Here's a water heater question for all the plumber Savvy members. Is it possible for a water heater tank to be leaking sporadically from the physical tank not the pressure relief valve or any other plumbing around it but the actual tank leaking sporadically. Or is it more likely that if the tank was going bad it would continuously Leak with a steady flow of leaking water
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The tank is 9 years old and a technician came out today and said the tank is fine it's probably your pressure relief valve. Only problem with that is the pressure relief discharge line has a bucket underneath that would catch any water which brings me back to my previous conclusion that tank is leaking and came to his conclusion that maybe he did not see any water on the floor so did not proceed to investigate any further. There was a good amount of water on the floor and can't imagine where else it would have come from but for 2 days the floor has been dry again quite the mystery
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Originally posted by Anthonyr View PostThe tank is 9 years old and a technician came out today and said the tank is fine it's probably your pressure relief valve. Only problem with that is the pressure relief discharge line has a bucket underneath that would catch any water which brings me back to my previous conclusion that tank is leaking and came to his conclusion that maybe he did not see any water on the floor so did not proceed to investigate any further. There was a good amount of water on the floor and can't imagine where else it would have come from but for 2 days the floor has been dry again quite the mysteryExercise the Bill of Rights. It's good for your Constitution.
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I've replaced hundreds of hot water heaters and have never seen any leaking sporadically. Remove the burners cover and inspect the inside on the bottom. Sometimes the leak could be on the inside in the flue and the water will drip down on top of the burner. If the heater is off for a while it may start to come out but when the heater turns on the water evaporates. Sometimes you can hear it sizzle when it drips on the hot burner
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They don't usually just leak when the tank goes bad. The entire bottom of the tank lets loose in epic fashion. As in 40-50 gallons of water in your basement type of leak. Ask me how I know.
If it's already 9 years old, better to just replace it. It doesn't have much longer anyways.Last edited by bberetta1; 08-04-2016, 07:02 PM.
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Originally posted by bberetta1 View PostThey don't usually just leak when the tank goes bad. The entire bottom of the tank lets loose in epic fashion. As in 40-50 gallons of water in your basement type of leak. Ask me how I know.
If it's already 9 years old, better to just replace it. It doesn't have much longer anyways.The escape is complete. The inventor of Hawk fishing. (soon to be seen on ESPN 8 the Ocho)
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