Uncovering the Reality of Water Heater Neglect - Must Watch Plumbing Video!
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Failure to properly maintain your tank style water heater has tremendous consequences like premature tank failure and dangerous diseases like listeria. Watch as Mike Diack, master plumber and licensed HVAC contractor replaces a residential water heater featuring step by step, time saving techniques - followed by a look inside a 14 year old AO Smith water heater.
Neglecting your water heater can result in premature failure and dangerous disease like listeria. Watch as Mike Diack, master plumber and HVAC contractor replaces a residential water heater with step by step techniques - getting the job done in under 60 minutes. Then, cutting open the tank - revealing incredible conditions inside the tank!
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Mike I installed my gas water heater in sept 1985 I flushed and drained it every year. I changed the anodes every 2 yrs and I just replaced last month after 39 years. It started to leak. Shows how maintenance will keep your equipment in top condition.
That is incredible and is a testament that shows that a little bit bit of elbow grease will preserve the device that provides domestic hot water for your household. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and feedback on this video and your own personal experience.
I had an AO Smith water heater last 28 years without any maintenance. It all about the type of water going into it!
This was a really cool video mike. I'm glad that you actually took the time to show people what happens to the inside of a water heater.
I’m glad you enjoyed the video
It’s time to do a video of the installation of a powered anode rod in a tank style water heater 👍
Corro Protec are great anode rods
Great video! Love seeing the grunge that people let accumulate in their water, crazy.
You are lucky you have soft water vs here in Texas with really hard water. For 14 years old half that tank would filled with deposits. They are really nasty here if they aren’t drained regularly. Tankless have to be descaled almost twice a year here. 😮
Hey Mike, great video! Just thought I would throw this out, the anode will not start working until there is exposed internals, as the internals get exposed more and more current flows from the tank to the anode and through the water causing the anode to deplete. The other problem that can exist is the anode rod can get coated by contaminants and minerals and cause it to become ineffective at flowing ions through the water making it useless even though there is plenty of material. As water heaters age and more and more exposed steel is in the water the anode will be depleted faster and faster.
Mikey pipes. You have a head like a bull when you hit that vent and dented it.
Absolutely thank God it wasn’t a two or 4 inch steam main
Excellent video. Thank you for the dissection of the water heater. You may have done a video before, but if not, it would be good to demonstrate the removal and replacement of the sacrificial anode rod ( tools, techniques, etc.). Thanks again!!
Great suggestion! I actually have several videos on how to extend the life expectancy of your water heater by replacing the anode rod
A full port valve such as a ball valve or gate valve needs to be installed by code in N.J.
Whats your thought on the Powered Anode Rod for Water Heater, 20-Year Warranty
Great Job, Mike.
Thank you again so so much for your continued support and dedication to my multiple channels.
A full port shutoff valve such as a gate or ball valve is required by code in NJ
What is the recommanded period of changing the anode rod? Every 5 years?
Great vid
Thank you very much for supporting the channel and commenting
I have to do this to my storage tank. How long do you recommend to let the water cool down after turning off the unit?? Do you need a special hose or can I just use a regular garden hose to drain it?? TIA
What about the drain pan that goes under the water heater?
That wonderful Woodmere water. I'm shocked it lasted 14 years. 😂😂😂😂😂
Yeah, that makes no sense. How long this water heater has lasted.
mighty fine ai water heater installs in the intro there
My water heater is June 5, 2014. Performance rheem natural gas 40 gal 💪🏻still going so far
It's always a good idea to replace those crappy valves that water heaters come with with full port ball valves and a hose adapter.
Yeah, I typically don’t change the ones. I’m not gonna take out a brass valve to put in a another brass valve.
@@PipeDoctor Plus it looked like a "Globe" valve with a side drain on it. Worst valve in the world to use for a main-line shutoff.
Mike - what’s a good rule of thumb for when to replace the anode rode (or symptoms)? Also, what material/mineral should a guy (or gal) go with when purchasing a replacement rod?
Hey Mickey, I don't wanna come off like that Joshrosenbutt AH but have you ever tried hooking up a pressure gauge to a sillcock and blowing out a water heater with air pressure? It works pretty good and it can blow out the sludge from the drain plug and doesn't gunk up your pump.
I see this all the time in Texas. And most are in the attic. It’s already 130 degrees in the attic. No need to stupid insulation. Also hard to see any leaks or rust.
Need some straps on that relief line boss
Mikey do you trust the bluefin ball valve???😮
Absolutely I see nothing wrong with that three-quarter press ball valve and remember if you’re in the Long Island area and need a local plumber give us a call at 516-348-6300. I’d be happy to help you out.
@PipeDoctor I've seen their ball valve failing prematurely and leaking from the stem and packing
Why pro press the valve. Slap male adopt. With flex connector
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Would have made more sense to press a brass mip on the hot and brass male adapter coming out of the cold shut off .. so you could use water heater flex lines and be able to change water heater in future without cutting it out again .
flex lines are for clowns who cant measure pipe
Using flexible, water supply lines and gas supply lines for an appliance like a water heater is not permitted. Installing flexible, waterlines would be a violation and it would fail inspection. Perhaps the code where you are if you experience earthquakes Aires that but in the great state of New York it is not allowed. Remember if you need a local plumber in the Long Island, New York Metropolitan area give us a call at 516-348-6300.
do you think i can on a YEAR OLD water heater tank i can flush it to my sump pump when doing its yearly service?
Wish you guys came upstate NY
Shouldn't you put dielectric unions on the water heater stubs, then go to copper? The dissimilar metals are going to corrode, no?
The nipples are stainless. So dielectric unions are not needed necessarily. Some plumbing code require unions though, but not all.
I thought they were plastic lined galvanized.
According to the internet, they are galvanized with a plastic liner and it supposedly gives the dielectric barrier. I guess I was just always taught to use a dielectric union.
I miss typed. The plastic insert in the galvanized nipple is a dielectric, so the dielectric unions are not required unless your code requires a union (it can be brass) or some people replace them with stainless nipples.
They are rare on gas water heaters.
I thought you weren’t supposed to have the combustible foam pipe wrap within 6 inches of the flue pipe. Just asking
You hard-piped the water heater instead of using flex lines ?
@@unclej7621 Mikey like me is in NYS we are not required to install earthquake proofing or flex lines
Thanks so much for sharing your comment and possible concern. Please be advised that this video was filmed in the great state of New York. We don’t have to worry about earthquakes with earthquake straps, flexible gas lines, and flexible water heater connectors. Everything including the water and with a temperature and pressure relief valve discharge tube is hard piped
If you go tankless, you better maintain
what interval do you recommend changing an anode rod? once a year, once every 2 years? Nice video as always my friend
It should be checked after the initial three years and then on a regular basis after three years based on the condition of the rod
@@PipeDoctor Sweet ok thanks for the info 👍
Mikey is getting trolled hard core today for some reason. The dielectric nipples on the top of the tank are factory installed and not meant to be removed. The nipple on the cold water side is actually part of the dip tube, it’s one piece and needs to be there. The nipple at the hot water outlet has a little flapper in it that is called a heat trap to prevent hot water circulation through possible convective currents in the potable water piping. Convection currents can be established in a single pipe, hot water will rise up the middle of the water column as the cooler water sinks along the exterior of the same column along the pipe wall, these convection currents will rob heat from the top of tank and waste energy, the heat trap prevents that and allows the stratification in the tank to remain. The bronze Viega female ProPress adapters he used also act as a dielectric barrier when connecting copper pipe to a steel tank. Unions are required in my area but they don’t need to be dielectric unions because the tank nipples are already dielectric
Could you please show how to get the mag rod out? I’ve never been able to get one out of it tank to save my life.
@@garysmith9772
Keep the water inside the tank so it doesn’t move when adding torque and use an 1/2 impacter
Thank you so much for watching the video. I actually have several videos that show how to change the anode rod in your water heater. If you need a local plumber in the Long Island New York City metropolitan area give me a call at 516-348-6300 or save time and book online.
Just a little food for thought doesn’t it cost more money for a plumber to come out one time a year to service the water heater then it is just to wait 15 years or so and buy a new one without doing any service?
Well, perhaps if you’re mechanically inclined, and you can do the maintenance yourself if you can operate a sprinkler the lawn irrigation sprinkler then you can easily flush out your water heater and then every 3 to 5 years change the rod
it really depends on the water composition of the area some areas water heaters can go 20+ years with no service zero problems in others if its not serviced yearly it will die in under a decade
I love AOS. I own some shares of the company
That’s awesome. We primarily install A. O. Smith water heaters. If you need a local plumber, give us a call at 516-348-6300.
Have you ever installed/serviced the Cyclones? A totally cold 120 gallon will be to temp in about 20 minutes. We have them in the facility where I work. Super fast recovery.
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Professionals use dielectric unions and would never intentionally open a relief valve, even on a new water heater.
Why in the hell would one waste time and money to do a combustion analysis on such also? Making too much $$ of this customer and laughing at?
Best off, order a new gas valve to have on hand of when new dies in a year or two.
Sometimes, regular water heaters can go 30+ yrs with zero maintenance!
I know of an electric toast master water heater that advertised having a heating element that never burns out, still doing it's thing for over 60 yrs now on well water!
No one can tell anyone how long a water should or can last . Maintenance or no maintenance done
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Better late than never. Even with 2nd comment !
I see copper plumbing being connected directly to Water Heaters without the use of Dielectric unions lately. What's up with that?
They are not in common use with gas water heaters.
@@RobertTuck-vo8cw Do you understand what Dielectric unions prevent?
@@joelnasdaq2724 Yes, I know what they are for. I always use them. I was stating a fact/
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Why not install a power vented tank
Please @joshrosenbloom9726 PLEASE 🙏 I beg you please get educated. You are a twisted and demented individual who I hope seeks the help that you need. And please please put the wrench down and takeoff your sister’s panties.
A power vented water heater is not necessary. There is a chimney and are you paying for the difference?
Hhahahaha I am dying with this guy. He made like 10 comments already 😂 😂 😂 @@PipeDoctor
Try the finger on a sewer line
The Reynolds Wrap Cover on the Water Heater is almost as Embarrassing as a Fur Coat on a Neglected Outdoor HVAC Coil. 🤪👎
Yeah, that partial bubble wrap of the shell of this water heater is kind of pathetic
It was doing absolutely nothing.
We wonder why are white clothes aren’t white anymore. 😂
First mf😂😂😂
Damn! That’s fcukin quick!!!
You need to lick it before you stick it
@@jasongeo2 you have to sniff it first,the stinky finger test,😆 🤣 😂
@@johnphillipsplumbing7148 I was hoping he would rub it on Daniel or something, but he didn't.
@@joshrosenbloom9726 Daniel is my friend. We ride minibikes out in Sulfolk Park wooded areas. We meet up at 711s and chit chat.
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Most anode rods are not capable of being removed due to ceiling height restriction in basements. I understand they make flexible replacement rods. Have you used these before??
Actually, that is an urban legend I have never had a problem removing an Oron from an existing water heater replacements. I use flexible or linked linkage anode rods.
I had to drain the tank at my parents house, disconnect it and lay it on its side. But their tank is in a crawl space.