How many gallons / litres is your home water heater?

We live in a suburban 4 bedroom detached home. I find that after my wife and kid shower, I’m stuck showering in cold water.

Are they using too much water or is my water heater just not big enough?

Edit: not my photo. We currently have a 50gal tank.

  • owenfromcanada@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    3 days ago

    Looks like a standard 40gal, but I can’t say for sure without reading the label. In the end, if it doesn’t meet your needs, that’s mostly what matters. But I wouldn’t expect three people to be able to shower one after the other unless they were pretty quick at it, so it may be that others have different expectations.

    • DistressedDad@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      42·
      3 days ago

      Really? A home water heater doesn’t do 3 showers back to back to back? For the record that’s just a stock photo. We actually have a 50Gal. I just feel like when I was a kid growing up at my parents house, our heater could easily handle 7-8 showers in a row when we had relatives staying with us. Thanks for the reply!

      • swelter_spark@reddthat.comEnglish
        3·
        3 days ago

        In my entire life, I’ve never lived or stayed in a home that could do even two whole showers back to back, and most places I’ve lived have had water heaters that looked just like that one. The norm, in my experience, is for the warm water to run out just as the first person finishes showering, and for each additional person to wait 30 minutes to an hour for there to be enough hot water for another shower.