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    Dec 12, 2007, 08:47 AM
    Multi story building hot water pressure
    I live in a 5 story building with a sizable hot water heater. When I take a shower, the water will turn instantly ice cold if an upstairs neighbor turns their shower to hot. We have a single hot water pipe that comes up the chase to all apartments and then there is a "T" at each shower. When I get out of the shower (because it is freezing), I notice that the sink hot water is cold too. In addition, when the shower upstairs gets turned off, the hot water comes back within 1 minute.

    Please help me figure out what is wrong so that I can have a nice shower. My landlord is open to suggestions and I think the 2 showers above me need low flow shower heads since this seems like a pressure issue and not a hot water volume issue.

    Any advice?
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    Dec 12, 2007, 07:04 PM
    Do you have a separate recirculating pipe or is the cold side used? Does the recirc pump work?
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    Dec 13, 2007, 08:41 AM
    There is no recirculating pipe or pump. It is a one way system starting at the water heater in the basement and ending on the fifth floor.

    Would installing a recirculating pipe and pump help the problem? Is the problem caused by a pressure differential that could be remedied with a looped system?
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    Dec 13, 2007, 01:57 PM
    Possibly you could install a recirc system. May be better to increase the hot main trunk line.
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