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 Re: Water Heater
[Re: elcoyote, esq.]
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01/18/17 05:28 PM
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Longeye
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I put my hot water heater in a closet over 20 years ago. I'm not worried a bit. The solution is simple, a drip pan plumbed to an exterior wall. Why on earth would you have an appliance that heats hot water? I knew this was coming....it is a water heater, not a hot water heater
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Re: Water Heater
[Re: Ojai Angler]
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01/18/17 05:32 PM
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Just had mine replaced last year. Flooded utility room which is next to my bedroom... No Fun
And for the record, most of the time when your water heater goes completely out and burst, it starts dripping water a few days before and most people don't even realize it. Then it completely will bust. The guy who put my new one in also put a little device in the drain bowl that the water heater sits on. Any detection of the least bit of moisture it will start beeping like crazy. Hopefully you will be home and can shut your water off and replace it or get it fixed before all hell breaks loose... That is awesome , I've never heard of a detector like that ,.... Lowes or Home Depot, he said less than 20 bucks.. it just sits in the bottom of the pan, no attachment needed
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Re: Water Heater
[Re: SgtDag]
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01/18/17 05:33 PM
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You should contact Toad & Drodge I think they installed one a couple weeks, they will probably install you a new one for some wings & a bologna sandwich.
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Re: Water Heater
[Re: SgtDag]
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01/18/17 07:21 PM
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Martyman3
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Have one in my house in the Attic and only been in it a year. Saw date on Water Heater as 2006....It was changed. Already had a clear water overflow upstairs, that was enough.
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Re: Water Heater
[Re: SgtDag]
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01/18/17 08:20 PM
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Every house in my subdivision has the water heater in the attic. It's a Lenar subdivision.
Not only that, but the plumbing contractor they used, I found out, used old stock for everything. Must have found a warehouse of unsold plumbing equipment and bought it cheap.
My house was built in 2000. The manufacture date on the original heater was 1996. They also used outdated and no-longer-manufactured polybutylene for the run from the meter to the outside valve, so a bunch of us have had to have that garbage replaced.
I got estimates for moving the water heater to the garage, but it'll just be cheaper in the long run for me to keep replacing water heaters earlier than actually needed than to have the move done. I got a new pan and one of those alarms, and I make sure the batteries are good in the alarm by replacing them when I do my air filters.
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Re: Water Heater
[Re: Canino]
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01/18/17 08:28 PM
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Martyman3
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Every house in my subdivision has the water heater in the attic. It's a Lenar subdivision.
Not only that, but the plumbing contractor they used, I found out, used old stock for everything. Must have found a warehouse of unsold plumbing equipment and bought it cheap.
My house was built in 2000. The manufacture date on the original heater was 1996. They also used outdated and no-longer-manufactured polybutylene for the run from the meter to the outside valve, so a bunch of us have had to have that garbage replaced.
I got estimates for moving the water heater to the garage, but it'll just be cheaper in the long run for me to keep replacing water heaters earlier than actually needed than to have the move done. I got a new pan and one of those alarms, and I make sure the batteries are good in the alarm by replacing them when I do my air filters. I have one of those as well. Ran a power cord to it, not going to worry about batteries and get bit by forgetting. But they do work, they broke the seal on the exhaust stack and the roof leaked into the pan and shut that water right off.
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Re: Water Heater
[Re: Poboy K.]
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01/18/17 08:52 PM
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I put my hot water heater in a closet over 20 years ago. I'm not worried a bit. The solution is simple, a drip pan plumbed to an exterior wall. Ours is plumbed to drain outside too. No worries here.
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Re: Water Heater
[Re: SgtDag]
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01/18/17 09:17 PM
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blooper961
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Our house was built in the 70,s and the heater is in the garage where it should be.
Its about the only thing Fox and Jacobs did right.
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