How to leave hot water heater while gone
First-time snowbirder mulling over how to leave our home hot water while gone on a 3-month long trip south this winter. We have city water and it will be shut off at the street. Furnace will be...
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Just replaced my gas water heater at 20 years of age. :E I turn my water service valve and my water heater off.. last I heard a pilot light cost about $5.00 per month to operate. I leave the water in it. Been doing that for years with no problem... until a couple of months ago when I heard that tell-tale hiss as I went down into the basement :( Fortunately I have a floor drain 3 feet away so not a big deal.... no flooding!!
