Cold water not cold
 

I’m curious why our kitchen faucet cold water never seems to get cold? It’s on the warm side of lukewarm.

Thank you in advance.

Because most of the water that comes to your house is coming from one of the water tower tanks. That water is sitting up there getting beat on by the sun all day long.

Not to mention the ground temp is probably 70 degrees, so then are the pipes.

Pipes are not buried deep enough.

That is why we use quite a bit of ice

Cold water is not really cold, it's just not hot ...

obviously not from the south...

When your house was built, it was cheaper to plumb luke warm water to the house vs cold water, it’s all about the evil Developer trying to save a buck.

OP, are you saying that the cold water in the kitchen has a warmer temperature than other faucets in the house? If so, I would measure the water temperature difference. There should not be a significant difference after running the water for long period. If it is, you may be getting some hot water mixing with the cold.

Along those lines, if the house has a hot water recirculating system then that could cause the cold water side to be warm initially.

Was that person serious? I read it as sarcasm

Yep, “evil developer” was the clue! 😄

Sarcasm Sheldon

It was a joke.
I live in the villages, and love it.

It is because we live in Florida. When we lived in Vermont the cold water was cold. Different climate. Get yourself a refrigerator that has a water dispenser. Problem solved.

Big Bang........ Bazinga
 

Are you related to Sheldon.......
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Bazinga

New to TV, right?

This subject seems to come up every year towards the end of spring. Just how it is here for apparently most people, and it won't get cold no matter how long you run it--just drives up the water bill.

ice, lots of ice

It reduces the energy requirement to heat your water, so bonus.

Add ice to the water you want to drink. Problem solved.

Wait until the winter months. The tap water will be cold but........not nearly as cold as the water in New York in the winter.

I noticed it too. In the summer time the cold water faucet delivers semiwarm water. The answer is to use the fridge water for drinking. Or add ice cubes.

Amazing what can be learned on TOTV.
Add ice to warm water to make it cold!:doh::doh::shocked::clap2:

Maybe because the pipes are the temperature of environment?

In the winter months I have my shower handle set to 11 o’clock and in the summer around 1-2 o’clock. Big difference when the “cold” water is “florida cold”

When we lived in Indiana, we were on well water. It was icy cold, so when we moved here I noticed the “cold” tap water is lukewarm at best. Big difference.

Your in Florida????

When I moved from Houston to Denver that was one of the first things I noticed; the cold water was cold. Just a north/south thing.

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……..or summer

Call the water dept...they must have run out of ice...������������������

The water lines in TV are only buried 12” compared to, say, Michigan where they are buried 4’ so they don’t freeze in the winter. The ground temperature is warmer at 12”.

Nice silver lining, you dont have to spend any energy to thaw your water pipes.

don't forget the gin.

LMAO it's pretty obvious. welcome to Florida we are in the south. No matter where in this state that you are the cold isn't cold like up north. cold at best is luke warm pretty easy to figure out why. IT'S HOT and the water table is only a few feet under us.

btw that wouldn't matter our old house ines were 3 ft under same diff.

I think you meant “Bazinga!”

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Funny. All this time I’ve been adding warm water to the ice to melt it. Hmmm…

you are now living in Florida/water is never really cold .. another reason to always use cold water setting in the washer... its really a warm water

Personally, I love my "cold" showers in the summertime.
Seriously, pipes in the ground are warmed by the sun. The water will get cold in the winter. Get used to it down here in the South.