came home after work today, went into garage to grab a shovel (was going to neaten up front yard some...) uh-oh, there's a puddle on the floor! Farther investigation shows that water is dripping from a light fixture... woops. hit the breakers, started to investigate. Water heater done blowed up. (of course, it was mounted upstairs, with no drain pan.)
Ripped out lots of sheetrock, insulation, etc. and have three fans set up at strategic locations to try to dry out the wood before it starts to rot...
I guess the only saving grace is that it appears I caught it very shortly after it started to leak, otherwise it could have been real ugly. Not that it isn't, but still...
I guess I get to fix yet another of the things I didn't like that a PO had done, earlier than I was planning on... Good thing the bathroom in the house is back together (was just doing some minor work in there yesterday...)
So... where do I go from here? My thoughts are that I would like to have a new water heater installed, BUT I...
1) want ball valves and flex hoses on inlet and outlet (braided stainless or corrugated copper?) 2) want drain pan underneath heater, with drain plumbed into real drain 3) want drain valve replaced with nipple and ball valve 4) do NOT want carpet underneath water heater (really!)am I missing anything?
nate