hot water heater

Hello, First post, looking for some advice. The water company here came to upgrade the meters and found out that our cold water is switched with the upstairs tenant. What ramifications does this have, will it affect my bill? its supposedly just the cold water line to the hot water...

I have a Whirlpool hot water heater that is about 6 yrs old. Yesterday morning I noticed a slow dribble leak from the hot water outlet. It seemed to be coming up from the tank, as not connections above were leaking or condensing. I turned off the water and researched online and decided to...

Finally the term, "Hot Water Heater" is being banned from the English language according to Northern Michigan’s Lake Superior State University. Why? It's redundant. Water heaters heat cold water, not water that is already hot. Others on the list: This year’s list includes “let me ask you...

I have a Giant (Green Foam) Natural Gas Direct Vent Hot Water Tank Model: UG50-62. Last evening I noticed the house seemed cool even though the thermostats were callin for heat and did not hear the tank starting for an extended period. Decided to turn on a tap and no hot water, figures late...

Hello. I recently inherited the 70 year old family home with a gas water heater in the kitchen alcove. I'm having a new refrigerator delivered next week and would like to run the water/icemaker line to the cold water supply line on the water heater. (There has never been abn icemaker set up...

I'm wondering if anybody has an opinion on (or experience with) Eemax's TankBuddy. The TankBuddy is a small tankless heater that is designed to work with a typical tank heater. They claim to get you close to 2x the effective hot water from your tank. As far as I can tell it is only sold through...

Good evening, I recently moved into a new apartment (Built in 1999 but very well kept). The apartment has an Apollo based system. Since my girlfriend and I moved in the sound has occurred, that has been 10 days. It has been worse then what it is now. In the past ten days of narrowing down...

I recently had a new gas hot water heater (apparently the dreaded flame-lock whirlpool) installed with a new thermal expansion tank. On hot-water demand once the gas flame starts the heater makes a popping sound followed by tuning fork ringing sound. After about 10 seconds all sounds from the...