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  1. jerzeegirl

    Bosch diswasher

    Follow up I know it just doesn't seem right to have water there but it's there for a reason. The water apparently lubricates the rubber seals in the unit and pump. I read somewhere that if you are going to be away for several months, you should pour an ounce of cooking oil into the standing...
  2. jerzeegirl

    Bosch diswasher

    I should have asked how much water and where it is located...... Is the water you are talking about in the filter well? If so, then it is normal. I always have a little bit of water in the filter well that remains there constantly. When I first got the dishwasher I called because I thought it...
  3. jerzeegirl

    Bosch diswasher

    I am neither an expert nor a plumber but I am a Bosch dishwasher owner and recently had the very same problem. My dishwasher is about 6 years old. The pump had to be replaced and it cost about $200. The repairman also recommended that we run a special dishwasher cleaner through the system...
  4. jerzeegirl

    Water Heater About to Blow - Need advice!

    Ah California.... lol! Hurricanes vs. Fires and Earthquakes. I lived in California for two years in the late 1970s - in a handmade cabin in Canyon (located between Montclair and Moraga - near Oakland). Beautiful place - I wonder if it's still there. :-)
  5. jerzeegirl

    Water Heater About to Blow - Need advice!

    Wh That is an interesting story! I think we do have a lot of passive solar gain in the attic. In fact, here is a question I have been mulling over: Assuming that insulation keeps the heat from getting into the tank as much as it does from getting out, I was wondering if there is a point...
  6. jerzeegirl

    Water Heater About to Blow - Need advice!

    Lol! Tell that to my husband. I would turn it off in a sec. Already I had a battle with him to keep it at 80 degrees (which is pretty pleasant to me).
  7. jerzeegirl

    Water Heater About to Blow - Need advice!

    This is a surprise My husband and I just took an energy audit given by TECo electric and discovered something shocking. We average $125 on water heater charges a year and our dryer charges are about $40. The biggest part of our bill is air conditioning and our spa (surprising!). The...
  8. jerzeegirl

    Water Heater About to Blow - Need advice!

    Am I being irrational? Here's the deal. In Tampa, the gas company will trench the gas in for free as long as we run two appliances. There is a $525 conservation rebate for water heater and $100 each for gas stove and gas dryer. We were going to take advantage of the rebates. Plus the $300...
  9. jerzeegirl

    Water Heater About to Blow - Need advice!

    Decision has been made We got another plumber over this morning and his quote was around $900 to install a Rheem (he would decommission the old tank but not remove it from the attic). So we told him to go ahead. We will install this water heater for now as a stopgap and then continue to...
  10. jerzeegirl

    Water Heater About to Blow - Need advice!

    About price I was quoted $1,400 for a 40 gallon Rheem, which included a $200 extra attachment (don't remember what it's called, but it's necessary for code purposes - if I refuse to get it I have to sign a waiver). He said it was more expensive because he needed an extra helper (because of the...
  11. jerzeegirl

    Water Heater About to Blow - Need advice!

    This is getting ugly..... In the middle of this water heater problem, another problem developed. We thought it was unrelated. We had a strange leak in the corner of our dining room. We had a plumber come over and he couldn't figure it out. Then we had a handyman come over and he put a hole...
  12. jerzeegirl

    Water Heater About to Blow - Need advice!

    Water Heater Thanks for replying! Regarding the electric tankless, I am in Tampa FL. Does that make a difference?
  13. jerzeegirl

    Water Heater About to Blow - Need advice!

    I am in a pickle! I was so happy because I was getting ready to convert to gas. I was planning to buy a gas tankless water heater. Unfortunately my happiness is fading fast. It will take about a month to get the permit for gas. In the meantime, my old 22-year old Rheem has decided to start...
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