Master Plumber Mark
Sensitivity trainer and plumber of mens souls
We usually offer a thermal expansion tank when we
install a new water heater.....and a pan under the heater....
I had a Rheeem gas heater today begin to leak....
It was 6 1/2 years old......not too good a life span...
We replaced it with a Brad White......in a new pan pipled to the crawl space...
The problem that I ran into was the Thermal expansion
tank had gone bad some time over the last 6 years and
weighed about 55 lbs just hanging in the air....
the homeowner was disgusted enough with the fact
that the heater had gone bad, and did not want to pay extra for
a thermal expansion tank that I had promised her 6 years ago
would help lenghten the life of the heater...
so I put a plug in the outlet,
and went my merry way....
I recently had a thermal expansion tank that I had
installed about 8 years ago blow a hole in the side of
it and get a basement pretty wet......
I am not to happy about the cheapness of those things
and am glad I have not have had to pay for anyones
basement as of yet.............
My question is .....
how long are those things supposed to last???
and
Do any of you actually send out mailers, or remind
your customers that these things should be serviced or looked
at after a few years????/
or is that simply their problem after a year????
basically what good are they if someone
does not check them out and baby them every so often for troubles....
install a new water heater.....and a pan under the heater....
I had a Rheeem gas heater today begin to leak....
It was 6 1/2 years old......not too good a life span...
We replaced it with a Brad White......in a new pan pipled to the crawl space...
The problem that I ran into was the Thermal expansion
tank had gone bad some time over the last 6 years and
weighed about 55 lbs just hanging in the air....
the homeowner was disgusted enough with the fact
that the heater had gone bad, and did not want to pay extra for
a thermal expansion tank that I had promised her 6 years ago
would help lenghten the life of the heater...
so I put a plug in the outlet,
and went my merry way....
I recently had a thermal expansion tank that I had
installed about 8 years ago blow a hole in the side of
it and get a basement pretty wet......
I am not to happy about the cheapness of those things
and am glad I have not have had to pay for anyones
basement as of yet.............
My question is .....
how long are those things supposed to last???
and
Do any of you actually send out mailers, or remind
your customers that these things should be serviced or looked
at after a few years????/
or is that simply their problem after a year????
basically what good are they if someone
does not check them out and baby them every so often for troubles....
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