In article <68hgqgF2sr5k9U2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Mikko Peltoniemi
<mikkopel@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Charles Bishop wrote:
>
>> Only if you don't size the feeder pipes correctly. That said, they do
>> something similar with radiant heating. Of course, they almost have to
or
>> you'd have valves way out yonder, rather in one location.
>
>Sure. If you don't have enough flow coming in for both the toilet and
>the shower, either one is going to have to give up.
>
>So is it an American thing to not size the pipes correctly? This
>phenomenon (getting hot water only from the shower when someone
>flushes the toilet) has happened in each place I've lived in the US.
>And of course it gets referenced in the popular culture a lot of
>times.
Pipes should be sized correctly. It isn't an American thing not to do so,
any more than it is $Country not to do so. With older homes, older pipes,
and additions made to the plumbing without redoing it back to the source,
sometimes, pipes are not the correct size. Any construction within the
last 50 years, with no additions should have no problems, absent pipes
with restricted flow.
Popular culture takes an idea and runs with it, regardless of the actual %
of occurance.
>
>And on both coasts as well, even though building styles are very
>different between California and New York.
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cahrles
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