On Wed, 8 Jul 2015 20:11:02 -0700 (PDT), wrote:


What this means is, if I want cooler water, I can't reduce the hot handle -=
that reduces the quantity of hot water, but increases the temperature of t=
he hot side. I have to INCREASE the cold side to make it cooler, and leave=
the hot alone.

This is IMPOSSIBLE to do with a single handle faucet. When you turn it tow=

I noticed this, and I don't like them because of this. Because you have
no control of how much water comes out. . I think I've seen this kind
of faucet in gym locker rooms, And they had it in the Hilton I just
stayed in, though there one person's use of ho****er probably has no
effect on its temperature.

ards cold, it is both reducing the hot and increasing the cold, and the net=
difference ends up being about the same. The more you turn it towards the=
blue, the hotter the hot water gets, which cancels out the increased suppl=
y of cold water. One temp is all you get.

That is, until the hot water is trickling so slowly it reaches 140*F, at wh=
ich point the safety kicks on at the inline water heater and shuts down eve=
rything. Then you're back to cold water no matter how you turn the faucet.

Yes, I've tried adjusting the little valve thingy on the sides of the singl=
e-handle faucets to increase the max amount of hot water - makes no differe=
nce. And also, about half the faucets in my house, the set screws were so =
crusty/rusted I either couldn't turn them or broke something trying to get =
them loose.

However i didn't realize there were so many problems.

A) I don't know anything about the law.

Besides Hubby's suggestions, and depending on how many places this is a
problem, could you replace the shower fixture with a kitchen sink style
fixture, whose handle moves in two planes and with which you can adjust
both the temp and the volume? I can't remember now seeing them in a
shower or bathtub but I saw one in a bathroom sink a couple days ago
(of course the house was 30 or 40 years old)

It might be easier, no tile work, for example, to replace the water
heater.


My own bathtub/shower doesn't work like I remember it. If I don't want
a blast of water, just moderate, I can turn on the hot, and then it
takes only a minute adjustment to the cold to change the temperature of
the mixed water. It's not bad, but I sure thought it used to work
differently and I don't know how it coudl have changed.