<p>Why am I getting only very hot water coming out of my shower nozzle?</p>
<p>There is nothing wrong with the knob that moves from cold to hot? It turns fine. </p>
<p>I’d like to know a little about this before a plumber comes over.</p>
<p>My husband suggests a faulty valve.</p>
<p>Hard or easy to fix?</p>
<p>Is this a tub/shower or only a shower? If the former, is the problem the same if you try to fill the tub?</p>
<p>yes it is the same. I only get hot water.</p>
<p>Couple of thoughts. First: I’m not a plumber, but have owned lots of real estate. If you turn a single-lever control from hot to cold, and are still getting hot, that suggests to me that there’s something wrong with the control. If you turn a single-lever control from hot to cold, and the hot water stops, but you get no cold water, that suggests that there’s something wrong with the cold water supply, i.e., probably the shut-off valve has gotten crusty and constricted. Neither are that hard to fix, if you have the equipment and knowledge, but will involve pipe-cutting and soldering. So…I suggest you prepare yourself for a guy with a 24-oz. dome-lidded coffee cup and plumber’s butt.</p>
<p>Yeah, I always get hot water no matter what. </p>
<p>So I guess I am going to get a visit from a plumber.</p>
<p>Is this bathroom right above your garage? Could your water pipe be frozen? Because you would get hot water only, in that case…</p>
<p>chocoholic, I had no idea that could happen, but my pipes aren’t frozen.</p>
<p>Obviously you are in a warmer place then…
It happened to us last year. At first, I was yelling out to my H, that only hot water was running in the kids bathroom; and this was in the sinks, tub, etc. Thank goodness we had a brainflash, thought that perhaps it was frozen pipes, and went into the garage with space-heater, hairdryer etc. saved those pipes before they burst.</p>
<p>Now, whenever the temps are in the teens, I let one faucet do a slow drip. (instead of adding insulation around the garage pipes!!!)</p>
<p>I’m glad I don’t have that problem.</p>
<p>I had this problem in another house, only I only got cold water, but it was intermittent, sometimes I got hot. it was a faulty valve, and it wasn’t something I could fix. I actually have a bit of a problem in my current house, I have to turn the hot water all the way over, and literally really force it to get the hottest, or else it’s just lukewarm. we need much plumbing in this house…just last time we had one come, he was one of those “we tell you what it will cost and no matter how long it takes it’s the same cost”. well it cost me $250 to fix a clogged drain, took him about 5 minutes. I figured it was really low and bad so I took the deal. won’t make that mistake again.</p>
<p>What happened to me is the part that regulates water pressure in the house broke.</p>
<p>A plumber replaced the part, but couldn’t lower my water pressure below 100. I have been told the water pressure should be betweeen 50 and 80. So now I only get the hot water in the shower. I also have a leak under the kitchen sink now. </p>
<p>And it is a 3 day weekend.</p>
<p>OK, so the high water pressure popped a leak in the cold supply to the kitchen sink. The leak is in the cold supply line to the shower so the cold water never gets to the shower. Only the hot arrives. </p>
<p>Call a different ‘emergency’ plummer and get the pressure problem and the leak fixed. I’d bet the shower problem resolves soon after.</p>
<p>mominva, thanks so much.</p>