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#1 ·
Got home this afternoon and thought i was gonna get to sit on the couch and just veg out, i need it due to a severe sinus infection. Well my 4 year old wanted to ride her bike so i got up to take her outside. I opened the storage room to grab her bike and what do i see? WATER all over the floor! :thSick:

So, quick trip to lowes, 600.00 and 3 hours later I have a brand new Whirlpool 80 gallon WH. We only had a 50 gallon in before, but it would run out before our soon to be 9 year old daughter could finish her 45 minute showers. So i figured if i'm going to replace it i may as well get the big boy and be done with it. This one has the 12 year Warranty, so i hope it lasts at least that long. The old one was a 5 year warranty Sears special, and it was 10 years old.

Really did not need to spend that money right now, the older daughter's birthday is Aug 2nd and our anniversary(wonder how the wife will take me saying a hot shower is her present:hide:) is this coming Saturday, plus we just got back from vacation so the funds were tapped to begin with!
 
#3 ·
good part was it was just barely leaking, it had not fully blown. I noticed the other day that the pantry door was warped a little but thought it swole due to the high humidity. Nope, had to be the WH leak as it is on the back side of that wall. I probably could have put the repair off a couple days, but i know if i did i would be up all night constantly checking for the coming rupture!
 
#5 ·
Something always takes a dump when your tapped out it seems,huh?...:mad:..
The joys of home ownership..I'm learning fast how much it can suck...:rolleyes:
I've got a leaky roof,and some leaky pipes in the basement..paint is peeling off all the shutters and trim,etc..it never ends,does it?..

We removed our water heater years ago,when it started leaking...we got away with screwing a sheet metal screw into the rot hole that had a rubber washer under its head for a year,then it fell out one day..my dad pounded a pointed dowel into the hole and it stopped leaking and that lasted another 6 months or so...then one night a moise like a spray can spraying woke me up...:eek:..I got soaked shutting off the well pump switch,some genious mounted it right across from the water heater!..

We have a tankless heater in our oil furnace boiler so the water heater wasn't really a must,it was installed mostly because when the house was built my parents got a deal on appliances if they bought new "energy efficient" ones,so when it failed,we just "deleted" it and capped the pipes off,and I used the wiring to run my compressor (220V) in the garage instead.....sometimes I wish it was still there though,in the summer you have to wait for hot water,and I dont like the furnace having to run just to heat up a bit of water to wash up,etc..but at least it'll never leak or cost a bundle to replace..
 
#7 ·
Hot water tanks are no fun to mess with! When we moved into our house we had built the hot water tank didn't last a week. I think out builder put one over on us...anyways we had to change that thing out and I remember it not being a pleasant experience! I feel your pain!


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#8 ·
yeah i need to put the date on it. gotta get the SN sticker off the box before i toss it so i can put it with the paperwork. In my shop i have a file cabinet with the book and all paperwork for all home appliances, heck some of them we don't even have anymore!
 
#10 ·
You have the ability to fix the household problems as they happen,,,,you are way ahead of those that can't fix anything ,and won't even try to do any repairs themselves......I do service work for a plumbing contractor,and am amazed at the people I meet, who don't own a screw driver or a pair of pliers.....they make phone calls.
 
#12 ·
mine was all FIP connections, so just teflon tape and a pipe wrench. the old hoses between teh tank and wall were thinwall 3/4" copper, i replaced those as i just don't trust bending copper too many times!

and yeah, i prefer to tackle repairs myself whenever possible. If i can do it correctly, then why spend money for someone else to do it? i don't believe in "making something work" when it comes to household repairs, so if i can't do it i will call in someone.
 
#13 ·
I may have to try those new "sharkbite" copper fittings that dont need soldering,I have a leaky copper tubing joint that weeps from the solder joint at an elbow,near a "junction" where a few other pipes meet up..instead of trying to re-solder it and probably UN soldering all the other joints near it I might try using
those fittings..if they aren't real expensive..

I can fit and solder new DRY copper piping together easy,but I rarely have any luck on used pipes that had water in them,even after I drain them out,I can never seem to get the water fully out of the joints or the solder to stick..I thought about using compression fittings or flare fittings too,its in a spot thats easily accessible (for once!)..
 
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