Nine year old gas fired water heater has developed a slow leak, but
enough to get the basement floor wet, at the hot water exit. Appears to
be the main tube running up from the heater, not the union above.

From other postings this sounds like the pipe itself is corroding.
Curious if there are any temporary fixes available that might give me a
few days until I have time to replace the heater?

Jim wrote:

Nine year old gas fired water heater has developed a slow leak, but
enough to get the basement floor wet, at the hot water exit. Appears to
be the main tube running up from the heater, not the union above.

From other postings this sounds like the pipe itself is corroding.
Curious if there are any temporary fixes available that might give me a
few days until I have time to replace the heater?


You can wrap a piece of rubber over the leaking spot and put a hose
clamp over it.

The sell "ready made" stuff to do that too, like these:

http://tinyurl.com/2educ7

HTH,

Jeff

--
Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.8*10^12 furlongs per fortnight.

Jeff Wisnia wrote:
Jim wrote:

Nine year old gas fired water heater has developed a slow leak, but
enough to get the basement floor wet, at the hot water exit. Appears
to be the main tube running up from the heater, not the union above.

From other postings this sounds like the pipe itself is corroding.
Curious if there are any temporary fixes available that might give me
a few days until I have time to replace the heater?


You can wrap a piece of rubber over the leaking spot and put a hose
clamp over it.

The sell "ready made" stuff to do that too, like these:

http://tinyurl.com/2educ7

HTH,

Jeff

Looks interesting. Might these be available via local outlets or online
only?

Jim wrote:
Jeff Wisnia wrote:

Jim wrote:

Nine year old gas fired water heater has developed a slow leak, but
enough to get the basement floor wet, at the hot water exit. Appears
to be the main tube running up from the heater, not the union above.

From other postings this sounds like the pipe itself is corroding.
Curious if there are any temporary fixes available that might give me
a few days until I have time to replace the heater?


You can wrap a piece of rubber over the leaking spot and put a hose
clamp over it.

The sell "ready made" stuff to do that too, like these:

http://tinyurl.com/2educ7

HTH,

Jeff

Looks interesting. Might these be available via local outlets or online
only?


Sorry, I can't do it all for you....Let your fingers do the walking.

But, as I said, a piece of sheet rubber about 1/8" thick and a couple of
screw band hose clamps will do the job too, and you can get those at any
decent hardware store.

Jeff

--
Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.8*10^12 furlongs per fortnight.

Jim wrote:
Jeff Wisnia wrote:
Jim wrote:

Nine year old gas fired water heater has developed a slow leak, but
enough to get the basement floor wet, at the hot water exit. Appears to
be the main tube running up from the heater, not the
union above. From other postings this sounds like the pipe itself is
corroding.
Curious if there are any temporary fixes available that might give
me a few days until I have time to replace the heater?


You can wrap a piece of rubber over the leaking spot and put a hose
clamp over it.

The sell "ready made" stuff to do that too, like these:

http://tinyurl.com/2educ7

HTH,

Jeff

Looks interesting. Might these be available via local outlets or
online only?

Go to your local hardware store and buy a rubber clamp and it should cover
the leak and just clamp it down on the pipe.

--
Moe Jones
HVAC Service Technician
Energy Equalizers Inc.
Houston, Texas
www.EnergyEqualizers.com

On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:11:58 -0400, Jim wrote:

Nine year old gas fired water heater has developed a slow leak, but
enough to get the basement floor wet, at the hot water exit. Appears to
be the main tube running up from the heater, not the union above.

From other postings this sounds like the pipe itself is corroding.
Curious if there are any temporary fixes available that might give me a
few days until I have time to replace the heater?

From what you describe it's the pipe above the heater. Why would you
replace the heater because of a leaky pipe? Do you have your house
rewired everytime a light bulb burns out too?

wrote:
On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:11:58 -0400, Jim wrote:

Nine year old gas fired water heater has developed a slow leak, but
enough to get the basement floor wet, at the hot water exit.
Appears to be the main tube running up from the heater, not the
union above.

From other postings this sounds like the pipe itself is corroding.
Curious if there are any temporary fixes available that might give
me a few days until I have time to replace the heater?

From what you describe it's the pipe above the heater. Why would you
replace the heater because of a leaky pipe? Do you have your house
rewired everytime a light bulb burns out too?

That main tube running up from the water heater originates within the
heater and terminates with the connection to the household plumbing.

On Sep 13, 2:46?pm, Jim wrote:
wrote:
On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:11:58 -0400, Jim wrote:

Nine year old gas fired water heater has developed a slow leak, but
enough to get the basement floor wet, at the hot water exit.
Appears to be the main tube running up from the heater, not the
union above.

From other postings this sounds like the pipe itself is corroding.
Curious if there are any temporary fixes available that might give
me a few days until I have time to replace the heater?

From what you describe it's the pipe above the heater. Why would you
replace the heater because of a leaky pipe? Do you have your house
rewired everytime a light bulb burns out too?

That main tube running up from the water heater originates within the
heater and terminates with the connection to the household plumbing.

yeah they tend to leak there, you can patch it but the tank will soon
leak somewhere else.

regular hot water tanks are simple dependable appliances and easily
changed if its not a emergency.