JD 4520
Platinum Member
I was planning on posting this earlier when I couldn't figure out how to trouble shoot my plumbing problem but I got lucky and tripped over the answer.
The past couple of days I would use the hose bib in the back of the garage and get warm to hot water. Inside the garage on the same wall is a utility sink. I would get warm to hot water out of the cold facet there also. This went on for a couple of days. My wife and I thought about this all day while working outside. We were at the front of the garage (opposite side) using the hose bib there to water plants when we discovered it was doing the same thing, warm water. Well, this hose bib is a dual hot and cold. The hose with a nozzle was on that hose bib. I discovered that the hot water had been left on part way and was back feeding into the cold water thus pushing hot water to the back of the garage hose bib and possibly elsewhere in the house.
This was bizarre and makes me wonder if this is designed this way or how would this just happen? Any thoughts?
The past couple of days I would use the hose bib in the back of the garage and get warm to hot water. Inside the garage on the same wall is a utility sink. I would get warm to hot water out of the cold facet there also. This went on for a couple of days. My wife and I thought about this all day while working outside. We were at the front of the garage (opposite side) using the hose bib there to water plants when we discovered it was doing the same thing, warm water. Well, this hose bib is a dual hot and cold. The hose with a nozzle was on that hose bib. I discovered that the hot water had been left on part way and was back feeding into the cold water thus pushing hot water to the back of the garage hose bib and possibly elsewhere in the house.
This was bizarre and makes me wonder if this is designed this way or how would this just happen? Any thoughts?