water to house has been off last coupla days (NW side ft. worth).. pressure restored late yesterday.. cold side flow is fine now but have no flow on hot side?.. don't find anything frozen on supply or discharge side of heater.. stat on heater is workin' as it should.. water in heater is hot.. water from "pressure discharge" valve is hot...??? am i missin' something?

Froze up somewhere.
Is the heater in the attic or garage

in a closed closet in tha garage.. back and one side of "closet" non insulated?.. supply comes up in back wall.. don't know if thats a fact or not with being non insulated?.. only thing i can figure??? back wall (both sides) would be considered "outside" walls.. one side wall (both sides)and door to closet facing inside garage.. clear as mud with description?.. gas heater.. always warm in closet that i remember?

Your going to laugh when I tell you this, but hot water freezes quicker. Put a tray of hot water and a tray of cold water in the freezer and watch. Professor in college explained it like once the process starts the hot accelerates the change.

Had a plumber one time hook the hot water to the ice maker, builder caught it and told us that hot water freezes quicker, we all laughed in his face. Then learned this in physics class later on, plumber knew his chit! Lol

understand tha physics.. guess it probably did freeze "THIS TIME".. hasn't ever been this cold since built... put a heater in tha closet so should know here in a little bit.. jus hopin' it didn't burst tha supply pipe in tha wall..!

My well house froze up, caught the break early, turned it off, replaced the pipe, but water will not flow now, hopefully it’s just a piece of ice in the riser and will thaw out today.

Issues with our hot water for the kitchen...hoping for the best. Planning for the worse.

Ours is set up just like yours and froze in 2010 or 2011. I can't remember, but yep...

We had no hot water yesterday at noon. We left to get my wife and daughter out of the house, because I’ve had work and they’ve been stuck at home. They left the hot water turned on while we were gone and when we got home an hour and a half or so later, hot water was going.

didn't freeze up durin' tha last really bad freeze so wasn't to concerned this time.. big mistake i guess.



hopin' for same outcome but thinkin' tha worst!

Plumber screwed up, you don't hook up hot to the icemaker on purpose, ever.

This is exactly right, I believe it has to do with oxygen levels in hot water

In my Livewell Basics 101 Course I learned hot water has a lower dissolved oxygen content than cold water.

Ice maker hooked to hot water. By the time the hot water gets to the icemaker it already full and has turned off. It don't hurt anything, just no advantage.