Attention Plumbers

[SideShow Bob]

OK,
My turn now, HELP ! I need a PLUMBER ! My water heater spru g an internal leak last night.
went down I to the basement this morning tojave my morning cigarette,and the basement floor is covered in water.
I checked for busted pipes and whatnot , found water comming out from inside the water heater.

Is their any plumbers on this site ? I need the water heater replaced ASAP. I can either buy one and you do the labor, or have you do a complete install, parts & labor.
I would like to give my business toa member first. If not I will have to hire an unknown.

I can probably do it myself, but I have watched too many Myth Busters episodes where they turned a water heater into rockets, and it would be my luck to have that happen.
Thanks,

Bob.

[roberth]

Go to home depot and get a Rheem water heater then contact hghclsswhitetrsh to do the install.

[Robb]

I've only done 2 water heater replacements, it's no bid deal. (Thankfully I don't watch Myth Busters!) I've had great luck with the flexible connection hoses especially if you buy a different height heater. Technically you're supposed to pull a permit for the work. Other than lugging it up and down the stairs it's pretty easy & straight forward.
Let the old one drain for a couple days, put it back in the box the new one came in, get a buddy, and push/pull it up the stairs. Be careful of rust water stains on the carpet. There are a few recyclers who will even come out, pick it up and leave you a couple bucks for it, or they used to just a few years ago.

[bryjcom]

Don't pull a permit.. Its a fucking joke.. They just want some $$$ from you.

Just have hghclsswhitetrsh do it. He's in your area. I usually charge $850 for a 40 gal and $950 for a 50 gal installed with me supplying the water heater and disposing of the old one and you get to sit in a chair drinking a pina colada and watch me do it.[Flower]

I've seen homeowners do it and they usually can if they are mechanically inclined but home owners take twice as long just to save a few $$$. We can bust those things out in 2 hours no problem and you don't have any aggravation.

[wctriumph]

I had the same issue a few years ago, middle of the night and all. When you are done keep the paperwork, you can probably write off the new water heater if it is a energy saver, I did.

[kwando]

Its easy... If you need help LMK I'm in SE Aurora also.

Another vote for hghclsswhitetrsh

[roberth]

I had the same issue a few years ago, middle of the night and all. When you are done keep the paperwork, you can probably write off the new water heater if it is a energy saver, I did.

Thank you, I got $150 knocked off my 2014 Fed taxes :)

[electronman1729]

call dunecrazy!
he has helped me out before

[SideShow Bob]

This is going to take some pipe work, I've got hard lines going into and comming out of the water heater, and the probability of everything lining up and being at the right length, and the way my luck runs, (Murphy Is my middle name) will be low, so I am not counting on a perfect swap out fit. Then there is rerunning the pop off valve hard line to the floor drain.

I've PMed Hyclass and e-mailed evil rhino, no responses yet.

[EvilRhino]

This is going to take some pipe work, I've got hard lines going into and comming out of the water heater, and the probability of everything lining up and being at the right length, and the way my luck runs, (Murphy Is my middle name) will be low, so I am not counting on a perfect swap out fit. Then there is rerunning the pop off valve hard line to the floor drain.

I've PMed Hyclass and e-mailed evil rhino, no responses yet.

I got burned out of doing everything myself, self-employed taxes, and b.s. like the EPA's lead based paint crap with $34k a day fines, so I went back to being an employee. Let them deal with those headaches. Turned off my liability insurance last month as well. Sounds like hyclass is your best bet.


ETA it's up to $37,500 per day now. Yay gubbermint! [Mad] http://news.agc.org/2013/05/13/epa-fines-violators-of-the-lead-renovation-repair-and-painting-rule/

[theGinsue]

I assume this is a gas water heater (versus electric). Is this a correct assumption?

[BPTactical]

Knowing Bob Thomas, I am sure it is gas.
Read his sig line..........

[SideShow Bob]

I assume this is a gas water heater (versus electric). Is this a correct assumption?

Yep, Gas.

[SideShow Bob]

Knowing Bob Thomas, I am sure it is gas.
Read his sig line..........

[LOL] Shouldn't you be sitting g in your rocking chair with a shawl over your shoulders talking about the good old days while you are rehabing ?

[KS63]

Mine had the same problem as yours. If you've installed new faucets in your home or fixed a blown water sprinkler copper line, you can do it yourself. Took me one hour to haul old one out of basement and install new one. Cost me less than $400 including the gas heater at HD.

[BPTactical]

[LOL] Shouldn't you be sitting g in your rocking chair with a shawl over your shoulders talking about the good old days while you are rehabing ?


I ain't dead yet scruffy, besides my slice and dice is tomorrow on my elbow.
Which still leaves me two very healthy boots to administer the TriCanalAnalVelocitor to you Bobbo..............[Kick1]

[SideShow Bob]

First world Crisis solved.
New water heater to be installed in the AM.
In the process of water cleanup. I've always wanted a wet/dry shop vac, now I own one.
Now I need to go and rent a de-humidifier.

[Irving]

How much water are we talking? May be worth it to call in a mitigation company, or you can pull the base board trim to get the air from the dehumidifier into the wall.

[SideShow Bob]

How much water are we talking? May be worth it to call in a mitigation company, or you can pull the base board trim to get the air from the dehumidifier into the wall.

Unfinished basement, the standing water was about a 1/4" or so. The bad thing is that the floor drain is only a foot away from the water heater and of course is the highest level of the floor, so the water flowed away from it accumulated enough to fill the lower portion which was pretty much the rest of the basement.
Wet vac-ed up all the standing water but the concrete is still damp. Luckily only one small section of the basement wall insulation wicked some water up about 1/2 a foot.
Good thing most all of the wife's boxes of crap survived, when we moved in I put down pallets before stacking all her stuff.
I did have a few cardboard boxes and about a dozen IPSC targets get ruined by water.

Edit:
Just went down into the crawl space under the concrete floor, only a few gallons made it through the concrete and puddled on the plastic sheeting covering the dirt.
The bad thing is the access is too small for the shop vac and the hose is too short to reach.
Guess I will be low crawling with a mop & bucket to get to the standing water.