40 GALLON GAS WATER HEATER REPLACEMENT
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- 40 GALLON GAS WATER HEATER REPLACEMENT
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Hey Steve, great video as usual. I’ve got a Rheem that I installed 20 years ago, only getting one and a half showers. Replacing it next week. Your videos are extremely helpful. Keep up the good work and thank you.
Code variances vary a lot. In California an indoor HW heater has to be 18" off the floor and strapped to a ridged structure for earthquakes. Flex lines used for supply and returns and many gas supply lines are flex. Shakin and bakin... Another great job Steve!
My understanding has been they only need to be elevated when they are in garages
@Ginter Guy I guess the media hasn't mentioned the 20' Snow pack melt. Too much water now.
Eighteen inches off the floor only in garages in my state, mix of hard and flex lines, no straps, but most installers are using flex to water just to expedite jobs; more customers than we can get to a lot of the time. Using expensive parts to buy very valuable time.
Change mine out lasted 20 years couldn’t get it to drain so I had to wiggle it over to the floor drain and gave the spigot a little how you doing with the hammer so I could get it up the stairs
I was just reading my manual for my water heater. It says to check the anodes every year and to replace them if they are worn out or every two years which ever comes first! That seems crazy. Hence I found this video to hear what your opinion on anodes is.
I got my answer watch the rest of the video thank you got a great truck very well organized
Thanks much. That road was sure bouncing your new truck.
Another kick ass video Steve! Remain safe and keep them coming 👏 👍 👌
Interesting Steve. I live in mass and my tank has a vacuum breaker and expansion tank too!
if you have a well or a water meter with check valve on it then you need a ex tank
I find code differences interesting. In my state both the gas and water lines are flex at the tank. I should probably have a vacuum breaker, but nobody uses those here. Great job.
Around here the heater has to be placed into a pan to catch the water if the valve blows and direct it to a drain or outside whichever is best for the installation.
I do commercial plumbing and we aren’t allowed to solder. My company won’t get the hot work permit so we have to pro press everything. Good soldering is an art and you sir are an artist!
A friend of mine, with decades of experience as a welder burned a customer's million dollar house to the ground with one little mistake. I solder but press has it's place too.
Morning Steve,The faucet in the basement seems to have had the hot and cold sides reversed so when you were trying to bleed out the tank only cold water came out of the hot spigot .
I like their old bathtub fixture.
Lucky on that gas line length! It was great when the Union matched up exactly!
Good job Steve here in Nashville Tennessee we get about $1,200 to set a water heater Plus cost of the water heater
1200 just for labor that would be high over in Connecticut.
this is a joke ?
right?
@@matkremzar5474 unfortunately those are the going rates there are plumbers that will do it for less
Not to be rude of course trades people r worth gold .. just didn't think ot was that good.
I seem to get 20 years or more on my water heaters our water is really soft so no mineral buildup never even tried the anode change i figured it was a risk trying to get old anode out and not damage heater plus tight location for heater and no headroom i would have to saw up old anode if it does not fold easy and get new one like sausage links
Hi Steve I see some people put a temperature gauge on the hot, is this common for a residential water heater.
Seems like a waste.. if the hot water is too hot..turn the temp down
Great vid. My tank is electric with about 3" of calcium in the bottom. Hard to remove through that small hole. Ever get desperate one night and call up the mad diner? I'm still laughing over that story.
Definitely worth it if you can do it yourself. I bought a rod for about 30$. But u need an impact wrench to take it off. But other than that it was a piece of cake. I’ll do this every 4 yrs!
Great job 👍👍👍👍
I tried to change the anode rod in mine and it had become one with the tank! I had a house with a copper hot water heater and it had been in for 50 years. 25 gallons!!!
A master plumber at work Steve
I know you've had that 2 wheeler a while, but I've found the hand truck with the oversized air filled tires are a lot more back friendly taking the old tanks out and new ones in especially if you're going up a flight of stairs, because there's no bulkhead in the house
air tires go flat .... the ones i have are solid rubber will never go flat
@@stevenlavimoniere yeah, but there a beast to pull up a stair because they have no bounce to them
Nice work Sir watching from the U.K.
Not Rocket Science Mama
Your area doesn’t require thermo expansion tanks on cold water side ?
Great job Steve
They won't let lead added to brass but they let mercury be in fillings that they put in your mouth. What is the real reason why they won't allow lead in brass? It doesn't leach out, it is integrated with the other metals.
You're the freaking best. I love this
Great job Steve.
Bought a hotpoint from Lowes a while back. Jus as the warranty ran out after 7 yrs it started leaking. Before that the one original to the house lasted since 74.
I hear you call 1974 Wow! Thats because they make junk today planned obsolescence .Just changed my Bock oil fired 30 gallon last year lasted since 1996. Got another one best water heater on the market . Its sickening what they make today electric and gas water heaters are the cheapest made and all have short lifespans just junk.......They wont make the tanks out of stainless steel not because it costs more but because they would go out of buisness.........
Knock on wood the AO Smith in our basement is on year 23. I drain it annually and have checked/replaced the anode rod as-needed
@@chrisfreemesser that's the brand I replaced it with.
@@chrisfreemesser AO Smiths oil fired are very good too I think they are Canadian made not sure. I love my Bocks,LOLL!
Got to love the Shark Bite Max commercial before the video 😂
Bite Butt Max is the best!
Do you save the old gas valves too? Or is it just not worth it?
i have some saved
new drinkin game everytime steve says it aint rocket science take a shot. JC. might not be rocket science but u gotta know what your fn doing no matter what your profession is
A lift gate would be a nice addition to the new truck
Worth every penny, especially for us older water heater wrestlers.
Real plumbers use a torch. You got that right my friend
Great video thank you.
Anoid rod. Classic! Almost as good as chimaney.
Another job well done.
When I was a kid I was playing in the basement and actually saw the tank let loose. Fortunately I knew how to shut off the supply.
Boy that's some old plumbing in that house
Steve, I think you got your money’s worth out of that can of pipe dope 😂
I specialize in water heater replacement for a living, then I come home and watch Steve and Miss Molly.
Any reason you do not use Dielectric unions in between the water heater threaded nipples and the copper pipe?
the nipples are diel electric lol
@@stevenlavimoniere Thank you, LOL I still use them , any harm or just a waste Just put in a new Gas this year and used them
@@2006Ranch NO HARM JUST A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY ... KNOCK YOURSELF OUT
WooHoo water heaters baby!!! !! Oh it’s worth it! You put plumbers out a business if you tell them to replace the anode rod!
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In my experience as a water heater wrestler/wrangler, very few customers will have anodes changed, no matter they know. They just don't want to bother with it.
We have Well water,but I used to live in a House in Asheboro North Carolina and the Chlorine in the water was terrible.
Steve, I have an idea for you. I took my Jack Russel on a leash with me to a shopping center and discovered that every cute chick had to stop and make a fuss over him and talk to me. He was my "Wing -man" that day. NO TICKS, either! Molly would enjoy the attention, (and exercise) too. You might just meet your soul mate! It is all right there-- where you could invite her for coffee or lunch. It would not hurt your health either.
(If there are lines drawn through part of this message, I have no idea where they came from or why).
you needed 3rd arm pulling that copper out of valve that can be frustrating.
Good job.
Nice job! I would have put it in a pan.
Steve does that require a expansion tank ?
No back flow check valve, no expansion tank required.
Teflon tape and pipe dope.Belt and suspenders.😂
As Yogi would say … It’s not “Rocket Surgery”. Thx Steve.
customer got his money's worth on the old one. you don't have to they are rated to put right on the basement floor, as you can see the old one held up just fine. but being an industrial mechanic every thing gets put on a pad or is elevated. when i do a hot water heater residential you don't have to. but i try to put it on couple of patio blocks minimum just to get it off the ground. in case washer hose breaks or sump pump stops because of power outage,. but thats just me you can see the old one had no rust on it and was fine. i was thinking that when you were piping the new one
Do you have to put an expansion tank on up there if you don't have a backflow preventer
you only need a ex tank if there is a check valve on water meter because it will build pressure when heater by expanshion and blow the relief valve on heater . unless your using the hot water to relieve pressure .. so thats why you need the extank .. look for check valve at water supply /
I got to replace a condensor today 😊
I just got 30 years out of the one in my home. Changed today as it could fail any day
Hello Steve!
How come the 40 gallon heaters are cheaper and more plentiful then the 30 gal.
most people go with a 40 gallon .. more bang for your buck
Higher volume equals lower cost to retailers
Howdy Steve and Molly
Papa Smurf was busy!
Really Piumber stays up with modern innovations. Had a leaky pipe in the wall and plumbers opened the wall and found the leak. They cut out the leaky portion of the pipe and crimp in a new pipe. Didn't have to worry about them burning down the house with a torch.
real plumbers use a torch just saying
Are any models better than others?
yes Bradford white is the best on the market
Bradford white makes a good water heater
Hey Steve and Miss Molly! Workin’ again y’all. 👍👍. Giving it the ‘ol how ya doin’, lol. You camera work is great Steve!
recycling steve to make the world a better place and have some bad ass hot rods.
8:31 sketchy lol
Good idea to walk Molly everyday. She's already calmer. And it's good for you too Steve!! And walking in mild temps is also a good idea,not like these morons you see out there walking their dogs when it's 95 degrees and going miles with them.
anything over 70 f i would not walk my dog .....you can burn there paws pads on hot pavement
Smurf jism 🤣🤣
I didn't believe there was a lead free brass . Maybe you meant soldered before . I thought 08 was already lead free solder .
even the new LF brass has lead in it just less lead .. its code now to use the LF brass . in the usa
4:03 I guess a water heaters like a dog it x 7 and only last 14 years.
Not rocket science 😂
Number one
3 miles is a pretty long walk.
You can do it in under an hour easily.
walking the dog she stops and takes breaks .. so its about 1 hours . letting the dog stop and do her thing is what i do ..its not a race
Sounds like a Leaka Mama.
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Copper would b more sturdy..
That’s a lot of air
Opening the relief valve during fill, then snap shut just as water starts coming out of it reduces the air volume to bleed out.
Don't real plumbers use pipe cutters?
my prostate blew out like that safety valve momma
I would have took my dog for a walk the other day 1/2 mile that man where i that i was at a mile turned out to be 1/4 mile turned around came back
My 40 gallon natural gas Rudd made in 1989 was replaced today. The daggum drain faucet started leaking and finally blew out!
Wow, you definitely got your moneys worth !
How about brain surgery? Is it like that?
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1 tip size for that turbotorch don't make others tips
yes there are 3 size tips
It’s not rocket science
Jism is sling for semen lol steve
So it’s Smurf spunk?
@@picklerix6162
Smurf spunk is a vadka cocktail
SHE'S A LEAKER LOL STEVE WHY U WEAR GLOVES LOL 🤣🤣🤣
Love that baby Ms Molly got me own over here 🇬🇧 Gracie Plumber audit lol