I will know who to choose for best answer.. my daddy is a plumber XD ... good luck!
2007-02-15 07:18:55 · 18 answers · asked by Osita 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
It doesn't matter which room unless you have mulitple water heater and different pipes for each area.
2007-02-15 07:21:00 · answer #1 · answered by whit g 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The pipes throughout the typical home are all the same size (that size often being 1/2"). Only so much water can travel through that certain sized pipe at the available pressure supplied by most municipalities, so when more than one end user is utilizing water at the same time (shower & toilet) they are competing for the available water running through the main supply line. Since the toilet only uses cold water, and the shower has seperate hot and cold lines, when you flush, the amount of cold water available for the shower and the pressure both drop due to the additional water being diverted to the toilet, causing there to be more hot than cold causing an imbalance and making the shower temperature rise.
When I had my home built, I had them install 3/4" cold water lines. We don't have to worry about that problem when we flush since there is more available in the supply and they don't have such a limited amount to fight over.
2007-02-15 08:02:49 · answer #2 · answered by Karl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some good answers. Supply and demand. If you are driving a car in rush hour traffic and suddenly there is another main road that was previously closed. It now opens and a lot of traffic diverts over to the new road. This reduce the traffic on your crowded road. Same with water in housing pipes. One thing to remember is the toilet is cold water. So when the cold water gets diverted the shower gets hotter. One way to stop this is with a temperature sensing shower heard system that reduces or eliminates getting scalded from hot water. It senses temperature changes and automatically regulates the amount of cold and hot water to the shower. They are nice to have and a great safety item even for the younger folks in a family as well as the physically impaired or those who are more senior in age. Good bathing.
2007-02-15 07:40:34 · answer #3 · answered by Any Key! Push Me 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All the water pipes are tied together like branches of a tree. It doesn't matter where you flush from it still cause the pressue to drop in the line (cold water line) thus scalding your azz. They sell balancing shower valves to correct for this effect. The valve senses the cold water pressure has dropped and it drops the hot water pressure the same amount to keep the resulting temperature the same.
2007-02-15 07:27:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It changes because your using some of the water pressure away from the hot water tank and all other lines when you flush the toilet. When you use the hot water the tank refills with cold water and if you divert the pressure to the toilet by flushing it, it weakens the pressure through the hot water tank and you left with less hot water going to the shower and/or less cold water. And the different temperature being caused from whichever valve is opened more you'll get more of.
2007-02-15 07:25:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's because of the change in the water pressure. There is a finite amount of water pressure in the plumbing. When the toilet flushes & uses cold water, the shower water pressure drops, and makes the shower water hot.
2007-02-15 08:00:56 · answer #6 · answered by l_quicksilver 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what happens is the cold water side of your plumbing system is used when you flush a toilet. when that happens there is a difference in pressure between the cold water and the hot water coming out of your shower. so when the toilet is flushed the cold water that is coming into your shower the pressure is reduced and you get more hot water. causing you to adjust the water temp. then when the pressure returns to the pipes the temp changes again.
2007-02-15 07:39:09 · answer #7 · answered by Eric G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is only one source (usually) for water too come into a home. The natural temperature for this water is cold. Some water will be directed to the hot water heater and the rest goes to the general supply of water. Therefor, any drain on this system will result in a change in hot water cold water ratio.
2007-02-15 07:27:31 · answer #8 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
All of your water is being pulled from the same source if there is a temperature change. The only way it won't happen is if you have separate lines from the offending toilet and the shower you are using.
2007-02-15 07:22:49 · answer #9 · answered by polishedamethyst 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
not if you have a pressure balanced shower valve, if not have daddy put one in for you - kids aren't smart enough to step out of the stream even if it's boiling hot water....
the anywer is yes if you have an older shower valve, or old 3 handle
2007-02-15 07:31:54 · answer #10 · answered by Bonno 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because all pipes are connected from your toilet water to yuor drinking water, so when the toilet is flushed water is being taken away from your shower
2007-02-15 07:22:03 · answer #11 · answered by MATTHEW B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋