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dormouse1953) wrote2020-12-17 09:55 pm
dormouse1953) wrote2020-12-17 09:55 pm
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Water heat saga concluded?
So finally, someone has come and replaced my water heater.
The first guy who looked at it back in October could only plumb in a new heater, not do the carpentry and electrics. So I tried kitchen fitters on Checkatrade and one came out and reckoned he could do it. But first he had to source a new water cylinder. That seems to have taken the time. He got back to me the beginning of last week to say he'd found a company that made them to order and he came round to take some measurements. He then ordered the cylinder and had it delivered to my house. It arrived Monday.
Meanwhile, the leak was getting worse. This week when working upstairs on my computer I could hear the cold water tank in the loft gurgling as it constantly refilled to top up the hot water tank. I hadn't heard that before.
This morning he and his son come out to do the work. This involved removing the cupboard doors and a false drawer. Then they had to empty the tank which they managed without too much mess. I think they siphoned it out, at the same time sucking up as much of the water on the floor as they could so as not to be working in a puddle.
Then, out with the old, in with the new. Connect the pipes and electrics, and replace the cupboard. It looks as good as new. And the water is heating up and not pooling on the floor. It must have taken between four and five hours all told.
The first guy who looked at it back in October could only plumb in a new heater, not do the carpentry and electrics. So I tried kitchen fitters on Checkatrade and one came out and reckoned he could do it. But first he had to source a new water cylinder. That seems to have taken the time. He got back to me the beginning of last week to say he'd found a company that made them to order and he came round to take some measurements. He then ordered the cylinder and had it delivered to my house. It arrived Monday.
Meanwhile, the leak was getting worse. This week when working upstairs on my computer I could hear the cold water tank in the loft gurgling as it constantly refilled to top up the hot water tank. I hadn't heard that before.
This morning he and his son come out to do the work. This involved removing the cupboard doors and a false drawer. Then they had to empty the tank which they managed without too much mess. I think they siphoned it out, at the same time sucking up as much of the water on the floor as they could so as not to be working in a puddle.
Then, out with the old, in with the new. Connect the pipes and electrics, and replace the cupboard. It looks as good as new. And the water is heating up and not pooling on the floor. It must have taken between four and five hours all told.