Hactar wrote:
>
> 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.
> >
> > And on both coasts as well, even though building styles are very
> > different between California and New York.
>
> Maybe it's more likely to happen if the builder's not getting enough
> profit otherwise and skimps on the piping? That would be a constant
> anywhere.
>
It's not a big problem in places without indoor plumbing.
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