Hot water is a wonderful luxury when it is as easy as turning a faucet. We are blessed that most of us do not have to tote a bucket down to the creek, to fetch a pail of water to boil it and pour it into a tub just to take a bath. In another hour. There are several types of water heaters available for residential use. We have the most common gas-fired tanks. We have gas-fired tankless appliances. Natural gas and propane gas. We have electric water heaters. We have small, “point-of-use” units for sinks, etc. We have solar components to help reduce our gas consumption. This section will cover a number of areas concerning water heaters. Not everything is exactly the same for each design. If you want an exhaustive book, go hunt one down in the library. (No web articles are usually exhaustive anyway.)
The water heater is one appliance that can explode or cause problems in other ways because everything with water someday leaks. Just look at the headings below and you will notice the individual detail subjects under this entire heading of “Water Heaters”. Read what you need.
Water Heater Enclosures
There is no specific requirement for where the water heater should be placed on a property. Inside the structure, outside...
Water Heater Base
The base of the water heater must be stable. Supporting 400 pounds or more is risky and most people might...
Water Heater Condition
I am not currently able to view inside a water heater without my special Superman “X-Ray” Glasses that I got...
Water Heater Gallons and Features
Your water heater may have several features that you may be unaware of or are considering to install because you...
Water Heater Strapping
Strapping will be the loose vernacular for the legal rules in some states about securing a water heater. The actual...
Water Heater Combustion
The combustion air for a water heater will be confusing at first because it is a formula. When all is...
Water Heater Venting
Extracting the byproducts of combustion sounds almost scientific. Down to earth terms would possibly put it like this, “I don’t...
Water Heater TPR Valve
Temperature Pressure Relief Valve. A lot of folk use the Acronym and still only say, “The TPR”. If you are...
Water Heater Gas Valve
This is a gas-fired appliance so it has a gas valve. Hopefully you have a newer valve that you can...
Water Heater Pipe Connections
What is there to say about plumbing pipes that you do not already know? If you see pipes that are...
Tankless Water Heater
When new fangled things come out, there is a learning curve on how it works and how it can help....