> So yes, this shower violates the code. Again, the shower is not the only one dictating how hot the water can get, the water heater does as well. Turning down

> So yes, this shower violates the code. Again, the shower is not the only one dictating how hot the water can get, the water heater does as well. Turning down the temperature on the water heater will make the max temperature of the shower also go down, vice-versa if you put up the temperature in the water heater. Could be that they just run their water heater really warm, some people seem to do.