Project #4 New Water Heater
A gas leak from the water heater control valve results in swapping out the 30 year old water heater and being ready to shower at 11:00 pm. It was not as fun as a welding project but I got to use fire and melt metal so I guess its better than doing taxes... Do yourself a favor and just plan on cutting out the old unions. I broke one loose but twisted the pipe doing it the other one broke a solder joint and I ended up cutting it out anyway. I didn't find the leaking joint until the next day. these are pics of the repair of that leaking joint. Man Copper is expensive. I guess that won't be getting any better so I need to get used to it.
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