Water is always hot! Even cold water (Phoenix: home builder, buy)

[tumamoc]

Originally Posted by JGMotorsport64

Let's not pretend that the summers are significantly different between Phoenix and Tucson.

A lot of the warm water issues come from two things, 1 attic piping (many housings in Tucson are flat roof and have no attic), and shallow burying of water mains (standard in older parts of Tucson is 13 feet).

When I stated that Phoenix was an inferno in the summer, I figured the climate difference between the two cities was implied. It's true most Tucson-area homes do not have attic water heaters. Also, when I referred to water main, I meant the private line running from the meter to to the house. Maybe I used the term incorrectly. That said, I doubt the vast majority of city mains are buried 13 ft deep. Most I have seen are half that depth. How deep would a line need to be buried to escape the sun's heat?

[JGMotorsport64]

Originally Posted by tumamoc

When I stated that Phoenix was an inferno in the summer, I figured the climate difference between the two cities was implied. It's true most Tucson-area homes do not have attic water heaters. Also, when I referred to water main, I meant the private line running from the meter to to the house. Maybe I used the term incorrectly. That said, I doubt the vast majority of city mains are buried 13 ft deep. Most I have seen are half that depth. How deep would a line need to be buried to escape the sun's heat?

I’ve seen them run as much as 15ft which was not uncommon, especially in unincorporated areas. In Tucson, code I believe is somewhere around 6ft these days, but a big chunk of Tucson is not new.

In newer parts of Phoenix, builders use uninsulated piping and run it through the attic. Older homes have it run through the slab.

[ShushDraws]

Ive leaned that ICE is a Must out here!!! To bad it almost melts by the time you get home. haha

[jimj]

Originally Posted by ShushDraws

Ive leaned that ICE is a Must out here!!! To bad it almost melts by the time you get home. haha

That's why we bought a fridge that has 2 ice makers!

[Returning2USA]

Originally Posted by moffattx

My wife is driving me crazy. She wants me to turn off the hot water. I tell her the only way to do that is move to Alaska. Cold Water during the later part of the summer is HOT HOT HOT in Mesa AZ

1 post.

'Nuff said.

[AmberSellsAZ]

We just lower our hot water heater setting in the summer months. We don't have really cold water but it's not hot.

[Neb25]

Hello,

Would anyone be interested in purchasing a tankless water cooler? Same idea as a water heater but used to cool down the hot water in the summer.

[DetroitN8V]

Originally Posted by Neb25

Hello,

Would anyone be interested in purchasing a tankless water cooler? Same idea as a water heater but used to cool down the hot water in the summer.

I have one. It’s called a refrigerator.

[locolife]

Originally Posted by DetroitN8V

I have one. It’s called a refrigerator.

Beat me too it, even when we didn't have a filtered/chilled fridge water we just put gallons in the fridge... I'm not even sure why this is even a topic.

[DougStark]

Putting plumbing lines in the attic? Just another dumb thing home builders do here in addition to putting HVAC and duct lines in the hot attic. Saves them money but not the right way to do things at all.