I don't understand this whole idea: that when someone is taking a shower and someone flushes the toilet because of course it's right next to each other--why do people make such a big deal about it----i see this alot on tv commercials (the zest soap one i think?) and just recently i saw the movie "jersey girl" where a scene showed it. Can Someone fill me in?
2006-08-08 09:18:08 · 78 answers · asked by santa maria de lopez 1 in Beauty & Style ➔ Skin & Body
the cold water will go to the toilet and the water in the shower will get scolding hot.
2006-08-08 09:21:42 · answer #1 · answered by Nova J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In many cases, not all, the act of flushing the toilet while someone is taking the shower, takes the hot water away from the person that is showering. It's not that the person taking the shower doesn't have hot water for a long time, but they do lose it for a little while. The water will turn cold, and that could make a person angry and cause their skin to go into shock for a bit. That is why it is a big deal.
2006-08-08 09:24:26 · answer #2 · answered by Lyndee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my house if the toilet is flushed during a shower, the cold water shuts off and you get a blast of pure hot water --- Yikes! It works the other way too, if someone turns on the hot water, then you get an icy-cold spray. There are devices that can be installed in the plumbing system that bypasses the hot/cold dilemma, but I understand it's a major overhaul and quite expensive. The best way to avoid the problem is to wait with your shower until everyone else is done in the bathroom (and kitchen) or take your showers when everyone is gone. And if you are the one using the toilet or faucets when someone else is showering, try to be considerate. No one wants to feel like a live lobster.
2006-08-08 09:27:52 · answer #3 · answered by gldjns 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In older homes, probably not so much now, when the toilet was flushed it got the cold water that would've been going into the shower at that time, thus the person in the shower got a blast of hot-only until the toilet tank filled and the cold water returned to the shower...I think plumbing is often not done that way these days, so the toilet and tub don't share one pipe for incoming water...
2006-08-08 09:22:44 · answer #4 · answered by . 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people say when you flush the toilet it makes the shower water reaaly really hott and then some other ppl say that when you flush and someone is taking a shower the water from the toilet come out of the shower...[not the stuff thats in the toilet just the water] So personally i dont want to take any chances so i just dont flush while someone is taking a shower or bf i take a shower
2006-08-08 09:22:17 · answer #5 · answered by pretty_in_pink787 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flushing the toilet changes the temperature of the water in the shower fast so it is too warm because it takes cold water to refill the toilet and then back too cold after the person in the shower has to adjust the temperature to get it right again. Someone in a shower could get burned if you flush the toilet while they are running the shower.
2006-08-08 09:22:36 · answer #6 · answered by John Luke 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you flush the toilet it fills back up with like 5 gallons of cold water (which is deprived from the shower) thus resulting in extremely hot water on the person taking a shower.
2006-08-08 09:23:43 · answer #7 · answered by jaike 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Has to do with water pressure.
Youre taking a shower. You have hot water on, but you are cooling it with cold water to a temp that is comfortable. When you flush the toilet, the same cold water goes to fill the toilet - and thus the pressure is reduced to the shower. The result - extra hot water burning your azz and back. Not fun.
Hope that helps.
2006-08-08 09:23:31 · answer #8 · answered by YDoncha_Blowme 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The flushing toilet does something to the cold water so the person in the shower gets all the hot water. Not fun.
2006-08-08 09:21:54 · answer #9 · answered by cady 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A few years ago my wife and I lived in a house like that. When you flushed the toilet the water in the shower would get hotter. One night I asked her if she knew what the woman said when she fell off the cliff. (my wife was taking a shower) She responded, "no". Then I flushed the toilet. The water went hot, she screamed and I said (as I walked out of the room) "that's close enough!"
2006-08-08 09:47:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Often, especially in older homes, the water pressure isn't enough to sustain both, so if the toilet get flushed, the shower slows down and may get too hot for a second - since the cold flow has been directed to another place - the toilet
2006-08-08 09:22:26 · answer #11 · answered by chris 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋