Random question I've had for a while and finally remembered to post while I'm in front of my computer.
Is it normal lesser used faucets (think secondary bathroom) to have almost hot water from the cool line during the heat of the summer in a 1 story home? Or upstairs in a 2 story (closest to attic)?
During the summer several of my faucets have very warm almost hot water until everything that was hanging out in the line has passed. During snowmaggedon in 2021 I had an interior faucet in the powder bath (no exterior walls) freeze. No damage, but there was some puckering when things started to thaw to see if I suddenly had a shower head somewhere in the home that shouldn't.
This is our first 1 story home 15 years and I don't recall this in our first home. Granted that was a long time ago.
Subsequent homes have been 2 stories and I wasn't using the upstairs sinks during the day.
First home with pex plumbing instead of copper. I know the builder wrapped the hot lines with insulation tubing but left the cool untouched.
I've debated when the weather cools putting the insulation tubing around lines in the attick that are obviously visible, i.e. - spanning areas that they aren't going under the regular insulation. Not sure if the juice is worth the squeeze - it's a minor annoyance. Just wouldn't expect it in a new home with today's energy efficiency. It's a Huntington (Highland) in Frisco. Not bespoke custom 'quality' with 6 inch studs and blown insulation through every available nook and cranny, but by mass builder standards they're typicall well built homes.
Is it normal lesser used faucets (think secondary bathroom) to have almost hot water from the cool line during the heat of the summer in a 1 story home? Or upstairs in a 2 story (closest to attic)?
During the summer several of my faucets have very warm almost hot water until everything that was hanging out in the line has passed. During snowmaggedon in 2021 I had an interior faucet in the powder bath (no exterior walls) freeze. No damage, but there was some puckering when things started to thaw to see if I suddenly had a shower head somewhere in the home that shouldn't.
This is our first 1 story home 15 years and I don't recall this in our first home. Granted that was a long time ago.
Subsequent homes have been 2 stories and I wasn't using the upstairs sinks during the day.
First home with pex plumbing instead of copper. I know the builder wrapped the hot lines with insulation tubing but left the cool untouched.
I've debated when the weather cools putting the insulation tubing around lines in the attick that are obviously visible, i.e. - spanning areas that they aren't going under the regular insulation. Not sure if the juice is worth the squeeze - it's a minor annoyance. Just wouldn't expect it in a new home with today's energy efficiency. It's a Huntington (Highland) in Frisco. Not bespoke custom 'quality' with 6 inch studs and blown insulation through every available nook and cranny, but by mass builder standards they're typicall well built homes.
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