Do you live in an apartment without in-unit washers? I live in a house and starting the laundry fucks with the shower’s water pressure and heat levels.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I guess my water heater is just big enough that I've never had an issue. That's a valid reason.

[–] zammy95@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, this was my reasoning haha. You'll be taking an ice cold shower at my house if you did started the laundry first for sure

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Who launders hot? Do you not like your clothes?

[–] zammy95@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hot water helps get grease out, so it works way better if you work in a restaurant.

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

Okay, yes, if you work in a restaurant. But i cant imagine lipids in your clothes is common!

[–] apprehensively_human@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago

Older showers don't have a pressure balancing valve which adjusts either the hot or cold flow to equalize a loss in pressure on the opposite side.

Without this, flushing a toilet robs the shower of cold water and so the user is scalded, or running a washing machine or dishwasher does the same with the hot supply.