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Household Hints & Help

CTyankee

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6. Actually, since I originally posted this thread the problem reoccurred and it was NOT from a leak.

Reply to RebelOne (Reply #5)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 02:34 PM

Oct 2013

The water just wasn't all that hot. Then, the next day, it was fine again and has been so now for a few days.

My conclusion is that I have a malfunctioning hot water heater. It is getting old and I think sometimes it just may not do its thing very well. I keep checking it expecting any day to see the telltale pool of water around it on the floor, the sign that it has given up the ghost. But that is not the case. However, it may soon be.

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Hot water issue. Please advise! [View all] CTyankee Sep 2013 OP

I will not be able to help you, but Curmudgeoness Sep 2013 #1

I think I know the problem. It was gone this morning when I went to shower but I recall that CTyankee Oct 2013 #2

Well, that was an easy fix. Curmudgeoness Oct 2013 #3

With the help of my husband's buddy, who is a retired plumber...he told me that a drip CTyankee Oct 2013 #4

I have done that. Last week I didn't have any hot water RebelOne Oct 2013 #5

Actually, since I originally posted this thread the problem reoccurred and it was NOT from a leak. CTyankee Oct 2013 #6

Have you 'bled' the radiators recently? LauraNb Nov 2013 #7

we don't have radiator pipes. We have forced air. Oil heat (altho I've often thought of CTyankee Nov 2013 #8