Re: Not Enough Hot Water - Landlord Forum thread 250373

Re: Not Enough Hot Water by MrDan (Georgia) on March 11, 2012 @11:52

Your technician asking if the tenant is getting hot water from each faucet is a poor response. Did they do a flow test to ensure that hot water was indeed flowing through each faucet in the right quantity. Does your furnace also supply your hot water? Do you have a separate hot water supply system? Do you have a standby tank for peak demand? Is the dip stick inside the tank still good? Do you have any restrictions in the pipes? Do you have proper water pressure? How much hot water and at what temperature does your (furnace) produce? What is the recovery rate for your system? Is it under sized? Too many unanswered questions. You need to have this properly checked out before sending the tenant any written response. Get a second inspection by a qualified technician, a plumbing company or a Heating and air company. You have failed to eliminate any problem and instead have jumped to the conclusion about the tenants motive. Do you not think that something has not gone wrong since the move in inspection? This indeed might be a real complaint, and you need to know if it's real or not.

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