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Let me guess, you have been downstairs to check the laundry or take a tool and its state. A huge puddle of water around the basement and from the bottom of the boiler. This is the most obvious and most common sign is required to install a new water heater.
Water Heater
If you have no experience with DIY projects around the house there is a newWater> heating should not be a problem for you. Follow the procedure described in this article, and you must install your new water heater in a few hours. The installation of a water heater will save up to 300 or even $ 400 depending on the area you live in. Now, if you are not very DIY, you can still install their own water tank, but can take a little 'more than a couple of hours, but if you like a challenge and are not afraidAnd the repairs on your house, installs in a position of the heater itself.
Tools and materials required:
Water Heater - Install, what you take when you want is 40 gallons and 50 gallons for an update it's time to do it. If you have a 50 gallon I would recommend switching to something less than what you have. Fittings ¾ - 2 ¾ You have to come and perhaps even the elbows. Consider what type of pipe thatYou have to go to your boiler. This may be copper, CPVC, PEX or galvanized. I always recommend Shark Bite fittings ¾ because they are very easy to install with PEX, CPVC and copper tubing. If you have galvanized pipe, you may need to obtain a conversion and fit in one of the other tubes for easy installation. Black fittings - you need a pair of black hose to extend ½ fittings and elbows, or to reduce the gas line connection to the heating system to install.Gas last line. In this way I'll know exactly what I need for gas. 2 - ¾ dielectrics. Always replace the dielectric for the installation of a new water heater. Ensure that the proper dielectric material for the pipes you have in your home. T & P valve is usually provided with the new heaters. Torch, flux, solder, sandpaper Channel locks or pliers compensated Pipe wrench Teflon tape or pipe thread solution Garden hose.
Now that we have all our materialsWe want to start again. The first step is to turn off the main water supply at home. Next to the downstream gas Turn the gas line connecting the water heater. Now connect the garden hose at the bottom of the water heater and run the hose on the ground near the end. Switch (outer tube that looks like a bib) and allow the valve to drain the heat race.
To get to this point in your home and turn on all faucets. Be sure to leave theThe valves in place, and have turned the hot and cold water. This allows water to drain all the heat much faster.
As the water draining out the old heater, water heater new Unbox. Dope tube before the two waves come from the top of the stove. Once equipped with the new dielectric lives. Then, if you have the radiator of a T & P valve and pipe drug unboxing this thread.Screw the T & P valve on the side of the stove will be a hole with a wire on it where it goes. You may need to use the pipe key to the final turn on the valve points down. Now you have prepared for hot and ready to go.
After finishing the old is the heating, the line separating the exhaust gases in assembly labor. This is the assembly which has a hexagonal center. Once separated, the union off the rest of the heating pipe that are ONLYbe replaced.
Now we will separate the water lines. Use the channel locks to separate the dielectric. Will be separated just as the gas fittings connecting line. Cut the old dielectric from copper or other pipes you may have.
Once all the tubes are disconnected from the boiler and it seems there is no water in the tank to begin removing the old boiler out of your way. Be sure to leaveenough space to get the heater back in its place. If you have a small area may need to simply remove the old water heater to make room for the water heater again.
Align the new water heater with pipes that connected the old heater. If there is any need to change, some water pipes, leaving the pipe with the cold water valve, the tube straight and configure the hot side.
Connect the water linenew heating system with the shark-bite fittings or whatever you have decided on the valve. You may have to settle for the dielectric new water line, if you have copper pipe. During welding, dielectric advise you to discover what is necessary on the clutch and the dielectric tube cut to length and solder them to the ground. This will work much easier. You may also want to remove the washers from the dielectric, so that you do not burn.
Now you have the Water pipe all connected, if everything is cool. If I had to do it without welding. Replace the washers in dielectrics and pull him down. Turn off the water supply. While the boiler is filled to rely on the taps, so you can purge all the air from the system.
Now you know what you need for the gas line. Connect the gas line for heating. If you're lucky, the gas line from the old heating system is a line with the new> Heating. If not, then simply reused as. You can buy the gas lines in all sectors and sizes.
After all the air bled from the system, turn off the taps. Now the hot water is filled you need light. Most heaters have a new manual lighting system. This works just do not like a barbecue. Press the driver and click the clicker and the light comes on. After about 30 seconds, turn the heat to the desiredSetting and its water reservoir begins to warm the water. You should now have hot water in about 30 to 45 minutes, depending on the size of the tank.
Heater Installation