Water Heater Drainage

On Fri, 7 Feb 2014 09:15:20 -0600, micky wrote (in article ):

Got it. Thanks!

On Fri, 7 Feb 2014 13:47:38 -0600, snipped-for-privacy@optonline.net wrote (in article ):

Thank you for clearly stating what it was I wanted to do ie power flush and a way to get the water outside given what I have to deal with. This thread should have only been a few posts long :(

A lot of people have said that on this very ng, and it must have been true a few years ago, and maybe for the previous 80. I'm not sure what changed, water heaters, water, or people. .

And maybe if my father had lived longer, he would have taught me to drain the WH. But he didn't and he didn't.

The first 10 years here I had no internet, and it never occured to me to drain ir. Year 13 or so, the wh leaked and the directions for the new one didn't mention draining, afaicr.

What do other people in the building do? What did the guy who did the home inspection expect the owner to do? It surely wasn't what he did.

Don't ask the people right underneath you. If you do and then you don't do what they say, they'll know you didn't do it if and when the flood comes.

I noticed that, and it's four feet high, not the best place to put the drain for a wh that's 4.5 feet high.

And I suppose I should mention that the instructions for washing machines say to turn the water off when not in use. The hardware store guy said he sold loads of replacement rubber hoses, when they burst. He talked me in to woven stainless steel clad rubber hoses, which are much much less likely to burst, though mine started to leak a bit at the end when it was twitsted the wrong way.

Live there with him I guess. Again, he did say it was a

What did the guy who did the

That's a good question. Probably just said "WH missing drain pan" and the seller just put one in himself that goes no where, or got some hack to do it. I think it's code that there needs to be a drain to somewhere for a WH installed in a living space. Sounds like the seller got away with the $10 DIY fix instead of the $500 or whatever solution that was really required.

What? He has an illegal apartment down there? I guess I missed that part.

Now you're on the right track....