Water Not Hot In Shower

The hot water side of a faucet is more likely to get blocked than the cold side because the higher temperature promotes the reactions that cause deposits to accumulate.

Water not hot in shower. Your hot water heater isn t set to a hot enough temperature. If you ve noticed a lack of hot water in your shower it may not stem from your water heater instead it may be an issue with the faucet itself. Your shower mixing valve controls the water temperature of your shower by blending together cold and hot.

Inside the faucet is a cartridge that mixes hot and cold water together to form the warm water you bath in. If this part breaks or the surface of one of the discs inside the cartridge scratches it will not operate properly. This is usually a pretty simple and inexpensive fix.

A lack of hot water in just your shower is a sign of a problem with the shower faucet. Single handle shower configurations as opposed to set ups with a separate hot and cold handle have an internal cartridge attached to a valve that mixes water from your lines to meet your desired temperature and just like any other plumbing in your. Cross connected pipes or a malfunctioning mixing valve can cause the shower.

Your shower mixing valve might have gone bad. If your problem wasn t the anti scalding device your shower mixing valve has most likely gone bad and is preventing hot water from mixing properly into your shower water. The shower valve mixes hot and cold water to give you the perfect temperature shower water.

In many cases the o rings or washers have worn out and the valve no longer properly mixes. As a result cold water is probably being siphoned directly into the hot water pipe before it is heated by the unit. However even if you face this issue while the faucet it at the highest there may be some greater problems for you.

A shower valve mixes hot and cold water to provide you with your desired water temperature.