Repairing leak inlet valve water heater
So I had a leak which I eventually tracked down to the water heater inlet connector. For the sake of clarity I mean that there is the inlet pipe, and it connects to a plastic screw in connector (wh...
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Yup fixed it. Only slightly painful - $50 worth of bits and $30 worth of tools and about four hours trying to work through it. It's a 6 Gallon atwood for anyone who has the same problem.
Had to heat up the putty that had become rock hard and then managed to drill out. But it came very very close to having to take the whole thing apart.
Found it very very hard to find info on line about doing this as soon as you say Atwood heater its all about the other side - not the plumbing.
Anyway - fixed now.
Yup fixed it. Only slightly painful - $50 worth of bits and $30 worth of tools and about four hours trying to work through it. It's a 6 Gallon atwood for anyone who has the same problem.
Had to heat up the putty that had become rock hard and then managed to drill out. But it came very very close to having to take the whole thing apart.
Found it very very hard to find info on line about doing this as soon as you say Atwood heater its all about the other side - not the plumbing.
Anyway - fixed now.
