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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.
first we need to find out if the hot or cold valve is causing the leak let s begin by troubleshooting with the hot valve shut off the hot water supply if you can t find the shut off for your tub shower valve shut off the water to your house by using your water shut off valve remove the faucet handle to do this depending on your handle type you will need a phillips screwdriver or an allen wrench remove the chrome bonnet nut using an adjusting wrench