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I have just the opposite problem.. I'm only getting very hot water coming out of shower head. What I've been reading is it's most likely the mixing valve/anti-scalding valve. As long as you are getting normal water temps and pressures from your sinks then you should either replace or repair the showers mixing valve. The best I can explain the way the mixing valve works is it uses the pressure of both the cold and hot water to limit the amount of either hot or cold water that it will let pass through it. If the valves don't slide properly do to dirt or any thing that may build up on the valve or valve seats then the mixer valve can't do it's job properly. Hope this helps Ken

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Sounds like your water heater is not working. Feel around the hot water heater and the lines and pipes and see if it feels warm. Also, if it's an electric HWH, find the circuit breaker for it and see if it has tripped. If it has, turn the breaker OFF, then back on and see if that helps. If not, contact a qualified plumber to have a look at it.

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If that's the only blocked faucet then you must take it apart and find the problem. Shut off main water first, then remove handle and then the cartridge. Most likely reason is the washer has come off and jammed, but other things can happen too.

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Your water heater probably isn't working properly.

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Blcoked piping or defecive valve

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maybe its blocked

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hot water

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Why would hot water be coming out of the cold faucet and a toilet when other bathrooms are unaffected?

I'm no plumber, but I would imagine that (if the hot faucet is giving you cold water) that the hot and cold pipes leading into the bathroom have been somehow switched.


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Obviously hooked up wrong, or the faucets are mismarked . Usually cold on the right, hot on the left.


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Do you use the water heater when you use just cold water?

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Is it true or a myth that you have to use the cold water faucet to pour water into a pot to boil?

true, the water is going to get hot either if you use cold or hot water You did not answer my question of if it was "true" or a "myth" that the water had to be from the cold water faucet. From what you did respond to it sounds as if the question I generated means it is a myth that the water "has" to be from the cold water facuet.


How do you connect the sprayer to the hot and cold water?

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Why does the cold water fauset suddenly have hot water?

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When using hot water it goes cold when a cold water faucet is open?

because there no backflow perventer on laves and toilets