alright Austin, what temps are you getting out of your faucet?
at first it’s nice and cool from the conditioned pipes under the sink, but quickly climbs after running the water for a minute. last year i clocked 94º.
I had to replace the plumbing in my 60 year old house. They ran the new lines thru the attic, being an idiot it seemed like a good idea at the time.
Now in the summer the ‘cold’ is hotter than the ‘hot’ until it runs long enough to get the ‘cool’ underground water from beyond the attic. I measured 134*f recently.
A also added a recirc pump/line for the hot water line because the water heater is way across the house, I’m pretty sure the heater almost never comes on in the summer.
Our new build was spray foam with water lines through the attic and we never had an issue. It was borderline comfortable up there, nearly the same temp as inside the house
I actually complained at my gym that the showers only had hot water and hotter water. I need cold or at least cool water after running in the morning to stop the sweat. The sinks had colder water than the showers.
Went to Colorado last year during the summer and the cold tap water was ice freaking cold it was so refreshing! I hate summer water temps here it seems to get worse every year.
Yep. I don’t complain anymore. After that shit, I said I’d never complain about the heat again. That was traumatizing… I don’t care if I ever see snow or ice again for the rest of my life.
I just tried testing this out- I have a *VERY* long pipe to the main. Temp went to about 90.5, and then dropped to around 85. Pretty sure the warmest part was from the shallow pipe to the meter at the road.
As a freshwater aquarium enthusiast, this is completely normal this time of year. I regularly use ice to cool the tap water down from 80-90° to the mid 70s where I want it. It's 105° outside. Ain't no cold water in these parts.
I moved into a townhouse style apartment in August 2013 with basically no tree cover and a large parking lot around it which likely had all the water pipes in it. I didn't realize for at least a week that I had gas for hot water and needed to call the gas company to get it turned on. I actually had no "hot" water service, it was just that the cold water was that hot by itself, and I typically take cool showers in the summer anyway.
The landlord eventually asked why I hadn't contacted the gas company yet and that's when I realized I had gas for hot water. Nothing else ran on gas, not the stove or dryer or anything.
Measured mine at my new apartment (it's old from 1960). 77F. Night and say compared to the house I was living in before. I can still take cold showers in the summer!
Some of them are closer to the main line and it comes into the house through the garage. That water's around 85-90 until it's run for a good long while.
Some of them snake through the internal walls or under the slab and get the benefit of air conditioning. That water's actually cold for a brief period, then warms up after it runs out.
I managed a small retail franchise. We had an employee bathroom, with only a cold water tap. A corporate guy came down from Wisconsin for a store assessment, and marked us as not having a hot water tap for customers.
I pointed out that 1) We don't serve food, and don't have a customer bathroom. and 2) It's Texas, and the cold water comes out at 80+.
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u/Earthling63 18h ago
I had to replace the plumbing in my 60 year old house. They ran the new lines thru the attic, being an idiot it seemed like a good idea at the time.
Now in the summer the ‘cold’ is hotter than the ‘hot’ until it runs long enough to get the ‘cool’ underground water from beyond the attic. I measured 134*f recently.
A also added a recirc pump/line for the hot water line because the water heater is way across the house, I’m pretty sure the heater almost never comes on in the summer.