My water takes forever to heat up, how can it make it so the water heats up faster and then gets hotter. I can put it on the hottest and stand in the shower, i think it should be a little hotter. This is a brand new house so the plumbing and everything is fine.
2006-12-19 04:50:34 · 12 answers · asked by Ron G 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
The water heater itself is probably turned down. Esp in new homes as a safety measure for kids, they turn down the water heaters to prevent scald burns. You can go down to the water heater and turn it up if you want. Don't know if it will make it any quicker, but it will allow it to get hotter.
2006-12-19 04:55:59 · answer #1 · answered by tera_duke 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before you go messing around with the temp. of the water coming out of the heater, you really need to determine the temp. of the water coming out of your fixtures. All it takes is a candy thermometer held in the stream of water, either at the vanity faucet in the bath, or the kitchen faucet. Let the water get to it's hottest and then put the thermometer bulb into the stream for a while. You should be able to see the temp. rise till it quits moving. If it's below 120 you may be able to increase the thermostat settings to 130 without problems, however, unless you have a dishwasher and are very careful about children using the hot water, they could be scalded. Also if you have any elderly people around, their skin is not so sensitive and they can get scalded before they realize it.
2006-12-19 14:26:18 · answer #2 · answered by Corky R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To make the water hotter you can adjust the valve on the hot water heater to a higher degree. Be careful if you have children in the house the water can get really hot. As for making it hotter faster, I don't think you can fix that. It depends on how far away your heater is from the faucet – how far the water has to travel to come out.
2006-12-19 12:54:30 · answer #3 · answered by diamonds859 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
(Standard heater) You have two removeable covers on your hot water heater. One at the top, the other at the bottom. Turn the breaker to the hot water heater off and take the two screws out of the top cover.(Cover is approx. 5 x 8 ") remove the cover and insulation . There is a thermostat /reset box (usually under top cover)that has a point indicator that shows what temperature the hot water heater is set at. You can use a screw driver to turn it up to desired heat. Put everything back and turn breaker back on.
2006-12-19 13:04:47 · answer #4 · answered by POD 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A few questions I would ask are How old is your water heater? Is it Gas or Electric? Where is it located? What size is it? What rating? How many bathrooms are in the home? etc.
There are many factors that affect water temperature at your faucets/shower heads. So I would begin first at the water heater.
Keep in mind that just because a home is newly built it does NOT mean that it is built well. Unfortunatley, the majority of newly built homes are built very poorly.
2006-12-19 13:00:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turn up the thermostat on the hot water heater.
2006-12-19 13:01:05 · answer #6 · answered by Thomas S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it may not be the water heater stat, there is also a scald protector inside newer shower valves. you could take the handle of and turn it up
2006-12-19 16:13:36 · answer #7 · answered by wiggum 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a thermostat setting on your hot water heater tank...
Turn it up a bit...
2006-12-19 12:58:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you've got one of those energy efficient heaters that only go so high. Check it out and if you can, turn up the thermostat.
2006-12-19 12:56:20 · answer #9 · answered by NEWTOME 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check the tank to see if you can turn up the heat on it,,if not you might have a defective hot water tank
2006-12-23 12:32:36 · answer #10 · answered by jerry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋