Water Heater Leaking? Check These Areas
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- Опубліковано 3 сер 2024
- Should you Check your Water Heater? Yes you should and you will possibly prevent a flood in your home by periodically checking the most common leak points on a Hot Water Tank. Most homeowners can do this themselves and catch a small leak before it becomes a large leak as most leaks tend to start out small and progressively get worse so it's very important to check your tank. Thanks for watching!
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Hi Jensen, just an update. Watching your video helped me to better understand how these devices work. Unfortunately, my electric water heater was too old and it was necessary to replace it. When the plumber got here and he told me about the replacement I checked with him the pipes on top and asked him to open the upper box with the elements (everything was wet and rusty inside and it was the same outside at the bottom of the cover), things I would have never heard about before!! When I bought this apartment 4 years ago I never knew how old this water heater was, it just looked old but it always worked well. Then the leakage was going underneath that part of the laminated floor (fortunately only a few inches got damaged). Ohh well..., it was not cheap but at least problem solved.
I’m glad there wasn’t too much damage! Now you should have many years of trouble free hot water👍
Thanks for this vid! From Sydney, Australia - a very similar city to Vancouver
@@anguslaing6611 Welcome! glad you enjoyed the video, thanks for watching
Great job!
Mine must have a pin hole near the top element or threats that no longer seal. No other video talked about that.
Thanks!! 8:21
Thanks, glad it helped! I’ve seen a few pin holes in tanks over the years but over 90% of the time it’s corroded threads at inlet/outlet or elements.
I'm in the United States in the state of Massachusetts, thank you for the information.
Thanks for watching!
Oh yeah Katy, TX!
Thanks dealing with a leaking dip tube right now!
Well l hope the internal threads were okay & you got it fixed up. I’ve seen many where the tank had to be replaced because of corroded inlet or outlet tank threads. Thanks for sharing!
Hey handsome, and thank you for the very informative video. From Hollywood FL
Welcome to the channel and thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed the video!
Which water heater you think is better, an electric water one or a tankless one, for a small apartment with 1 to 2 people living in it. Thank you, gorgeous man!!!
Thank you! great question, I have found that tankless water heaters work well if they run on propane or natural gas but if they are electric they require a lot of power to run. So either a storage tank type electric or tankless gas powered would probably be best for an apartment like yours.
Thank you for being thorough and your video as a whole.
The place I'm renting has an Everhot dual handed electric water heater and I'm pretty sure it's leaking!
Watching from Australia ✌🏻
Welcome! l had never heard of an everhot before. I see they are made in Australia. I would let your landlord know sooner than later that you suspect a leak. Thanks for watching!
Thank you for this video. Greetings from Northern Indiana. Our family has had a GE Smart Water tank for a looooong time. I did not know about the rod needing changed (which I think you mentioned in another video), so I will look into that. I do not see a leak at this time, though it is dusty and needs cleaned. I know you said some anode rods can be flexible, but other than that, are they generic to all tank heaters? Thank you!
@@JenniferMathew-gh2vf Welcome! Yes water heater anodes are mostly generic in thread size & composition. l have seen some tanks that don’t have them at all but that’s usually smaller tanks.
My electric water heater is leaking from the upper element. It appears it's coming from behind the gasket. We are from Englewood, Florida
Welcome, thanks for watching! If it’s a flanged element you can probably change it or have it changed. If it’s a threaded element you may be able to change it but the majority of the time the tank will need to be replaced.