will be a more expensive proposition...
 
It sounds as if the OP has already turned the water heater temp up. Just a warning - that will have an immediate impact on your utility bill....

Anywho... if the faucet knob itself is limiting the number of turns, turn off the main water to the house... unscrew the knob and inspect.
 
probably an issue with the valve, IF the faucet in the bath cranks out hot water. My guess is you have some sort of buildup around the valve or in the pipe. HOPEFULLY the valve and not the pipe.

IF you put it on 100% hot is the water pressure the same as the 100% cold water pressure in the shower? If not then on line is restricted compared to the other. I would check the valve seat and see if it's got a shitpile of calcium buidup in it.
 
Is it a single lever valve, or two separate valves? Like J40 says most shower/tub systems have ways to choke the hot water down to prevent scalding of kids. Check online to see how yours does it. Sometimes its as simple as resetting a stop, and some you have to go in and change the washer to a thinner one.
 
OK guys. Thanks for all your help but we figured out that the water heater is gas and we do not have gas service hooked up.
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Needless to say we are getting gas hooked up tomorrow, only one more day of cold showers...
 
I was about to say you shouldn't have to add a tankless hotwater heater to a house in Texas-it can't lose that much heat from the hot water heater to the bathroom.
Tankless is a good choice for energy savings, however. But gas water heaters are still pretty economical, I beleive, compared to electric.
 
yeah still getting used to having your own home. it's the only appliance that uses gas except for the fireplace which i wont run for another few months.

how much would a typical gas bill be for that?
 
We have gas dryer and water heater, then the furnace in the winter. I turn off the pilot light for the furnace in the spring, relight when it gets so cold the Ms gripes about it.
The bill used to be about $30 or so in the summer, and two or three times that in the winter. But natural gas went up like everything else, and I think the last bill was 60-something in the middle of the summer. They don't want to be caught providing cheap energy to consumers versus electricity, apparently.
 
I would check and see if you have gas connections for the dryer and range, then switch to gas at those points. Gas has indeed gone up a lot, but I THINK it's still the better deal for drying, cooking and heating.
 
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