Which is a good thing. This morning I noticed the hot water supply was lacking; while relighting the hot water heater, I also noticed that there was a puddle underneath it (not good on a wooden floor). Tonight, while buying a hot water heater (and a drain pan to put it in), I noticed that the size we previously had was rated for a family size of 3-4 people (and if you wonder why we ran out of hot water with a family of 8, now you know).
We now have the bigger size (50 gallons), suitable for a family of 5-6, which is a lot closer to the size of the current population.
Thanks to Chaelomen for help with the install... and I did take time to read the directions... after we were done.
Sadly, I missed the Crew Meeting tonight. I think a hot shower in the morning is a fair trade.
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Me too. And THANK you. :)
Love you!
Susie
As someone who has recently struggled with a water heater, my heart goes out to you.
Luckily, our 40 gallon water heater is not that old, but the thermocouple was a piece of garbage. So bad, that it was the subject of a class action lawsuit, so we got new 'guts' for ours, but I didn't enjoy installing it - I do, however, enjoy that it is working :) Hot water never feels as good as when you've had to do without :)
Hot water!! WoOt!!
I was glad to find out that the leakage was not severe. The builders of the house did not install a drain pan, even though there was a wooden floor under the heater.
The leakage went into the crawl space under the family room, which is also used as storage space.
hey, that looks like the picture I took!
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