{"id":3052,"date":"2020-12-15T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/?p=3052"},"modified":"2020-12-11T15:55:56","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T20:55:56","slug":"i-have-hot-water-in-home-but-not-shower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/plumbing-service\/i-have-hot-water-in-home-but-not-shower\/","title":{"rendered":"I Have Hot Water in My Home\u2014But Not in the Shower!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Waking up to a cold shower in the morning: that\u2019s one of the day-to-day nightmares we\u2019re all afraid of. And even during a mild Southern California winter, the idea of having to get through the morning after you face a surprise cold shower, or even a lukewarm one, is a pretty unpleasant one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Usually, when people think of their shower losing its hot water, they connect it with a loss of hot water to the entire house. If you have a shower that isn\u2019t warming up or won\u2019t warm up at all, you\u2019ll probably first make the assumption that something has gone wrong with the household water heater. Often, this is the problem and you\u2019ll need to call technicians to fix it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But what if only one shower has lost hot water? If you find that you\u2019re still getting enough hot water at other taps, what has happened to the shower?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are several possibilities, and you\u2019ll probably need to call for professional plumbing in Irvine, CA<\/a>, not to fix the water heater but to fix the shower\u2019s plumbing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Broken\/Worn Down Mixing Valve<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s most likely happening is a problem with the shower\u2019s mixing valve. The mixing valve is a control valve that creates the balance in the flow of water from the hot water line and the cold water line and blends the two together for your desired shower temperature. This valve can wear down over time or even break, and no fiddling around with the shower handles will be able to provide the right hot-cold mix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can\u2019t see the mixing valve because it\u2019s set behind the shower wall among the pipes, and we don\u2019t recommend you try to access it by dismantling the faucet handle or anything else that requires you to take out wrenches and other tools. This repair requires professionals, who may need to replace the entire mixing valve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Failed Anti-Scald Device<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You may have a device inside installed into your showerhead designed to prevent a surge of extremely hot water from creating a scalding hazard. This anti-scald device, also called a \u201chot limit stop\u201d or \u201crotational limit stop,\u201d is found in many modern faucets, and if it is set too high or it breaks, it may prevent almost any hot water from coming through the showerhead. The showerhead will need to be dismantled to fix or reset it. We recommend calling a plumbing technician to do this, since making an error with this device can create a scalding hazard, and not all showerheads come with this device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are a few other, less common possibilities, such as a broken cartridge in a point-of-use filtration system or cross-connected pipes. It\u2019s best not to guess at what could be wrong, however. If you want your hot shower back as fast as possible, the quickest route is to call us and schedule plumbing service. Going DIY with your plumbing in general, and any plumbing connected to your hot water supply specifically, is a bad idea!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saddleback Plumbing Heating & Air has served Orange County since 1981. <\/strong>Schedule plumbing service with our technicians today.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are several possibilities for the failed shower, and you\u2019ll probably need to call for professional plumbing to fix the shower.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[258],"tags":[44,120,267],"class_list":["post-3052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plumbing-service","tag-bathtub-shower-plumbing","tag-irvine","tag-plumbing-repairs"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3052"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3055,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3052\/revisions\/3055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}