No hot water from faucet, any fixes?

[persa]

It takes forever to get hot water to my kitchen faucet and bathroom faucets. Actually it never gets hot, just barely warm.

I think we have 2 water heaters for both sides of the house but I don't think it's a distance thing since the faucets for my laundry room sink (close to kitchen and guest bath) and my bathtub (close to my bedroom faucet) had hot water almost instantly.

I'll call a plumber if I have to but I thought I'd ask if anyone knows a quick fix or anything I should be looking at.

[CrazyLucky]

Do you have a giant house? I've never heard of having two water heaters. Is the water pressure the same at all your faucets?

[wawa]

Sounds like either a pipe issue or a valve issue. Have they ever worked?

[persa]

Nov 7, 2013 11:13:53 GMT -5 CrazyLucky said:

Do you have a giant house? I've never heard of having two water heaters. Is the water pressure the same at all your faucets?

I think we have 2. The master bathroom was an addition built before we lived there. If we don't have 2,that would be even weirder because the master tub is the furthest point from the water heater and the water comes out scalding from there, like to the point I have to watch the kid like a hawk when she's in there to make sure she doesn't mess with it.

[wawa]

Ok, water heaters are not small. determining how many you have should be a fairly straight forward process where you look around your basement/utility room and count the water heaters.

[persa]

Nov 7, 2013 11:32:28 GMT -5 asdfjkl said:

Are all the ones that are hooked up to one heater not working and all the ones hooked up to the other one work?

No, that's what's weird. The laundry room sink is on one side of the house and the tub is on the other. It seems to be sink specific. It's weird.

I'll look closer at the water heater and see if a stroke of genius comes to me. Mostly I'm just being cheap since we're selling the house in the spring and I'm hoping to find an easy fix and not pay a plumber

[persa]

Nov 7, 2013 11:43:07 GMT -5 wawa said:

Ok, water heaters are not small. determining how many you have should be a fairly straight forward process where you look around your basement/utility room and count the water heaters.

There's like a weird crawl space under the bathroom addition. I can try to look there.

And no, they've always been like that.

[mrs.jacinthe]

Okay, here's a question for you. If you set one of those faucets to run on hot only, let it run a few minutes to get to as warm as it's going to, and then touch the pipe or hose going to the faucet (on the hot side), is it hot, cold, or warm?

R can probably help with this issue, but I want to get a little more information first.

[mrs.jacinthe]

Nov 7, 2013 12:20:00 GMT -5 asdfjkl said:

Gooood question.  That is some pro-style trouble shooting.

OMG, I just chortled.  Out loud.  Me, asking pro-level questions.  Hahahaah.

[persa]

I just got home and now have to go to work in a few so I'll come back to this tomorrow when I can spend some time. That said, I looked this morning for the "hot" pipe underneath my kitchen sink and I couldn't figure out which it was.

[mrs.jacinthe]

Typically it's the one on the left. Basically, look at the bottom of the faucet. The pipe/hose that goes to the left side of the faucet (the hot side) is most likely the hot side.

In this photo, for example:

The white pipes are grey (dirty) water ... the drain pipes. In the back there are some flexible silver hoses. The one on the left is the hot water, see how it flexes and disappears up under the faucet on the left? This particular sink configuration also seems to have a sprayer (the hose that seems to go sideways). You can ignore the hose on the right and the sideways one. Just run the water and feel up the hose on the left. (LOL)

[kaylie]

How old are the water heaters?

[pitterwoo]

Nov 7, 2013 11:43:07 GMT -5 wawa said:

Ok, water heaters are not small. determining how many you have should be a fairly straight forward process where you look around your basement/utility room and count the water heaters.

favorite.

[jena]

We have 2 hot water heaters, and it's because of the addition the last owners added. What they provide hot water to isn't logical if you're looking at what is closer... It's only logical if you're thinking of original house vs addition. The "new" hot water heater only serves the new part of the house, despite being within 10' of my kitchen sink.

Also, hot water heaters are not all large, there are the tankless ones that don't take up much room at all.

[wawa]

Nov 7, 2013 23:22:13 GMT -5 jena said:

We have 2 hot water heaters, and it's because of the addition the last owners added. What they provide hot water to isn't logical if you're looking at what is closer... It's only logical if you're thinking of original house vs addition. The "new" hot water heater only serves the new part of the house, despite being within 10' of my kitchen sink.

Also, hot water heaters are not all large, there are the tankless ones that don't take up much room at all.

Oh ffc. I haven't had my coffee yet so I'll just be blunt. ..if the op doesn't even know whether she has a tankless waterheater or not then i am not optimistic about the success of online trouble shooting for her faucets. whoever I'm her house has the slightest clue what is going on should probably take over this task.

[persa]

mrs.jacinthe, it's warm. I also looked at the water heater for the main part of the house and it was set on B so I moved it to C.

FormerlyRR and jena, I'm thinking my master bathroom sink is served by my regular water heater and the shower and tub are served by the bathroom addition's water heater. At least that would explain why I don't have water in my bathroom sink but I have super hot water in the shower and tub... Just a theory

[mrs.jacinthe]

Ok, if turning up the water heater doesn't help enough, you will want to call a plumber to troubleshoot, because it's possible the hot/cold is mixing somewhere in the house. Which is totally non-desirable.

[persa]

Nov 8, 2013 18:14:42 GMT -5 mrs.jacinthe said:

Ok, if turning up the water heater doesn't help enough, you will want to call a plumber to troubleshoot, because it's possible the hot/cold is mixing somewhere in the house. Which is totally non-desirable.

It seems to be a little warmer. Still takes forever but at least it gets to a warmer temperature. I haven't tested out the bathroom sinks yet. I'll check those later