Woke up this morning and wondered why there was no hot water. Checked the breakers for the water heater. They were ok. Opened the hatch door to the crawl space where the water heater sits. Sound of gushing water. Argh. Turned on lights - 2 ft of water in the basement. I quickly turned off the supply valve. The water heater had sprung a leak. Absolutely wonderful.
We took a cab to Reno and bought a suitable heater, rented a van there and brought it back home. Unfortunately it turned out that whoever had installed the old heater had soldered the nuts onto the nipples. And it was after opening hours so I couldn't go buy a blowtorch. Project on hold until tomorrow. sigh
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