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Good Morning everyone. Short day today, getting a new water heater. My current one is an commercial 80gal unit from 1978. Finally rotting from the inside. Lots of iron in the water, but only on the hot side. Still heats water amazing, hate to see it go, but water smells now, stains everything.
 
71GSSDemon said:
Good Morning everyone. Short day today, getting a new water heater. My current one is an commercial 80gal unit from 1978. Finally rotting from the inside. Lots of iron in the water, but only on the hot side. Still heats water amazing, hate to see it go, but water smells now, stains everything.
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Yeah, they don't make them like that any longer. Hope you score a decent replacement
 
WV64Signet said:
Yeah, they don't make them like that any longer. Hope you score a decent replacement
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I hope so too. I know they don't last long anymore. My friend's boy is a plumber and he believes whatever they buy is better than standard big box store ones, so fingers crossed. Also, while things are disconnected, I want to reroute the pex to upstairs to avoid the freeze potential going forward and clean up some mess of copper line leftover from when the house was a business.
 
Saw this Valiant on I-5 North yesterday. Guy driving was around 70, not sure the year but I loved his "Made in USA" bumper sticker! I just don't see these on the road much, thought it was pretty cool.

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71GSSDemon said:
I hope so too. I know they don't last long anymore. My friend's boy is a plumber and he believes whatever they buy is better than standard big box store ones, so fingers crossed. Also, while things are disconnected, I want to reroute the pex to upstairs to avoid the freeze potential going forward and clean up some mess of copper line leftover from when the house was a business.
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I had to buy one in our last house, heard the same things that the guys saying about quality, didn't work right out of the box etc. Ours did but we sold soon after. Lots of new code rules here I think, pressure tank, earthquake strap. At our new house they even put bollards in garage in front of HVAC unit and H20 heater, crazy!
 
71340Duster said:
I had to buy one in our last house, heard the same things that the guys saying about quality, didn't work right out of the box etc. Ours did but we sold soon after. Lots of new code rules here I think, pressure tank, earthquake strap. At our new house they even put bollards in garage in front of HVAC unit and H20 heater, crazy!
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Well I hope they are better. I wanted to go with a tankless system but he said it would take up to 8 years to pay for itself. I dont have the cash to put out for that and not sure how long I will be in the house overall. We definitely don't have those types of codes and regs here
 
Well I gotta hit the road, driving a ridiculous amount of miles for these spreaders and aluminum poles I'm going to use to hold up netting in my garden/orchard. Could build a frame out of PVC but would cost more and take as much time (6 hrs RT).
 
71340Duster said:
I had to buy one in our last house, heard the same things that the guys saying about quality, didn't work right out of the box etc. Ours did but we sold soon after. Lots of new code rules here I think, pressure tank, earthquake strap. At our new house they even put bollards in garage in front of HVAC unit and H20 heater, crazy!
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Yeah. I got jammed up on a gas heater when the control valve went out. Manufacturer said it was out of warranty.... I didn't realize that the clock started ticking from THEIR sale not from install date. Turns out the 5 year old house had a 12 year old hot water tank.
I managed to guilt her into sending me the part for the cost of shipping....
 
We bought this house, the owner did a nice complete upgrade five years ago, furnace, AC, and water heater.
Hopefully we're good to go for a few years.
 
Old man ray said:
I've been sleeping the best I have in years, once I decided it's time to simplify my life.
Tossed the worker bee mentality and getting involved in helping others, that take up most of my time.
Not that I still won't help someone in need, just spend more of my days on me time.
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Sounds good.
Let me know if I should talk to your guys about the fence and sidewalk
 
71GSSDemon said:
Well I hope they are better. I wanted to go with a tankless system but he said it would take up to 8 years to pay for itself. I dont have the cash to put out for that and not sure how long I will be in the house overall. We definitely don't have those types of codes and regs here
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Electric tankless?
 
toolmanmike said:
Boy I didn't sleep good. Kept thinking about that water softener install. I did watch some You Tube vids to put my mind at ease. The vid's are a lot simpler hook up though. Andy's house has never had a softener and he wanted it on another wall so we have to do quite a bit of plumbing to make it happen. We'll get it.
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Wow, I get drowsy and take a 20 min nap. I have done that 3 times this morning. I took a caffeine pill and it is kicking in. I see a nap in my future this afternoon.
 
Old man ray said:
Fine she had a foot problem end of last season. She anchored the 400 relay at start of season.
Then coach shut her down for outdoor season.
They have been building up her body. See Avatar.
Last weekend she competed. Finished 4th out of 32 in 200 meters.
Thanks for asking.
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Injury sucks. My daughter missed most of her Junior season with a high ankle sprain.
 
Morning!
Crappy crap crap outside!

@Old man ray i can relate. Spent countless years fixing everybodys junk,buying tools and equipment to do it. When i got the Barracuda i was still in that mode,busy fixing other peoples ****. When the Fargo showed up, i decided it was time for payback, those tools were going to start paying ME back. I cut back my working hours and i turn away new customers. I need enough to pay the bills, and provide a little to finance my projects. Jobs like this Firebird are what my goal is. Long term,work at my own pace and and get paid fairly. I may have 2 more projects coming,which will carry me for 6 months,giving me enough to cover bills for the rest of the year.i may get a couple months off to do my own stuff. Thats the goal.
 
WV64Signet said:
Electric tankless?
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It would have been gas tankless. $3-4K This issue is the house always had electric, now to run gas line, power vent, exhaust, etc it is outside my available budget.
 
71GSSDemon said:
It would have been gas tankless. $3-4K This issue is the house always had electric, now to run gas line, power vent, exhaust, etc it is outside my available budget.
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Yeah. I get that. You definitely need "fire" as a source with those. The electric are too inefficient and lag way too much
 
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