When it rains, it pours, right? When we bought our house 18 months ago, the inspector mentioned to us that the water heater was the original, so it was about 15 years old, and will probably need to be replaced at some point. That point is today. Well, that point was a week ago I think. The plumber came to fix a seal in our master bath, and when he turned the water back on, I noticed that it seemed like the water was always running. (when the water is running in our house we hear an occasional THUD). So I kept hearing it, but the plummer having fixed our hammering pipes I didn't really think twice about it. Then our water temp was low. Showers in the morning I had to turn the knob way hotter than normal and it wouldn't last as long. hmmm...
So how we discovered the problem, was because of ANOTHER problem. I got home with Rogan last night, it was a colder day, and the house temp was down to 61... time for HEAT! except when I turned it on... nothing, nada. No heat. The furnace didn't turn on. PROBLEM! so I get the fireplace going, double pajama Rogan, put the Warm Mist Humidifier to work in his room, and text Ryan so he can help when he gets home.
Once he's home he goes to the basement, looks at the furnace, which isn't working, but then notices that our water heater is LEAKING. We don't know what happened exactly, but probably just old age, the bottom of it looks to be rusted through and a little stream of piping hot water is leaking out and traveling about 2 feet to the nearby drain. It's concrete, and the drain is right there, so no real damage... thank goodness. FYI... the plumber didn't go anywhere near our water heater, so it wasn't his fault at all.
Ryan was awesome and went straight to Lowe's to get a new water heater. And then I called a furnace repair man this morning. Hopefully by nightfall our house and water will be warm again.
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