Hey everyone, we're 2 months into our new home and getting things fixed up! Its our first home on well water and it needed some work. I installed out new CSV setup and its working freaking great. Making 55psi consistently. I also installed a new whole house filter system with a pair of 4.5" filters and the house already had a pretty new water softener that is function correctly.
Problems with Water heater:
1. It seems to take longer than it should to get hot, even in our Master shower where the water heater literally is directly above us!
2. Sometimes I still get some smells out of the hot water only. Like there is something nasty in the tank. The color water is really really good.
3. I don't think we're getting full pressure on the hot water, or almost like its mixing with cold before it gets to the faucet or shower valves. The water gets plenty hot in the shower eventually, and it kinda of fluctuates very middle. I noticed, my wife doesn't seem to. Now, in the shower we basically put it to full hot and get a proper temp shower, it really should get hotter on full IMO but its livable
Inspecting what I have:
There is a check valve just sitting on top the unit un hooked... there is rust buildup inside. At some point someone hacked in a basic 10x2" whole house filter after the booster pump. But unfortunately after we moved in when I was pulling it all to install my new CSV, jet pump and whole house filters I found the Filter housing was empty!!!. so yes.. straight well water was going into the whole house (thru softener). I assume there was a problem and that's what prompted the house filter and removal of the check valve. We actually replaced the dish water, all the faucets and the washing machine. So only the water heater was exposed to this un filtered water. Id rather not deal with replacing that, I'm running up to max budget in the "house repair column", But I can if needed.
Questions:
1. What should I do about the check valve? do it need one? hot or cold side? Could this be related to my problems?
2. Im going to flush the unit, I guess that's a good start. Anything else I should look into?
3. What exactly do the little tanks do I see on some water heaters? something for the pressure I assume? Their cheap, should I add one? my unit is in the attic so I do want to be mindful of how many fittings im adding up there.
Problems with Water heater:
1. It seems to take longer than it should to get hot, even in our Master shower where the water heater literally is directly above us!
2. Sometimes I still get some smells out of the hot water only. Like there is something nasty in the tank. The color water is really really good.
3. I don't think we're getting full pressure on the hot water, or almost like its mixing with cold before it gets to the faucet or shower valves. The water gets plenty hot in the shower eventually, and it kinda of fluctuates very middle. I noticed, my wife doesn't seem to. Now, in the shower we basically put it to full hot and get a proper temp shower, it really should get hotter on full IMO but its livable
Inspecting what I have:
There is a check valve just sitting on top the unit un hooked... there is rust buildup inside. At some point someone hacked in a basic 10x2" whole house filter after the booster pump. But unfortunately after we moved in when I was pulling it all to install my new CSV, jet pump and whole house filters I found the Filter housing was empty!!!. so yes.. straight well water was going into the whole house (thru softener). I assume there was a problem and that's what prompted the house filter and removal of the check valve. We actually replaced the dish water, all the faucets and the washing machine. So only the water heater was exposed to this un filtered water. Id rather not deal with replacing that, I'm running up to max budget in the "house repair column", But I can if needed.
Questions:
1. What should I do about the check valve? do it need one? hot or cold side? Could this be related to my problems?
2. Im going to flush the unit, I guess that's a good start. Anything else I should look into?
3. What exactly do the little tanks do I see on some water heaters? something for the pressure I assume? Their cheap, should I add one? my unit is in the attic so I do want to be mindful of how many fittings im adding up there.