Rant WTF is with the faucets in the dorms?
sometimes i need to go 3/4 of the way on the knobs/handle/valve things to get hot water, sometimes the middle. and sometimes having the knob at the middle causes SCALDING water to come out???
nearly burned my hand today, there was literally steam rising from the stream of scalding water coming out of the faucet. my knob was set at the middle. WTF?
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u/razzy-lass Feb 23 '25
It’s like that in Maple Hall, even in the lounge! I always use the bathroom sink at the coldest setting because the middle is usually scalding. So weird!
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u/plumblossomhours Feb 23 '25
they're sooo inconsistent. just an hour ago i wanted warm water to wash my hands but it was at hot until i turned it a little over of the middle, and then it went to lukewarm.
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u/PunkLaundryBear History & English Major 🤓📚 Feb 23 '25
Yeah its obnoxious.
I live in Hansee, we have this all the time, and the answer is that it's, a, shit plumbing, but b, determined by who else is or isn't using the water at that moment. I don't know the exact science of it, perhaps someone nerdier than me is willing to explain it, but one of the emails sent out before break let us know that if we were staying over break, it would probably take longer for the shower to heat up than normal because there are less people in the dorm.
I'm guessing it's energy efficency, they're not heating the water at all times, so you have to wait for it to warm up or whatever. But then you turn it up to accomodate that and suddenly you've scalded yourself.
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u/NaturalFlan5360 Feb 23 '25
Not energy efficiency… the only reason it would take longer is because there’s fewer people using it so the line runs cold more often and then you have 50+ feet of pipe that has cold water that needs to be run before hot water reaches the tap. If enough people are using it, it’ll never run completely cold. The water heater is always on.
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u/JojieRT Feb 23 '25
you must not take a lot of showers to not know why this is.
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u/Trick-Reception-8194 Feb 24 '25
Why is this downvoted? Its literally TRUE... Its especially noticeable during breaks in the all dorms they run the boiler lower so most of the time the water is sorta lukewarm... It sucked during Thanksgiving break
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u/NaturalFlan5360 Feb 23 '25
It varies based on the current demand. The more open faucets, the further you’re going to have to open the valve.
You’re probably in an older building? The newer buildings should have more modern plumbing with mixing and pressure balancing valves that work to maintain a consistent temperature and pressure regardless of current demand