Recent content by kayre

No - it's my confusion and ignorance. It is a gas fired heater, and I guess it,therefore, doesn't have a heating element! I also don't know what a dip tube is and/or where to look to see if it is broken. Thanks for your reply. :o

I have a gas powered 40 gallon AO Smith water heater that is about 8 years old. It is not maintaining hot water temperature, as it used to. The pilot light is not the problem. I have raised the "thermostat" a couple times. Is this a symptom of a failing water heater? Is it just the heating...

Similar issue I, too, did not want to take my old toilet and sink to the landfill. My local "ReStore" run by Habitat for Humanity was happy to have them. While dropping them off, I wandered through the store to see what they had, and before I left, someone had removed and purchased the 30...

What causes a high pitched squealing noise when I turn the hot water on in my shower? I have recently had the faucet fixtures and the shower head changed and had no noise problems with the old fixtures. It only occurs when the water comes out of the shower head, and only when the hot water is...