Cold Water??

[jimj]

Originally Posted by from nv

As a newbie to AZ, (been here for just a little more than a month) we also experienced the warm water coming out of the faucets and washing machine. Although it's a bit hard adapting to all this change, I sort of wish we had moved elsewhere! One good thing is that we don't have a HUGE water bill to contend with!

Don't forget to buy a set of "Ove Gloves" so you can open your car doors. Those handles can SCORCH you!

[Sovetsky Medved]

ICE CUBE Trays! I think they have them for cheap at Wal-Mart

[MalteseJane]

Originally Posted by DetroitN8V

Your cold water is so hot that it will scald your dog? That seems a bit extreme. Could your lines be crossed?

It's not scalding hot but even tho I like my shower water to be very warm, this is even too warm for me. So if it is too warm for me it is too warm for my dog. No the lines are not crossed.

[MalteseJane]

Originally Posted by MN-Born-n-Raised

I think her outdoor garden hose is heating the water. It does get extremely hot. She simply needs to run the water for 3 minutes before she sprays her dog. It's on page 11 on the garden hose warning manual (a supplement for manufactures to avoid stupid lawsuits.).

For your information I don't wash my dog outside with the water hose. He is bathed inside in the sink of the laundry room.

[MalteseJane]

Originally Posted by jimj

In most (if not all) of the newer subdivision homes the water lines from the curb (meter) to the home are not buried all that deep so as the soil heats up so do the pipes. Add to that supply pipes leave the ground and are exposed until they enter the home along with back flow preventers and other valves.

Then depending on what style of home you have they enter the garage wall which is generally not insulated and travel to the water softener (generally in the uninsulated garage) which adds more heat.
As the outside temps remain high even at night there's no chance for the soil,concrete,asphalt,stucco and walls to really cool so you're stuck with warm water.

Average temp of "cold" water at our home in the middle of summer is 90 to 104 degrees as tested with an instant read thermometer.

Coming from MT well water that was always cold to crisp, sometimes cold enough to make your teeth hurt this was something to get used to.
Upside? Well, our gas bill is very,very low during the summer and the dog enjoys getting a bath outside (after letting the hose run for a bit of course )

When I complained I was told that I live in the middle of the desert and that the water lines will get hot during the summer months. And you are right, the pipes enter the garage and go to the water softener. We insulated the exposed pipe outside the garage (mostly to avoid freezing during the winter) but it does not help.

[DewDropInn]

Originally Posted by MalteseJane

When I complained I was told that I live in the middle of the desert and that the water lines will get hot during the summer months.

To whom did you complain?

[jimj]

Originally Posted by MalteseJane

When I complained I was told that I live in the middle of the desert and that the water lines will get hot during the summer months. And you are right, the pipes enter the garage and go to the water softener. We insulated the exposed pipe outside the garage (mostly to avoid freezing during the winter) but it does not help.

It won't. This is because the depth of the feed line underground not to mention the lines travel through uninsulated garage walls that soak up heat and hold it in the empty space between the sheetrock. Then add to it both softener and water heater are in that hot garage.
When you turn on the faucet for the first time in the morning if the water is cool/chilly it's probably because at some point the pipes go through the foundation (concrete) and that cools it while sitting unused all night long. Usually it's the pipes that run to the kitchen at the back of the house that stay in concrete the longest.

Depending on how cool you keep your house this cool morning water could last all summer or just part of it as the foundation warms up (or not).
Took us a while to get used to the constant warm water. Not much you can do except insulate everywhere the pipes run and bury the meter/feed lines much deeper. Or, buy a chest fridge and run the cold water line in a coil through it.
All that would be a mighty expensive fix for cooler water though.