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The water heater is the first place to start when there is no hot water in the shower. A shower should be counted on to be good and hot when you need it to be. But keep in mind that the hot water coming from a shower is coming from your hot water heater tank.etermine if the problem is whole-house related or just affecting the shower. Turn on every hot water faucet and check the temperature of the hot water. If they all start out hot but cool quickly, a burner in the water heater may be the cause. If they never get hot, a faulty dip tube may be the problem.
Water Shutdown. Turn off the hot and cold water shut-off valves to the shower. If there are no valves to isolate the shower, turn off the main water valve. Open the faucet valve all the way to drain water from the faucet and surrounding pipes.If there is a faucet on a lower level of the house, open it all the way.emove the faucet handle. The handle will either have a Phillips-head screw or an Allen screw holding it on. On the Phillips-head style of handle, there is a small button that can be popped off. Underneath is a Phillips-head screw. Remove the screw and slide the handle off.