The joys of country living - #1,247
Was working in the garage and heard a hissing sound. Tracked it down to a slow leak in the water heater. Crap.
The water heater is in a small closet off the main garage and the floor of the closet drains into the crawl-space under the house. This is why I didn't notice any water under the door or other symptom.
Called my go-to place (
Hardware Sales -- an incredible Bellingham resource) and I will be picking up a replacement on Tuesday. Wished it could have been sooner but the tank in place is eighty gallons and I want to replace it with the same size and Hardware Sales only stocks up to fifty gallons.
The Bellingham Home Depot only carried GE ($778) and because of GE's political cronyism, I refuse to spend money on their products. The Lowe's had Whirlpool ($563) which is OK but I was looking for Bradford-White. These are the gold standard for water heaters and Hardware Sales quoted me $750. This way, I will only have to do the work once. Done deal...
Lulu was looking to put a firepit out in the garden so the carcass will be split in half and legs welded on.
Posted by DaveH at June 6, 2013 8:03 PM