Being a momma of two toddlers I have come to relish my hot showers. I could not stand the cooler temperature for long, and would rush to get as much done as I possibly could before the hot water ran out.
However, one day I discovered that if I ran the washing machine while the shower ran somehow the shower miraculously stayed hot! Over the next several months I coordinated when I would wash clothes with the times I wanted a shower (there may have been a few times when I ran an empty washer just for the hot water).
Finally, we found the problem. Adam's dad had come by to help him figure out some details with our remodeling, when Adam just happened to grab the water lines in our gutted master suite. He was very surprised to find them almost hot to the touch, especially considering they are never used! I don't know the particulars, but something about the water cycling through the unused water lines continuously, had caused us for the whole past year to lose our hot water to the rest of the house.
Adam installed a couple of valves that turned off the water where it is not yet needed, and we once again have hot water in our shower - for like an hour if we want it! Somehow the hot water issue only ever affected me. Adam always took quick showers, and I did baths for the kids by running the washer like I did for myself. Who knows how the dishwasher handled it all that time. Just another perk of remodeling an old farmhouse.
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