burst water heater
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 1:26 pm
so my water heater went out.
not too big of a deal. I caught it early.
I didn't have time to fully dig into it but it looks like the leak is toward the top. as when I drained it, it still had a lot of water in it.
got the carpet pulled up. the water soaked up. fans on the areas drying it out.
will need to get under the belly later to pull insulation.
I don't think I have any major resulting damage.
I'm about to head to lowes to buy a new water heater.
checking online they have a replacement mobile home style heater which will be plug and play,
then a standard water heater that i'll have to modify the connections to. I can do the plumbing.
in addition as I set the new heater up. I'm going all the way and putting in a frame for it to sit on. putting in a pan and having the pan drain out to prevent this from happening again.
is there any advantage to going to with a standard water heater than a mobile home one?
only advantage I can find is that if I can standard I can get a much bigger heater or things like wifi. but I have no interest in any of that stuff.
the options are mobile home 40 gall heater. or a standard 50 gal heater.
thoughts?
not too big of a deal. I caught it early.
I didn't have time to fully dig into it but it looks like the leak is toward the top. as when I drained it, it still had a lot of water in it.
got the carpet pulled up. the water soaked up. fans on the areas drying it out.
will need to get under the belly later to pull insulation.
I don't think I have any major resulting damage.
I'm about to head to lowes to buy a new water heater.
checking online they have a replacement mobile home style heater which will be plug and play,
then a standard water heater that i'll have to modify the connections to. I can do the plumbing.
in addition as I set the new heater up. I'm going all the way and putting in a frame for it to sit on. putting in a pan and having the pan drain out to prevent this from happening again.
is there any advantage to going to with a standard water heater than a mobile home one?
only advantage I can find is that if I can standard I can get a much bigger heater or things like wifi. but I have no interest in any of that stuff.
the options are mobile home 40 gall heater. or a standard 50 gal heater.
thoughts?