Why is my apartment shower too hot and low pressure?
Apartment residents often lack access to main water heaters and plumbing controls, leaving them unable to fix showers that run too hot or lack proper pressure. This prevents renters from correcting faulty installations or balancing temperature discrepancies between the shower and kitchen sinks.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Turning off the hot water supply completely to test if the water goes cold.
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“The new one however won't go cold, on the coldest setting it is slightly hotter that what I would use normally.”source ↗
“With the hot water turned off it goes fully cold and the lowest temperature gets lower throughout the day as the hot water tank cools down.”source ↗
“Is this fitted correctly and is it fixable? It is still within 30 days of purchase so could be returned as faulty but unsure if it's a fault with the shower or myself installing it incorrectly.”source ↗
“The water in the kitchen sink feels significantly hotter than the shower so I’m wondering if it’s possible to adjust the shower.”source ↗
“Also would love any info on water pressure.”source ↗
“We do not have access to the inner workings such as the water heater”source ↗
Where this came up
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