Best Place to Buy a Water Heater?

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SPDguns

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Yup 1st trip is to get what you thought you needed
2nd trip to get what you forgot
3rd tip to get what you really needed.


This was so me. My personal record is five trips to Lowe's in one day. Now if I have a project, I will get two or three of the size I think I need, two or three of the next size larger and two or three of the next size smaller. Then I return the stuff I didn't need the next time I'm out. I learned this the hard way, you guys can have it for free!
 

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I highly doubt that drip is going to stop on its own. Go pick up some thread sealer as I mentioned there is a reason all plumbers use it, to prevent those tiny drips. Also Teflon tape is not a sealer its a lubricant to assist in tightening fittings. So don't think adding Teflon tape will seal it up either.
 

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Yup, I broke down some brass fittings that had plumber's putty/dope on the today and really had to put my shoulder into the job. They were sealed unto the day of redemption but I fixed 'em.
 

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Looks like the small leak has sealed off. There’s no moisture on the floor, so any drip is so small that it’s evaporating before it can collect. I’ll keep a close eye on it, but so far so good.


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Hot water heaters are fairly easy to install. My mother in law had to replace hers last year due to the bottom element went out and could not get it out as the whole spot had rusted so bad we were in fear of tearing busting it. Its about 2 years old and the bottom element went out again, she has well water and the bottom of the tank is already full of build up.
 

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If you have an electric (as we do), I'd say the main thing is to get a steel tank, no matter where it's purchased. I assume gas ones always have a steel tank.

They may leak eventually, but won't generally rupture catastrophically like the plastic/poly/etc ones can (this happened to a neighbor several year ago).

Also... if you can get a "sand hog" (or something similar) design, it will greatly increase the life of the tank. Ours had a PVC pipe insert on the intake side, that goes down near the bottom of the tank and curves around about half a turn.

This stirs any loose sediment every time you turn on the hot water, keeping it suspended and flowing out of the tank rather than settling to the bottom and building up.

I actually kept this pipe from one of ours and put it in the regular model we have now.
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