| You should always be careful when ever you clean | | | | I got some channel locks and proceeded to turn the |
| out your storage tanks. I would like to share some | | | | drainage valve on, only to find out that I had just |
| home maintenance tips with you that could save you a | | | | broken off the handle. I looked at that drain valve and it |
| lot of money. If you're planning on cleaning out your | | | | was something that I could replace with an ordinary |
| water heater, to remove calcium deposits, it's time to | | | | hose bit. This is where things get a little more |
| start paying attention and to put your thinking caps on. | | | | interesting. When I went to remove the water heater |
| It was about 20 years ago, and I had just purchased | | | | drain valve it was corroded enough to break it into |
| my first home. I was a young general contractor on a | | | | small pieces, with out removing it from the water |
| mission to maintain the house that I was living in. We | | | | heater tank. |
| bought the house from the government and it had | | | | By the time I had assessed the damage that I had |
| been sitting vacant for a few months as all of the local | | | | done to the water heater and the water heater |
| skateboarders used the swimming pool as a | | | | drainage valve, it was time to go purchase another |
| community skateboard facility. | | | | water heaters. I purchased another water heater and |
| This should give you, a pretty good idea what the | | | | installed it, but I needed to know how bad the old |
| condition was of the house. Knowing what I knew, I | | | | waters heater was damaged. |
| decided to clean out the water storage tank, even | | | | I took a saw and cut the waters heater in half, only to |
| though there wasn't anything wrong with the water | | | | find out that the inside of the heater storage tank was |
| heater. This is where you need to pay attention, | | | | clean and there wasn't any calcium deposits for lime |
| especially if you're a do-it-yourselfer, who's looking for | | | | damage. I had just wasted an entire day and spent |
| a few home maintenance tips. | | | | around $200 for a new waters heater and it just didn't |
| I hooked the garden hose up to the water tank drain | | | | make sense. |
| valve, but when I went to turn the drain valve on, it | | | | The moral to this story is, "If it isn't broke, don't try to fix |
| wouldn't budge. I noticed that there was a little bit of | | | | it." If you have a water heater drainage valve that |
| corrosion around the water heaters drain valve and | | | | won't turn, don't force it to open. If you do, you could |
| this was a good sign, that the inside of the water | | | | find yourself in the same situation that I was in 20 |
| storage tank could be damaged also. | | | | years ago. |