Attn: homeowners and people smarter than me.
So the hot water situation in my house has been terrible since I moved in, but that was in May, and so it hasn't really been noticeable before. I love to take baths. However, summer baths are not really all that pleasant.
The water in the shower never gets anywhere close to scalding. The water from the sink is the same way. The bathtub, though (we have a shower stall and a separate bathtub), is the last straw - it was bad enough in the early summer when I tried to use it, but now it's completely unusable. The water comes out--not hot, but pretty warm. The tub fills about 1/4 of the way like this, then it drops to lukewarm, and then it's cold before the tub is even full. I've tried boiling water in pots on the stove, but come on, that's ridiculous.
I either can't find the water heater in our basement or there's something weird about it. What I assume to be the water heater is a large white tank which looks like an oxygen tank. There is not a single knob on it, nor a single panel that can be opened. The only display reads "9" and there's a button to depress to adjust the water pressure.
There's also a boiler in our basement, and then a huge grey tank with no markings or knobs or anything.
I have no idea how to adjust our hot water! Does this sound familiar to anyone? I realise I sound like a moron but I do not own this house, and I've never owned one, and all the "adjust water heater" googling I do is like, "Just turn the knob from low to high! :-j" Why do I have no knob?
If I ask my landlord, I know she will probably just say it doesn't matter since it's just the bathtub and no one has to take a bath. Which, okay, I don't, but I am constantly cold because we're not allowed to turn the heat up past a certain point, and I'd be cold anyway, and I like to take baths so I can enjoy the heat. I know she won't do anything because when I moved in she asked me if I thought the water was too cool, and when I lied (why? I don't know, I had only been there for a day or two) and said no, she said, "See, [Jeremy's mom] just wants it boiling!" I guess Jeremy's mom had previously complained when she noticed.
The water in the shower never gets anywhere close to scalding. The water from the sink is the same way. The bathtub, though (we have a shower stall and a separate bathtub), is the last straw - it was bad enough in the early summer when I tried to use it, but now it's completely unusable. The water comes out--not hot, but pretty warm. The tub fills about 1/4 of the way like this, then it drops to lukewarm, and then it's cold before the tub is even full. I've tried boiling water in pots on the stove, but come on, that's ridiculous.
I either can't find the water heater in our basement or there's something weird about it. What I assume to be the water heater is a large white tank which looks like an oxygen tank. There is not a single knob on it, nor a single panel that can be opened. The only display reads "9" and there's a button to depress to adjust the water pressure.
There's also a boiler in our basement, and then a huge grey tank with no markings or knobs or anything.
I have no idea how to adjust our hot water! Does this sound familiar to anyone? I realise I sound like a moron but I do not own this house, and I've never owned one, and all the "adjust water heater" googling I do is like, "Just turn the knob from low to high! :-j" Why do I have no knob?
If I ask my landlord, I know she will probably just say it doesn't matter since it's just the bathtub and no one has to take a bath. Which, okay, I don't, but I am constantly cold because we're not allowed to turn the heat up past a certain point, and I'd be cold anyway, and I like to take baths so I can enjoy the heat. I know she won't do anything because when I moved in she asked me if I thought the water was too cool, and when I lied (why? I don't know, I had only been there for a day or two) and said no, she said, "See, [Jeremy's mom] just wants it boiling!" I guess Jeremy's mom had previously complained when she noticed.