Tal/IL wrote:
I am anxiously awaiting a report on this project. I've been looking at mine, thinking it looks like it will just slide out, also. If it does, I'm going to pull it out and move the overflow connection from the side to the top of the tank.
Please report how the project goes!
Actually, it was a pretty easy job. I was trying to find a buddy to help me, but he was tied up so I gave it a shot. The hardest part was getting the PEX disconnected from the ports. I ended up having to cut them off. They might be too short now to get back on, but I have a PEX crimping tool, so its not too big a deal to replace.
I had SERIOUSLY overfilled it once... Had an ice plug in the vent line... puffed up so much it pushed up the floor in the bedroom. But I don't think it cracked it. Seems to still take pressure. Now I need to look at the lines a little more closely to make sure they are all still good.
Might be a good point about moving the vent. Since I have it out, maybe I will do the same with mine. I put a valve in my vent line so that I could fill it with the valve open to vent, close it once it was full, then once the level came down below the vent I could open it back up again.
Obviously not a great system if I forgot to open it or close it at the right time. So maybe the top vent would be a good idea.
I say give it a shot. It really wasn't difficult at all.
-Chris
