From the monthly archives:

January 2010

My water heater is leaking, how much time do I have left?

in Tips And Suggestions, Traditional Gas, Electric, & Oil fired Water Heaters

Your water heater is leaking, but it’s still providing hot water.
It’s time to replace the water heater but money is tight, and you need to know how long you can wait until is fails all together. Don’t worry, we’ve heard that hundreds of time before.
That’s almost normal because no body plans on their water heater [...]

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How to know if your water heater is under warranty.

January 10, 2010 Other plumbing topics

So you can’t find your original paper work, or you just moved into a house, the water heater is leaking. If it looks like it’s only a few years old, or even if it looks old & decrepit it may still be under warranty.
Before you buy a new one you definitely want to see if [...]

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What are dielectric unions, and do I need them?

January 9, 2010 Other plumbing topics

I’ve had some talks with other plumbers about dielectric unions, it seems that nobody agrees whether or not they are necessary. We use them on our water heater installations because they only cost 8 bucks for the pair, and if they don’t help they certainly don’t hurt.
I have searched a bunch of web sites and [...]

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Thermostatic Mixing Valves, do I need one?

January 6, 2010 Other plumbing topics

Hot Water Danger!
Every year, thousands of people in the U.S.A. suffer serious thermal shock or scalding injuries in their bathtubs, sinks and showers. This problem doesn’t happen to often with traditional water heaters, but indirect water heaters, and booster (any kind of storage tank running off of the boiler) can cause serious problems. Boilers in [...]

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Water heater safety.

January 5, 2010 Tips And Suggestions

Below is basic help information about safety for tank type water heaters.
Safety Concerns:
If you smell gas, do not try to light the water heater. Do not turn on or turn off any electrical switch. Immediately contact your gas supplier, but if ur gas supplier doesn’t answer your call, call your local fire department.
Never store gasoline, [...]

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Therma-flow/Everhot – Indirect fired water heaters

January 4, 2010 Tankless Coil & Indirect Water Heaters

Therma-Flow/Everhot Indirect water heaters.
Company Bio – Therma flow was founded in 1986 by partners Ed Hill, and Robert Suffredni. The Everhot line was acquired in 1990 and continues to provided value via it’s timeless combination of state of the art engineering and initiative design.
Therma-flow/ Everhot products are produced at their company headquarters few miles away [...]

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How to Flush your water heater.

January 1, 2010 Tips And Suggestions

How to Flush your water heater:
Before flushing the tank you should turn of your electric supply off in the circuit breaker panel just in case their is some strange problem. (elements will burn out if left on without water) Their is no need to turn the gas off for a gas water heater.
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