DallasDIY
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I'm curious about something and could probably find the answer with enough searching but it's late and I'm too tired to work at it.
My water heater started leaking this weekend and I'll pick up a new one first thing Monday morning. Last night, I shut off the water supply to the house, cut the hot and cold pipes just above the water heater, and took the heater out completely. Put a new ball valve on the incoming (cold) side at the wall nipple. Just to stop back drainage, I put a valve on the hot side where I had cut the pipes just above the top of the water heater.
So, here I am with what I think is "closed" on the HW side but, when I turn on a faucet, I get a stored up flow back in the HW pipes even though I've drained them several times.
Where is this water likely coming from?
My water heater started leaking this weekend and I'll pick up a new one first thing Monday morning. Last night, I shut off the water supply to the house, cut the hot and cold pipes just above the water heater, and took the heater out completely. Put a new ball valve on the incoming (cold) side at the wall nipple. Just to stop back drainage, I put a valve on the hot side where I had cut the pipes just above the top of the water heater.
So, here I am with what I think is "closed" on the HW side but, when I turn on a faucet, I get a stored up flow back in the HW pipes even though I've drained them several times.
Where is this water likely coming from?