Everyone at some point needs to replace a water heater. If you replace at 10 years like some condo associations like, you are fairly safe. It does depend on the water you are using though. In some parts, six to seven years is a long time. Master Plumber Mark has some nice pictures of water heaters that he has cut into that are filled with Lime.
I had a job last week where there was so much crud from the water heater that is was going downstream and clogging things up.
A replacement I did last week. Something look funny here? Maybe the shutoff on the left instead of on the right? I ran the kitchen sink and determined that yes, the line with the shutoff was the cold, but in this case plumbed to the top of the tank hot outlet. The hot water had to go though the dip tube at the bottom of the tank.
We crossed the water back and added an expansion tank. Now the water is running the correct direction.
I looked at this tank, and may be trading web site work for this replacement.
I shot some video of his band last night too. Good times.
This is in the high crawl. It's going to be little tight in there.
A pretty standard 50 install
Draining an old tank filled with deposits. It was so clogged I had to pull the drain and poke the opening with a screwdriver to clear it.
I had a job last week where there was so much crud from the water heater that is was going downstream and clogging things up.
A replacement I did last week. Something look funny here? Maybe the shutoff on the left instead of on the right? I ran the kitchen sink and determined that yes, the line with the shutoff was the cold, but in this case plumbed to the top of the tank hot outlet. The hot water had to go though the dip tube at the bottom of the tank.
We crossed the water back and added an expansion tank. Now the water is running the correct direction.
I looked at this tank, and may be trading web site work for this replacement.
I shot some video of his band last night too. Good times.
This is in the high crawl. It's going to be little tight in there.
A pretty standard 50 install
Draining an old tank filled with deposits. It was so clogged I had to pull the drain and poke the opening with a screwdriver to clear it.
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