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So I took the afternoon off work, hoping to fix my water heater. I thought if things didn’t go well, I might not get done tonight.
When I got home I called my friend Bill for advice. He offered to stop by tonight and decide what we were going to do, and what we needed. He said he could help me do it tomorrow night. It turns out he won’t be able to help me until next Wednesday (or I could pay Home Depot $250 to do it). While surveying the problem with him, I realized that I don’t done plumbing. (That is, I think I am capable of it, except that I have never done it before, and need to be shown what to do.) So I’m glad I didn’t attempt it on my own.
My best guess on the heater is that the sediment built up in the bottom of the tank, and when it covered up the heating element, the water couldn’t get heated, and the thing stayed on, and eventually popped the circuit. Either that or it just plain burned out. If that’s the case, I think I can fix it.
The beast still needs replacing though, so I’ll still plan on doing that. I just got back from Home Depot, and they have an appropriate model for $180. Not too bad. That doesn’t cover all the copper tubing and conduit for the replumbing and rewiring. I’m actually going to move it, and clean up some of the mess of piping in the basement ceiling.
This just drives me crazy because I've known since I moved in that the thing wouldn't last very long. It looks like it is thirty years old. Why didn’t I have it taken care of already. Because I procrastinate. And I’m always so busy. Not that it would get any worse, for having to do something about this. I had also planned on getting new furnaces (for the duplex). I’m sure I could cut our heating bills by... took me ten months to do the bedroom. I should have done the bathroom sometime in the last a lot. And then there's the remodeling. I planned on taking three months to do my bedroom, and the following year, the bathroom, and maybe the year after that do the kitchen. It year. I need to get that done by the time I move out. I can do the kitchen (and the rest of the house, for that matter) when I move out, while no one lives here.
I think I scored myself too high on motivation and focus.
When I got home I called my friend Bill for advice. He offered to stop by tonight and decide what we were going to do, and what we needed. He said he could help me do it tomorrow night. It turns out he won’t be able to help me until next Wednesday (or I could pay Home Depot $250 to do it). While surveying the problem with him, I realized that I don’t done plumbing. (That is, I think I am capable of it, except that I have never done it before, and need to be shown what to do.) So I’m glad I didn’t attempt it on my own.
My best guess on the heater is that the sediment built up in the bottom of the tank, and when it covered up the heating element, the water couldn’t get heated, and the thing stayed on, and eventually popped the circuit. Either that or it just plain burned out. If that’s the case, I think I can fix it.
The beast still needs replacing though, so I’ll still plan on doing that. I just got back from Home Depot, and they have an appropriate model for $180. Not too bad. That doesn’t cover all the copper tubing and conduit for the replumbing and rewiring. I’m actually going to move it, and clean up some of the mess of piping in the basement ceiling.
This just drives me crazy because I've known since I moved in that the thing wouldn't last very long. It looks like it is thirty years old. Why didn’t I have it taken care of already. Because I procrastinate. And I’m always so busy. Not that it would get any worse, for having to do something about this. I had also planned on getting new furnaces (for the duplex). I’m sure I could cut our heating bills by... took me ten months to do the bedroom. I should have done the bathroom sometime in the last a lot. And then there's the remodeling. I planned on taking three months to do my bedroom, and the following year, the bathroom, and maybe the year after that do the kitchen. It year. I need to get that done by the time I move out. I can do the kitchen (and the rest of the house, for that matter) when I move out, while no one lives here.
I think I scored myself too high on motivation and focus.
