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With all these friggin hurricanes, I would never be without a gas water heater with the gas coming in from underground.

FPL tried for years to get me to switch to electric. Then Wilma came.. And only a few of us on the block taking hot showers.

TPR valve go bad?

You seem to be a resourceful man Birdie. Good luck living with out the heater. It can, and has been done.

Boss.

D O double Gizzle.....

A guy I used to work with and his wife lived on the rough full time year around for about two or so years except they lived in a tent pitched on a relative's property in order to pay off debt. Previously he had been partners in a small business with another man but his partner cut out taking all the cash and equipment leaving him with all the debt. Had to respect their determination and dedication to get that done.

The relative that let them live on their place raised a lot of chickens and allowed them to use all they wanted so he and wife pretty much ate eggs and chicken mostly for the two years. Said he ate so many eggs during those two years he couldn't stomach eggs anymore.

He took water from work home in plastic milk jugs every night and had also been known to take rolls of toilet paper and the little plastic salt and pepper shakers and also pocket fulls of napkins and the little sugar and condiment packages from work and restaurants.

LMAO

I'm gettin on the internet to tell everyone for the next several months, I'll be smelling like fred flintstone's ass.

should be the title of this thread.

Many responders to this thread seem to have not noticed that the TANK on Birdy's water heater is leaking.
In this area, water heaters only seem to average ~ 12 years before they rot out. "It" happens.

Basically, this is an aside.

Our electric co-op subsidizes efficient water heaters.
They only allow one every seven years, but for $150 I got a $1000 water heater.
It's 80 gallon, and almost all plastic, even the tank!
Unbelievably, it is rated for higher heats and pressures than metal ones.

It ain't gonna rust!
But the dang plastic might break when new element time comes.

No gas service here.

I had a hot water heater go out, and the insurance paid $30k for repair to the basement floor. The basement flooded 1/2" deep for one day, and there were 6 types of workers sent here by the insurance company fixing the damage; Humidity, mold, plumbing, flooring, baseboards, and program manager. The baseboards my brother and I originally installed were a little better than the replacements, but the wood flooring replacement was a huge upgrade from the original work done by my brother and I.

I asked around people I know and most households have one hot water heater failure that floods per lifetime.... and then never again allow it.




We now have a monitors on the hot water heater and a sign about the warranty expiration date.

Those Watchdog alarms are the bomb. Saved me a major bill a few weeks back.

I'd guess one is not married if the bucket deal is getting a passing grade in your house hold.

Wife is watching Myth Busters today. The exploding water heaters are absolutely amazing.

I look at my water heater at least 4 times a day.

Birdie,

Try one of these. Or two if you need that much water. Set them in a sunny location in the morning and come back to hot water after work.

https://www.amazon.com/Sturm-Milita...mp;psc=1&refRID=HSXXP7V9RTN723EP5R0G

You might find them somewhere else for a bit lower price. I've used on camping and have an old RV shower hose and head I want to try to attach. That'll be almost like downtown when camping.

Geno

try these for $6 at walmart

Ahh fur fuggs sake, here. 150 bucks and right around the corner from you..he’ll probably deliver it too...

https://sanantonio.craigslist.org/app/d/san-antonio-30-gal-whirlpool-gas-water/6779179925.html

These keep us clean at our hunting camps in Montana and Wisconsin. Fill and place on a rock, cement. hood of vehicle or heat up water on stove and fill.

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