Hello! My partner and I just bought a house and we're trying to figure out a few issues we've encountered. We're both first time house buyers, with little in the way of useful knowledge when it comes to this sort of thing. I'm hoping to get a better idea of what might be wrong with your help.
First issue:
When I run the cold water tap, the water occasionally comes out discolored. I say 'occasionally', because it only seems to happen when we haven't run the water in 12+ hours -- usually we notice this in the morning. It's also been raining every day since we moved in, though I'm not sure if this has anything to do with it. The water is also only slightly discolored, a light brown/yellow/maybe red. Running the tap for 20 seconds has always completely cleared the issue up.
Second issue:
I have the water heater set at 135°F and the smaller taps seem to heat up just fine. However, the water in the shower never gets properly hot. It's warm, and completely acceptable, but it never gets steamy hot. Which, you know, probably isn't the worst thing, but this issue seems to be restricted to this particular shower.
If anyone has any ideas about what could be happening, we'd both really appreciate it.
First issue:
When I run the cold water tap, the water occasionally comes out discolored. I say 'occasionally', because it only seems to happen when we haven't run the water in 12+ hours -- usually we notice this in the morning. It's also been raining every day since we moved in, though I'm not sure if this has anything to do with it. The water is also only slightly discolored, a light brown/yellow/maybe red. Running the tap for 20 seconds has always completely cleared the issue up.
Second issue:
I have the water heater set at 135°F and the smaller taps seem to heat up just fine. However, the water in the shower never gets properly hot. It's warm, and completely acceptable, but it never gets steamy hot. Which, you know, probably isn't the worst thing, but this issue seems to be restricted to this particular shower.
If anyone has any ideas about what could be happening, we'd both really appreciate it.