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.

  • @[email protected]
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    020 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.

    • DistressedDadOP
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      120 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!

      • @[email protected]
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        213 days ago

        Is it electeic or gas? Have you flushed it recently? What is the temperature set to? Does the hot water have a smell? It may simply be time to replace it. They dont last forever.