Nov
24
How would you solve the following problem with simple piping adjustments?
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curious_george asked:
The cold water supply is directly connected to shower, while the hot water supply is connected to the shower and dish-washer in parallel. There is a drop in shower temperature when the dishwasher is turned on. How can this be prevented, and how can the plumbing be tweaked/completely redone to avoid the same problem with 2 showers and a dishwasher?
The cold water supply is directly connected to shower, while the hot water supply is connected to the shower and dish-washer in parallel. There is a drop in shower temperature when the dishwasher is turned on. How can this be prevented, and how can the plumbing be tweaked/completely redone to avoid the same problem with 2 showers and a dishwasher?
4 Comments
November 24th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
Your best bet may be to go with a larger water heater or a tank-less instant hot water heater. A tank-less heater will cost you a little more but will save you money in the long run with energy efficiency and, is certainly less expensive than completely redoing your plumbing.
November 26th, 2009 at 5:53 pm
If the water system is not pressurized, this could be one of the reasons, installing a small pump to pressurize the system can do.
November 29th, 2009 at 6:15 am
It is not clear if any cold water is being blended with the hot water at either location. If it isn’t then the temperature at both places should remain the same.
If water is blended then there is a good bit more information that is needed in terms of pressures, pipe sizes, amount of cold water being used, etc. to do a network calculation.
December 1st, 2009 at 6:09 am
There are temperature balancing shower faucets avalible. self adjusting.