Is it hard to replace a water heater?

[Humpy]

Sharkbite sells a water heater connector that comes with a matching purse.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/SharkBit...ll-Valve-u3088flex18bv/202685672#.UUx1g1fxphE

 

[bignateyk]

Sharkbite sells a water heater connector that comes with a matching purse.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/SharkBit...ll-Valve-u3088flex18bv/202685672#.UUx1g1fxphE

Yeah those are pretty amazing. I used them to connect my water softener.

 

[ManBearPig]

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[*kjm]

Biggest problem can be getting the old one out. I had a 40gal that was so full of crap it took two of us to get it out with a hand truck.

 

[bignateyk]

Biggest problem can be getting the old one out. I had a 40gal that was so full of crap it took two of us to get it out with a hand truck.

Yeah it was a disaster when I replaced mine. It has so much sediment in it that the water wouldn't drain out of it. So I had to load a completely full 50 gallon water heater onto a hand truck and try to wheel it out of my house.

Once I finally got it out I just yanked the elements out of it and let the water come gushing out.

 

[phucheneh]

We spent new years in Vegas at a buddy's house. His hot water heater started leaking our last night there. Took 2 PhDs, 3 MS, and 1 bachelor's degree 3 hours to replace the hot water heater. If we had just hired one of the guys outside Home Depot to do it, it would have been 15 minutes.

experience makes a difference, but a bunch of numbskulls with little hands on skills were able to do it, so you can too!

The three dudes with multiple sclerosis were probably not doing a whole lot to help your time.

 

[imagoon]

Yeah it was a disaster when I replaced mine. It has so much sediment in it that the water wouldn't drain out of it. So I had to load a completely full 50 gallon water heater onto a hand truck and try to wheel it out of my house.

Once I finally got it out I just yanked the elements out of it and let the water come gushing out.

Next time... Hanger / copper wire up the drain spout generally works. So does a baseball bat to the tank sides to shake it up.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Man, I could save so much time if i used these to connect my softener, except I want a bypass valve on the wall for redundancy.

You could still do it, sharkbites work on copper too. :biggrin:

 

[phucheneh]

Next time... Hanger / copper wire up the drain spout generally works. So does a baseball bat to the tank sides to shake it up.

When I was flushing mine, I found it also helped to turn the inlet valve on and off to help 'stir' it and put some extra force behind the crap I was trying to shove out.

 

[disappoint]

Is it hard to flush a water heater? I tried to flush mine but the water heater wouldn't fit in the toilet.

 

[ManBearPig]

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