Smelly Water
Jan 1, 2022 10:16:25 #
Maybe some of you can explain this. The American Legion Hall is a local meeting place for various groups. It has a kitchen with hot and cold running water. The hot water smells like sulfur (or something), but the cold water does not. Why one and not the other?
Jan 1, 2022 10:20:25 #
Hot water dissolves minerals more than cold water.
Could be the hot water tank is very old and has a lot of sediment in the bottom of it.
Could be the hot water tank is very old and has a lot of sediment in the bottom of it.
Jan 1, 2022 10:20:54 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Maybe some of you can explain this. The American Legion Hall is a local meeting place for various groups. It has a kitchen with hot and cold running water. The hot water smells like sulfur (or something), but the cold water does not. Why one and not the other?
Could it be from the water heater?
Happy New Year Jerry.
John
Jan 1, 2022 10:22:15 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Maybe some of you can explain this. The American Legion Hall is a local meeting place for various groups. It has a kitchen with hot and cold running water. The hot water smells like sulfur (or something), but the cold water does not. Why one and not the other?
Could be the sulfur content is low and the heat makes the odor stronger.
Jan 1, 2022 10:23:26 #
I would turn off the hot water heater and drain the sediment using the bottom valve. It’s actually a good idea to do this with all WHs periodically, smelly or not. One of those tasks like cleaning the condenser coils on your refrigerator that we often forget to do.
Jan 1, 2022 10:30:56 #
Manglesphoto wrote:
Could be the sulfur content is low and the heat makes the odor stronger.
Yes, the heat has something do with it, and that sounds like a logical explanation. I think the town maintains that building. They had the outside painted a couple of years ago, and volunteers from the county jail did the work. Funny.
Jan 1, 2022 10:31:17 #
Longshadow wrote:
Hot water dissolves minerals more than cold water.
Could be the hot water tank is very old and has a lot of sediment in the bottom of it.
Could be the hot water tank is very old and has a lot of sediment in the bottom of it.
That makes sense.
Jan 1, 2022 10:31:36 #
TriX wrote:
I would turn off the hot water heater and drain the sediment using the bottom valve. It’s actually a good idea to do this with all WHs periodically, smelly or not. One of those tasks like cleaning the condenser coils on your refrigerator that we often forget to do.
I'll stop by the town hall and tell them that. They're always looks for more work to do.
Jan 1, 2022 10:32:28 #
nmw1004
Loc: Dresher PA
jerryc41 wrote:
Maybe some of you can explain this. The American Legion Hall is a local meeting place for various groups. It has a kitchen with hot and cold running water. The hot water smells like sulfur (or something), but the cold water does not. Why one and not the other?
I had a house in the Pocono mts that had a very deep well and we had the same proplem. It was something about the oxygen level in the water. For drinking, if you left a container with the water out for a little while the smell went away however when taking a shower using hot water there was nothing you could do about the odor.
Jan 1, 2022 10:33:26 #
nmw1004 wrote:
I had a house in the Pocono mts that had a very deep well and we had the same proplem. It was something about the oxygen level in the water. For drinking, if you left a container with the water out for a little while the smell went away however when taking a shower using hot water there was nothing you could do about the odor.
I guess I'm lucky that I don't have smelly water.
Jan 1, 2022 10:38:23 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I guess I'm lucky that I don't have smelly water.
Some areas in Central Florida have a high sulfur content in the well water, such that it can be smelled in the cold water lines, like from water spigots at some parks.
Jan 1, 2022 10:45:58 #
Longshadow wrote:
Hot water dissolves minerals more than cold water.
Could be the hot water tank is very old and has a lot of sediment in the bottom of it.
Could be the hot water tank is very old and has a lot of sediment in the bottom of it.
This is the reason. Have a plumber install a new rod in the wh.
Jan 1, 2022 10:50:11 #
jaymatt wrote:
This is the reason. Have a plumber install a new rod in the wh.
Replacing the dip tube in a water heater will not get rid of any existing sediment in the tank.
Jan 1, 2022 12:21:00 #
jaymatt wrote:
This is the reason. Have a plumber install a new rod in the wh.
I think hot smelly water is low on the town's repair list. There are so many workers out sick that snow plowing could be a problem.
Jan 1, 2022 14:13:28 #
Longshadow wrote:
Replacing the dip tube in a water heater will not get rid of any existing sediment in the tank.
You are correct, but it will help with the sulfur smell.
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