California Home Inspectors BLOG about home maintenance issues.

Posted by NetOffer, Inc. in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX on Mar 04, 2009

California Home Inspectors offer advice about home maintenance and related issues. Always get your home inspected by a professional.

Stockton Home Inspector Dennis Hoffman, owner of Hoffman Inspections located in Northern California, raises the issue of When 50 Gallons is NOT 50 gallons or my is my shower Cold? There is a misunderstanding about how much hot water you can get out of a water heater. This has led to many cold showers and to very shallow water levels in hot tubs. The average shower will consume about 1.5 gallons of hot water per minute, Therefore, an average shower of ten minutes would use 15 gallons of hot water from the heater. The normal shower temperature is about 105?F. You can see (as the hot water supply is being used and the temperature drops) you would have a hot water supply of less than 105?F at 20 minutes of shower time. On the other hand,  [more info...]

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