I am in dire need of some suggestions / help. My Bradford White 48Gal NG hot water ttank blew on me (water all over the basement)! I need a new hot water tank (direct/power vent to make things worse) ASAP!
I have nothing to add, other than to say, when my hot water heater dies, I am getting a tankless. If for no other reason than it will more than double my available space in my laundry room due to the current position of the hot water tank.
huge commiserations on this, crap time for it to happen, myself Id send the family off to friends or family for the holiday as you are going to be either bloody lucky or rogered senseless on price on christmas eve,
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huge comiserations on this, crap time for it to happen, myself Id send the family off to friends or family for the holiday as you are going to be either bloody lucky or rogered senseless on price on christmas eve,
That's what I thought. We have family here so we can get by for a few days.... Hoping someone can come boxing day.
No plumber will be coming to your house on boxing day for any large savings over tonight, but that's just a guess. The chances of getting someone is likely much higher though.
Any reason you couldn't do it yourself? ( I have no idea how hard it is, watching a video on youtube right now!)
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Your description and the picture do not hang together.....no advice other than there are emergency places in town.......sory to say but this is is going to cost you.
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Is Lowes still open? When my tank went, my cousin who is a plumber was going to fix it, and there ended up being a delay. My "plan B" was to buy a 120 volt 12 gallon electric tank and put it inline using the hot and cold lines fron the clothes washing machine. The key would be to sut off both valves to your current hot.
Not enough capacity for more than a 7 minute shower per hour, but better than nothing. At a cost of $250, might be less than the premiuim of getting a plumber in before Friday.
Having said that, I had tossed around the idea of a hot water tank for the garage, so the $250 wasn't all going to waste.
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No plumber will be coming to your house on boxing day for any large savings over tonight, but that's just a guess. The chances of getting someone is likely much higher though.
Any reason you couldn't do it yourself? ( I have no idea how hard it is, watching a video on youtube right now!)
JESUS CHRIST please don't do it yourself
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Mine went Xmas Eve last year. I picked up another from Home Depot and took care of it myself. You need to make sure you have a similar model with everything in the same place so you don't need to thread a gas line.
I would also suggest that anyone needing to replace a tank and who isn't handy, wait and pay a plumber to install a tankless in-line water heater.
No plumber will be coming to your house on boxing day for any large savings over tonight, but that's just a guess. The chances of getting someone is likely much higher though.
Any reason you couldn't do it yourself? ( I have no idea how hard it is, watching a video on youtube right now!)
Probably because he's not a plumber? Watching a YouTube isn't going to make you a plumber.
Thanks for all the replies everyone. I guess I have a very non standard (power vent, made by rando-company) that's making it hard for anyone to source before the 27th when their suppliers reopen
So it's looking like we'll be spending Christmas with the inlaws... boo!
Merry Christmas everyone, I hope you guys have a better one than me!
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HELP! Water Tank blew on Xmas Eve!
