A few months ago I had a sink installed in my basement. The pipe for
the hot water only goes about 6-8 feet to the pipe coming out of the
hot water heater. After this sink was installed the hot water pressure

at only one faucet, a bathtub on the 2nd floor, was low. All other
faucets are fine. The plumber said the new sink can draw water away
from the rest of the home and lower the pressure at other faucets. If
this is true why would it only affect one faucet? I had the faucet
replaced (due to other reasons) and now the hot is fine.


By now you are wondering about the subject of this post and that I said

there are 2 faucets, yet I've only been talking about one. The other
faucet is the hot of our washing machine, which is also on the 2nd
floor. Since my wife does the laundry I never noticed this until last
night. The hot water pressure is about 1/3 of what it used to be. We
had one of those on/off valves put on and my wife said since that the
pressure has dropped, but it was still low (although not as low) since
the sink in the basement was installed. Is there any reason for any
concern at all and what can be done about it? Is it worth it for me to

call another plumber and pay the $70 service charge just for him to
look at it?


Thanks!!


Eddie G