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Tuesday I noticed that our hot water had suddenly become markedly more hot. I've lived in this house for like 6 years and I pretty much know the combination of hot and cold water required for the temperature I desire. But on Tuesday, when I set the water there, it nearly scalded me. In the shower, for instance, I push the hardware straight up 12 o'clock for a nice comfortable shower. But on Tuesday I had to adjust it over to 1 or almost 1:30. So I asked Big Daddy if he'd turned up the hot water heater but he said he hadn't, which was weird, b/c how else can you explain the sudden increased temperature?
Then last night (Wednesday), I went to wash my face before I went to bed and I couldn't get anything but lukewarm water in my bathroom. I checked My Kid's bathroom and same thing. So I told Big Daddy, "I think something is really wrong with our hot water heater b/c now I can't get ANY hot water." So he climbed up into the attic to check it and was not at all happy with what he saw.
The water heater was cracked, the overflow pan was nearly full and the top of the heater was ballooning up as if the whole thing was just about to burst. He & the Kid dragged a hose into the house and drained it (it was actually already empty I think). Then I warned My Kid that he wouldn't have hot water for a shower in the morning and went to bed.
I'm not sure what he did to get ready for school b/c he has to get up at 5:15 and I have chosen NOT to get up with him anymore b/c damn, that is some kind of early. Personally, I gave myself a whore's bath (as my MIL calls it) and tried to shave my legs with cold water which didn't work all that well but I'm sure as hell not wearing pants given how freakishly hot it is outside. Yesterday we hit 106 with a heat index of 113. One of the Elvis fans who'd traveled here for Death Week was the 7th person to die from the heat THIS WEEK (only 2 people died from heat in Memphis in all of last year). Hey, maybe I could just set some pans of water outside in the blistering sun. That should heat it up sufficiently.
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Not having hot water sucks. But on the bright side, since it's so hot out, the cold water isn't freezing. Our cold water is actually warm these days.
You're actually right about that. I was explaining that to My Kid when I was giving the dogs water. He suggested I put some ice in it for them!
pretty stupid for a builder to put a hot water tank in the attic ya know...where's it going to go when it leaks??
Yah, not to mention the $700 in labor it cost to have the new one hauled up there. But remember Dais - we don't have basements in the south so our options are limited.
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