If the water in my new house's faucets is not hot enough for my liking, is there anything I can do? Do I need to adjust something on the water heater or in the faucet itself? Is this hard to do?
2007-08-18 00:03:28 · 13 answers · asked by SkinnyDawg 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
There is a little knob on the water heater that controls the temperature stetting. Look at and you will see one way to turn is 'hot' and the other way is 'hotter'. Just turn it a little bit, not much, towards 'hotter' and see what happens. You probably won;t have to turn it much, so don't go all the way to hotter because you could scald yourself. Turn it just a hair and see how hot the water gets. If you want it even hotter, then turn it just a little more until you get it the way you want it. I had to turn mine down because it was set way too hot. If it is too hot you will just waste energy and maybe shorten the life of the water heater, too.
2007-08-18 00:06:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
you can certainly adjust the water heater controls and not hard to do helps if you have the instruction book or else just check it out you may be able to find a graded temperature control just by inspecting the water heater. Further warmer temperature can sometimes be gained by insulating the hot water pipe on the outside if it is exposed. From the hardware store you can buy a sort of foam pipe cover which is easy to apply as it comes in long tubes that are split so that you can just pop it over the pipe but you may need a ladder if it is high up so good luck. Your water heater may be a long way from the faucet.
2007-08-18 00:34:23 · answer #2 · answered by njss 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You want to turn the heat up on your hot water heater, and this isn't very hard to do. Most of the time it involves taking the little panel off of the hot water heater. Which should be located at the bottom and only contains two screws. Simply turn your temp up and replace the panel.
And most of the time you don't want to go to far past the halfway point on the temperature, because this may cause the water to start coming out of the overflow valve on the water heater ( brass and located at the top of the water heater). Once you turn your heat up, give the water a little time to heat up. Enjoy
2007-08-18 15:02:36 · answer #3 · answered by biohazard4253 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A "mixer" someplace is your device is leaking. warm and chilly water pressures are seldom same on your place, so everywhere they meet and there's no outlet, one will pass the different. "Mixers" could nicely be an equipment which includes a garments washer it particularly is asserted to the two warm & chilly and the water is left on whilst the utility is off........and combining faucets such with the aid of fact the bathe/tub, bathing room sink and kitchen faucet. i'm making a wager the hum you hear is the nice and cozy water working in the process the kitchen faucet into the chilly mutually as the faucet is off.........you swap on the chilly faucet and for a mutually as get the nice and cozy water that has made it way into the chilly line.
2016-10-16 00:44:29 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turn up your water heater. There is a lever or dial that allows you to set the temp wherever you want to a certain limit.
2007-08-18 01:49:23 · answer #5 · answered by dawnb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless your boiler needs replacing, turn the thermostate to full power and your boiler will make your faucet hot.
2007-08-18 00:10:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the heating element temperature on the water heater
2007-08-18 00:05:49 · answer #7 · answered by cheri h 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Turn the temp. on your water heater up.
2007-08-18 00:06:33 · answer #8 · answered by mjfrog 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
turn up your water heater
2007-08-18 01:38:11 · answer #9 · answered by hill bill y 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Push the lever to the left - toward red.
2007-08-18 15:22:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋