especially when the toilet uses cold water to flush...
2007-03-08 05:43:45 · 9 answers · asked by kabergy 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
because the water has to be diverted and so what happens is that the system cannot focus on the process of hot water since the shower is normally a mixture of hot and cold. You add a second cold water channel and that takes over the whole system.
2007-03-08 05:58:44 · answer #1 · answered by ambr95012 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be that whoever did the plumbing on your house didn't pay real close attention and actually ran the hot water to your toilet. The water in the toilet would still feel cold because it would have sit in the lines for a while and cooled.
If you let the water in your toilet run for a good while and you start feeling warm water then the plumbing was probably ran wrong. Normally on old showers when the toilet is flushed the water will turn hot. That isn't so with many of the newer shower faucets. The newer good shower faucets have a valve that will equalize out the pressure so that the shower temperature doesn't change even if someone flushes the toilet. For instance, if someone flushes the toilet and the cold water pressure drops, then the valve detects the change in cold water pressure and reduces the flow of hot water to equalize the flow and keep the temperature the same so you don't get scalded.
2007-03-08 06:14:19 · answer #2 · answered by devilishblueyes 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well your shower combines both hot and cold water to get at your desired temperature. Take away the cold water (because of a toilet flush), and watch out!
2007-03-08 05:46:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
because your toilet is hooked up to the cold water line. So when you flush the cold water is now being sent to the toilet and the shower and therefor your cold water pressure drops. However the Hot water pressure does not drop so initially you will get blast of warmer water. once the toilet stops running the water pressure of the cold water resumes to normal, and therefore feels like it just got colder.
So to sum it up the water gets warmer... your body adjusts to the warm then when the normal tempature returns it feels cooler because you were in warmern water...
hope this helps.
2007-03-08 05:46:53 · answer #4 · answered by Twigward 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Your shower & water closet are served by the same water line,that has approx. 25 to 50 pounds of constant pressure in it. When you flush the toilet the pressure is reduced to your shower head, causing a signifigant pressure drop to the shower head. The hot water line does not have the same amount of pressure thus you get a surge of cooler water.
2007-03-08 06:02:13 · answer #5 · answered by jim4vegas2 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-17 21:24:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's caused by a drop in water pressure.
2007-03-08 05:49:13 · answer #7 · answered by Shortstuff13 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
inadequate water pressure?
2007-03-08 05:46:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i dont know but its all connected
2007-03-08 05:47:08 · answer #9 · answered by ash 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋