Scalding water temp... but it's perfect if you don't need the shower!
Some of the nicest staff of any hotel, reasonably priced, room was clean, huge flat screen TV, nice view of the city, but one significant negative overshadowed all the positives; the shower temperature ranged from hot to scalding. Even with the combined hot/cold shower knob turned all the way to the cold setting the water unbearably hot. This was a significant safety problem. I had a very early morning meeting and was probably one of the first up the morning of 06/11/12 to use the shower. Initially the water temp was fine but quickly rose to the point of being unbearable. Thinking that I had misadjusted the setting, and with soap in my eyes, I turned the knob in the opposite direction and was literally cooked in scalding water. I spent the next 20 minutes, without success, trying to set the temperature to a tolerable level. I called the front desk and complained and was surprised to learn this happens periodically. I rinsed off the soap in the sink which didn't have the same problem and rushed to my meeting. When I returned in the afternoon I spent more time trying to get the shower to provide anything other than burning hot water- no luck. Went down stairs and asked to speak with the hotel GM who apparently didn't have time to speak with me. He sent a sales mgr and the maintenance mgr who were both very kind. It was clear that hot water builds up (in the boiler?) to the point that maintenance has to release pressure hot water pressure during the night to keep from cooking the guest in the morning. The maintenance mgr sent a plumber up to my room and both he and the plumber worked for almost an hour adjusting the hot/cold missing level. They declared victory and apologized for the inconvenience. When they departed I turned on the shower and it was comfortable but within three minutes the temperature was back to intolerable. I spent another 20 minutes letting it run on the coolest possible setting, but as before, it was too hot to enter. This is a serious safety issue, which the GM is apparently aware of, that needs immediate attention.