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New water Heater
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How I spent my New Year's Day...
Just before I took a trip down to our cabin with my girls ( Tori stayed home) for a bit of a break after Christmas, My youngest noticed a puddle below the water heater. It was determined to be a tank leak. I gave Tori some tips on draining and how to shut down the whole house in our absence. She would be roughing it as well as us ...as our cabin lacks running water. A couple of days later when I returned, I finished getting the tank drained, removed, and did a temporary setup to allow cold water for toilets etc. New Years day had me road tripping to Home Depot to pick up a new water heater.
It turns out the mini bit of procrastination I had for the laundry / Mechanical room has been a bonus. This event has forced me to put the tile "under" the new heater. With this jump start the rest may be quick to follow.
BTW...I ripped out the nasty old carpet some months ago and put cement backer down in part of the room.
Aside from the simple "tank" install I corrected the goofy plumbing of the water meter and put in some extra isolation valves. Now if the tank needs to be replaced it only requires closing some valves and disconnecting some flex lines. This is one bonus step I did not do 11 years ago when I put in the other tank...I hope to be retired at the cabin by the time THIS new tank dies. So the new homeowner will have a simple time at it.
Just before I took a trip down to our cabin with my girls ( Tori stayed home) for a bit of a break after Christmas, My youngest noticed a puddle below the water heater. It was determined to be a tank leak. I gave Tori some tips on draining and how to shut down the whole house in our absence. She would be roughing it as well as us ...as our cabin lacks running water. A couple of days later when I returned, I finished getting the tank drained, removed, and did a temporary setup to allow cold water for toilets etc. New Years day had me road tripping to Home Depot to pick up a new water heater.
It turns out the mini bit of procrastination I had for the laundry / Mechanical room has been a bonus. This event has forced me to put the tile "under" the new heater. With this jump start the rest may be quick to follow.
BTW...I ripped out the nasty old carpet some months ago and put cement backer down in part of the room.
Aside from the simple "tank" install I corrected the goofy plumbing of the water meter and put in some extra isolation valves. Now if the tank needs to be replaced it only requires closing some valves and disconnecting some flex lines. This is one bonus step I did not do 11 years ago when I put in the other tank...I hope to be retired at the cabin by the time THIS new tank dies. So the new homeowner will have a simple time at it.
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Published January 3rd, 2012 8:09 PM
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