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 02-08-2010, 10:07 PM | #1 |
Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: SW Ga Posts: 24 |  Any plumbers here?A widow in our church told me the hose bib on her hot water tank had a slow drip. I went over this afternoon thinking just replace the washer. No big deal. YEAH RIGHT !!! Turned off water and power to electric heater. Hooked up a hose to drain tank, Opened a hot water faucet in the house to allow air to go back into tank. Hose would not screw on bib tight enough to keep from leaking. Got another hose. Still leaking badly. Took hose off and decided to just screw top off bib remove valve stem, and let the utility room(in carport) flood. Took top off bib and no water. Should have been a flood, I thought. Washer was in bad shape. Had a bottle full of washers. Needed a flat washer. Had about 100 tapered ones. Finally just turned the other washer over and replaced it. No leaks. Why did the thing leak before I fooled with it? Leak badly when I tried to drain with a hose.? Completely stop all leaking when I took the valve stem out? My first thought was mud/sludge in the bottom of tank blocking the drain.(It is on a well) . If so, why did it leak to begin with? _________________ __________________ NRA Endowment Member The only criminal class native to the United States is Congress Mark twain |
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| 02-08-2010, 10:23 PM | #2 |
That's right   Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,319 | I know nothing about plumbing, but these guys are great. http://www.plumbingforums.com __________________ If you want a better Glock...get a Sigma.-your neighborhood Sigma fanboy. I come to you with empty hands. I have no weapons, but should I be forced to defend myself, my principles or my honor; should it be a matter of life or death, of right or wrong; then here are my weapons, my empty hands.—Ed Parker |
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| 02-08-2010, 10:24 PM | #3 |
Axe Grinder---Pile Driver  Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Uniontown,PA Posts: 1,426 | Too Slow!!!!!!!!!! __________________ ----------Gate _______________________________________________ "A lifetime serving one machine Is ten times worse than prison" "....but today, a six-effin-liter V8, a box full of hollow points, and, Lord willing, a GD Twinkie. Gotta enjoy the little things." |
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| 02-09-2010, 05:04 AM | #5 |
Supporting Member  Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Out in the west Texas town of El Paso Posts: 772 | Maybe it was hard water.  __________________ There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wound, death, and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time." - General George Patton Jr |
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| 02-09-2010, 11:47 AM | #6 |
Drunk ninja  Join Date: May 2009 Location: Arkansas Posts: 1,786 | Sediment/scaling in the bottom of the tank sounds like ONE of the symptoms. __________________ I fart in your general direction... FIGJAM |
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