Originally Posted by senior citizen (Post 535447)

That was funny and I know you are teasing, but it reminded me that plumbers do indeed make mistakes and we have a lot of nice plumbers up here that we consider friends........however.......they can get their pipes confused.

About 20 years ago, when our kids were still in college, we took them on one last summer vacation before returning up to UVM. Since we had to take a very early morning car ferry to Martha's Vineyard, we overnighted in Woods Hole, Massachusetts where the oceanographic institute is.
We had a motel right near it and also near the dock..........

After carrying our bags in, hubby and son and daughter put their feet up after a long drive. I went into the bathroom. When I came out, I told them that it was "very strange but the toilet was HEATED".......they all pooh poohed it and said that was impossible. I used it again and said the same thing. They just laughed at me.

Well, later...our son used it and came out and guess what?

Hubby then tried it..........and figured out that whoever did the plumbing had erroneously connected the HOT WATER to where the cold water to flush the toilet should have been...........so YES, THE TOILET WATER WAS STEAMING HOT.

You guys can picture the scenario...........hot steaming toilet water.

We all had a good laugh while spending our two weeks in Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Island..........and still remember it.

Originally Posted by John_W (Post 535222)

When we first moved in, the hot water smelled terrible, so did everybody in our neighborhood. You have to run the hot water for 30 minutes or more until the hot water heater is refilled. If your home is not new, then I don't know, we've not had any problems.

Originally Posted by asianthree (Post 535353)

took about 8 months for our water to stop smelling