Water Heater Handbook

Water heater leaking? Start where the water is.

Many leaks turn out to be a fitting, a valve or condensation, not the tank. Find the spot, see what the maker's manual says it means, and where it says to stop and call. We sell nothing.

Where is the water coming from?

  1. On top, at the pipesOften a fitting or condensation
  2. From the relief valve pipePressure or heat: read this first
  3. At the drain valveOften the valve, not the tank
  4. Under the tankCould be the tank itself

What the maker's manual says water there often means, and where it says to stop and call.

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How we check.

Makers' manuals, federal efficiency rules, CPSC, CDC and EPA safety guidance and the model codes, read at the source and dated on every page. We sell nothing and refer no one.

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