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1. [Shop-talk] Water heater quality (score: 1): Author: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@Ameritech.net>; Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 16:25:39 -0600; Are there any truly good, durable, natural-gas-fired conventional water heaters made nowadays? It appears that most of the major brands come from two main conglomerates: Rheem/Ruud/Richmond/etc. and; /html/shop-talk/2013-12/msg00006.html (10,849 bytes)
2. Re: [Shop-talk] Water heater quality (score: 1): Author: Paul Parkanzky <parkanzky@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 18:40:40 -0500; I live in Middleville, MI, which is where Bradford White water heaters are manufactured. I can't say anything scientific about their relative quality, but they have a large manufacturing plant that w; /html/shop-talk/2013-12/msg00007.html (12,113 bytes)
3. Re: [Shop-talk] Water heater quality (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <TR3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 09:17:59 -0800; I don't know who actually made it, but the GE brand heater I got from Home Depot about 12 years ago seems to be holding up well. I get some rusty sediment when I open the drain valve every few years; /html/shop-talk/2013-12/msg00008.html (9,929 bytes)
4. Re: [Shop-talk] Water heater quality (score: 1): Author: Benjamin Zwissler <bjzwissler@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 13:31:33 -0500; I've got a Whirlpool that I bought about five years ago from Lowe's. I've since found they don't have a very good reputation among professional installers. I just replaced my gas control thermostat b; /html/shop-talk/2013-12/msg00020.html (12,843 bytes)
5. Re: [Shop-talk] Water heater quality (score: 1): Author: Gil Fuqua <Gil.Fuqua@cci-ir.com>; Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 18:24:43 +0000; Speaking of GE....my son had a problem with a GE water heater installed in the house he recently purchased. He is not a techie person, but willing to try. He called GE and they walked him through a f; /html/shop-talk/2013-12/msg00021.html (12,056 bytes)
6. Re: [Shop-talk] Water heater quality (score: 1): Author: "ElanS4" <ElanS4@cox.net>; Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 15:45:43 -0500; insulators <...> One other modest suggestion. Get two ball valves and install one on the intake and the other on the output. It shure makes things easier in the future if you have to replace the hot; /html/shop-talk/2013-12/msg00022.html (9,940 bytes)
7. Re: [Shop-talk] Water heater quality (score: 1): Author: Tim <tputland@charter.net>; Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 16:56:44 -0500 (EST); gas or electric? thanks _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.team.net Archive: http://www.team.net/archive; /html/shop-talk/2013-12/msg00023.html (11,643 bytes)
8. Re: [Shop-talk] Water heater quality (score: 1): Author: Gil Fuqua <Gil.Fuqua@cci-ir.com>; Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 22:50:53 +0000; GE electric water heater. Gil gas or electric? thanks _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.team.net Archive: http://www.team.net/archive http://autox.team.net/mailman/optio; /html/shop-talk/2013-12/msg00024.html (12,780 bytes)
9. Re: [Shop-talk] Water heater quality (score: 1): Author: "ElanS4" <ElanS4@cox.net>; Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 18:43:16 -0500; of water from from water I've had something like this for the last 20 years or so... When it first happened, my buddy explained to me that it was from the plastic fill pipe that the cold water comes; /html/shop-talk/2013-12/msg00025.html (10,829 bytes)
10. Re: [Shop-talk] Water heater quality (score: 1): Author: old dirtbeard <dirtbeard@pacbell.net>; Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 19:03:25 -0800 (PST); Hi Karl, More important than the price or the warranty on the heater is that you need to change out the sacrificial anode rod every five years if you do not soften your water, and every three years i; /html/shop-talk/2013-12/msg00026.html (11,361 bytes)
11. Re: [Shop-talk] Water heater quality (score: 1): Author: w <wc5813@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 22:34:58 -0500; I installed one of the Whirlpool electrics with the "energy smart" control from Lowes back in 2006 after getting in a pissing match with my propane company, and figuring out electric was cheaper to o; /html/shop-talk/2013-12/msg00027.html (11,954 bytes)
12. Re: [Shop-talk] Water heater quality (score: 1): Author: w <wc5813@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 23:28:33 -0500; Doug, any suggestions on how to unscrew stubborn rods? Need to swap out the ones at my Mom's and my own. 1 1/16" socket seems pretty standard for them. Mom's won't budge with an 18" breaker bar on it; /html/shop-talk/2013-12/msg00028.html (10,131 bytes)
13. Re: [Shop-talk] Water heater quality (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <TR3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 00:34:22 -0800; They were a bit tough to find, but HD had galvanized catch pans designed to go under the heater and be plumbed to a drain. I think they are actually required by building code around here for install; /html/shop-talk/2013-12/msg00029.html (10,265 bytes)
14. Re: [Shop-talk] Water heater quality (score: 1): Author: old dirtbeard <dirtbeard@pacbell.net>; Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 06:11:04 -0800 (PST); Hi Wayne, Once you have it out and replace it, I wrap the threads in pipe tape so it comes out easy the next time, but that will not help on the first removal. I don't recall having that much trouble; /html/shop-talk/2013-12/msg00030.html (11,429 bytes)
15. Re: [Shop-talk] Water heater quality (score: 1): Author: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@Ameritech.net>; Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 08:24:38 -0600; Third try at a reply - my replies to the Forum bounce after a day. After a long time getting to the right department at Lochinvar, I got a new water heater under warrantee. Got it home last night and; /html/shop-talk/2013-12/msg00047.html (10,649 bytes)
16. Re: [Shop-talk] Water heater quality (score: 1): Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 20:15:46 -0600; _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.team.net Archive: http://www.team.net/archive; /html/shop-talk/2013-12/msg00048.html (9,836 bytes)

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