Stormin Mormon wrote:
Water heater leaking. No shut off for the WH. Have to go for
the water main to the house. Why no shut off? Last people
didn't put one in. I changed the WH in Jan of 2004, but
there were 16 inches snow on the ground, and I didn't do
anything pretty. Just change the tank.

Six year warranty. And, yes, I do have the paper work.
Supposed to rain tomorrow. I'm going to see what I can do
with it tonight. May be able to get the tank out, and then
put a shutoff on the cold. So I can have water tonight.

Any polite, constructive advice, folks?


Put one on both the supply AND outlet, that way you can change tank
again if you have to without draining the house down. Change the drain
valve to a ball valve before you even install it. If you want to get
really slick, use flexible tubing and/or a handful of elbows and make a
"heat trap" on both inlet and outlet sides. Have fun!

nate



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