At 11:41 AM 1/26/2010, Mullen, Tim (IS) wrote:
>This is exactly what I did when I replaced my hot water heater about 12
>years ago.
>
>I cut the hard copper lines and installed threaded fittings on the
>"stubs". I then added a ball valve to each line, and a "flexible"
>copper line to the tank itself. It made the installation easy (didn't
>have to try to line up the pipes exactly), and will be even easier next
>time (with the ball valves, I don't even have to turn off the water to
>the house, just close the valves and isolate tank for the rest of the
>plumbing).
Tim,
I like the idea of the ball valves. I'll have to do that to my hot
water heater
next time I have it replaced. I had a solar hot water add on years ago. All
it did was cost me money, and take up a lot of space in my garage. So I yanked
it out. When it came time to cap off the lines to the main hot water heater,
I had a hell-of-a time trying to sweat the fittings as the cutoff
valve in the yard,
and the existing ones at the hot water leaked.
This was before I learned the bread trick.
John
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