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# Look for drafts around pipes and fixtures and seal them
# Have pipes insulated in areas that are not heated
# On nights or long periods when the temperature is below freezing, leave the faucet or fixture furthest away from the meter dripping to help prevent pipes from freezing (Moving water is harder to freeze than water at a stand-still)

Last night my wife told me the tile floor is warm in front of the sink in a downstairs bathroom.

I check it out and can't think of anything but a hot water leak behind the wall. So I turn off the water to the hot water heater and go to bed.

This morning the floor is still warm in just that very small area. ?????????

It's ground level tile floor on a concrete slab. That spot is NOT under the heating vent which, this being Arizona is high on a wall, plus we don't heat the downstairs at night anyway.

I don't know how the hot water pipes run but this is the closest sink to the hot water heater in the garage with just an office between it.

I'm pretty sure the hot water is completely shut off. I don't hear any sounds with a mechanics' stethoscope on any hot water pipes or faucets. And even if the heater shutoff (inlet) valve lets a trickle thru, I can't believe it could still be warm enough and volume enough by the time it got all the way to the warm floor to make a difference since it would have to be between the cold concrete slab and the tile.

But if it still flowing fast enough with the valve closed to warm the floor (with no other signs of leakage) am I right that the leak has to be BELOW the height of the faucet, otherwise hot water would still be trickling out of it. It’s the only faucet in the house with separate knobs for hot and cold and I had left the hot open all night and no moisture in the sink.

I know very little about plumbing and may be overlooking some other possibility but I can't think of any other source of heat but hot water.

Any ideas?

We have lost hot water pressure in our shower. It was the entire bathroom but we changed the aerator in the sink and the hot water pressure is now fantastic so we know hot water is getting up to the room. Is there something similar we can do in the shower? We have a single handle Moen faucet that you lift to turn the water on and then turn left or right for hot or cold. There's no leakage any where. Thank you!