yeah how come when you take a shower and someone flushes the toilet the water becomes super hot?? and does this happen to all the showers?
2007-05-03 21:05:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
Yes, others have said it before me so I'll agree with them...though I'll clarify that, usually, cold water is coming into your house from it's local supply, while the hot water reaching your shower/tub has been sitting/heated, in your water heater.
A toilet flush diverts the source water, relatively more hot water comes out into the shower/tub and...temporary ouchness.
Back in the military's community showers/latrines, this was a big problem, and a new guy could find himself pretty hated/hurtin until he learned to yell a "Fire in the Hole" warning before every flush.
2007-05-03 21:22:06 · answer #1 · answered by JBrian 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. That can happen because the toilet suddenly starts to pull a lot of the available cold water in the lines into the toilet which decreases the cold water that you have mixed with the hot water in the shower, which suddenly decreases the cold water to the shower and makes the hot water feel hotter because now there is less cold water mixed with the hot water until the toilet stops running. Then, your shower will go back to normal.
2016-05-20 02:04:16 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its because the water that supplies your house etc is being used to make your shower hot, with a combination of hot and cold water. When some flushes the toliet, the cold water supply is being used or the loo. The hot water stays coming out of the shower.
2007-05-03 21:11:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The cold water supply is being diverted to the fixture that is being used (toilet,sink etc) and this takes the cold water from the piping being used in the shower. This can also be reversed if someone uses the hot water. This is the reason for anti-scald and balancing valves being made code in new buildings.
2007-05-04 02:34:29 · answer #4 · answered by sensible_man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not all...it depends how your pipe work it laid out. toilet drags cold water from systern and drags cold water from tank to refill and temporarily removes it from pipes going to shower.
2007-05-03 21:10:25 · answer #5 · answered by colesey72 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋