[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

Is this really a problem for anyone?

Obviously it is for people used to colder water coming out of the tap.

Thankfully we can get cold water directly from the fridge adding ice to make my drink as cold as I want it to be

[HJBeck]

If you get hot water very quickly in all your faucets throughout your house (I.e. not wait 20 - 25 seconds before you get hot water) then you most likely have a hot water circulating system. Many times to save money on the installation, the installers may use the cold water pipes to circulate the hot water, thus you can get very warm to even hot water from your cold faucets. This is just one explanation for your warm water situation.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by d1nod1no

users are not allowed to direct comments toward another user.

Then why did you respond to (and quote) another poster

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Battlebasset

Going a different direction on this, but wonder why we don't see more use of solar for hot water in Florida (not talking about pools)? Funny that we spend tons of money to try to turn sunlight into electricity, when the natural use would be to heat water.

If I want to water my plants with a hose in summer, I literally have to run two gallons into a bucket to get the water cool enough to not boil the plants.

You "literally have boiling water" coming out of your hose? So hot that it "boils your plants"?

[Byte1]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

You "literally have boiling water" coming out of your hose? So hot that it "boils your plants"?

Maybe they have a black hose...

[Laker14]

I never thought about the effect of the heat and sun on the water towers. It got me thinking about those things. Anybody here know what the volume capacity of those things is, and how many days it takes to do a 100% turnaround of the water in there.
I was playing Palmer one day and the big tower on Laurel Valley was being painted. Seeing human beings way up there gave it a frame of reference of size and height. Looking up at those people painting it made me woozy. So did the smell of the paint. But it was pretty cool.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

Then why did you respond to (and quote) another poster

Very confused. If you want to comment on someones post is that not addressing another poster? This is done here all the time.

When is it ok and when is it not?

[Southwest737]

Cold water temp is 85 degrees in summer. Could almost turn off water heater.

[Papa_lecki]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

You "literally have boiling water" coming out of your hose? So hot that it "boils your plants"?

Yes, it’s not the water in the hose that gets baked in the sun all day.

[davephan]

You can buy a water chiller, either for a small area of your plumbing or the whole house. I don’t know how much it would cost to run the water chiller. Just search for “whole house water chiller”.

You can also get a water chiller for your pool. Some electric heat pumps that heat pools are reversible and can cool the water temperature. The heat pumps that have the chiller option cost about $1,000 more. If we added a heat pump to our pool, I would pay the extra $1,000 for the chiller option.

The cold water in Minnesota is a lot colder than the water temperature in Florida. I’ve never been a fan of cold tap water, otherwise I’d buy a whole house water chiller. Although I freeze partially filled water bottles to keep bottled drinking water cold. I never drink water from the tap. I always drink from water bottles. If that’s the case for you, just freeze partial water bottles to chill the bottled water that you add to your frozen water bottles.

[DonnaNi4os]

You can run the cold water tap till the cows come home. When the temps are this high you will never get cold water. If you drunk tap water it is a good idea to keep a pitcher in your fridge.

[jimkerr]

It’s normal here. You finally get to feel some cold water when it gets cold out for a month or two and then the rest of the year it’s warm. It’s just a part of living in sunny Florida.

[Glowing Horizon]

Originally Posted by Papa_lecki

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.

Good answer. Thanks for the giggle.

[Glowing Horizon]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

There are actually places in Alaska where the freeze line is so deep that the water supply pipe needs to be installed aboveground and heated to prevent freezing.

Good reason for humans NOT to live in Alaska.
“Here’s your sign”
~Bill Engvall 🤪

[Glowing Horizon]

Originally Posted by Battlebasset

Going a different direction on this, but wonder why we don't see more use of solar for hot water in Florida (not talking about pools)? Funny that we spend tons of money to try to turn sunlight into electricity, when the natural use would be to heat water.

If I want to water my plants with a hose in summer, I literally have to run two gallons into a bucket to get the water cool enough to not boil the plants.

If you get a larger watering can, mixed hot & cold (warm) water is less of a shock for the plants. Warm water is also much better to use with plant food.