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Posted by barbarow on December 9, 2006, 7:43 pm
The first time I had to replace my water heater, I installed 1/2" sweat
unions on the cold and hot lines which made it easy when I had to replace
that one.
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> I'm in the process of finishing my basement. WRT the floor, we still
> haven't decided if we're going to be using vinyl, cork, carpet, or
> whatever else is available - but that's not important right now.
>
> My concern is water. I've done the plastic/duct tape trick and have
> determined that moisture coming through the floor should not be a
> problem. The walls don't leak, and the sump pump and battery backup
> work just fine. My concern is the water heaters. The traditional
> way to tell when they need to be replaced is to observe the water on
> the floor. The life expectancy of a mainstream consumer type heater
> is, perhaps ten years. I have two, which means that I can expect
> such a puddle an average of once every five years. This will be
> incompatible with virtually any floor I put down, with the exception
> of vinyl, which is pretty near the bottom of my desirability list.
> Is there product that will allow me to build a dam around the water
> heaters that will keep the water contained in that area, protecting
> the floor? Perhaps I could build such a dam using commonly available
> materials? There is a floor drain immediately adjacent to the tanks,
> so the water would have a place to go.
>
> Suggestions/comments?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
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