Locally, until about 10 years ago, geysers were routinely installed in the
roof. Ours go back to 1968 so have copper tanks which totally circumvent the
corrosion problem. They have no geyser trays either! The advent of cheaper
geysers with steel tanks has led to the type of problems under discussion.
Trays are now routinely fitted but very recently I see external, wall
mounted geysers and/or solar geysers. As Mark says, regular replacement of
the sacrificial anode (the frequency depends on the hardness of the water)
should greatly increase the life of a geyser but it is such a schlepp, few
people actually do it & then pay the price. Gas heaters (hot water on
demand) are becoming quite popular too but there is no piped gas here so one
has to be prepared to lug around heavy cylinders.
Alan C
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From: Jeffery Johnson
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 2:06 AM
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Subject: Re: OT: STRESSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh my wish we could have afforded to had to put on the covered back
porch but there would have been additional plumbing and electrical work
so would have been way way more.
On 4/21/2014 6:59 PM, Mark C wrote:
Flushing helps but I think a lot depends on your water supply, whether or
not you soften the water or do other filtration, and how you use hot water
(long showers that drain the tank completely shorten the life.) I recently
had mine serviced due to a slow leak in the pressure relief valve and the
plumber said to flush that valvue once a year as well as flushing the
tank. Also said to check the sacrificial anode rod every few years....
Mark
On 4/21/2014 7:32 PM, steve harley wrote:
On Mon, Apr 21, 2014, at 15:28, John Sessoms wrote:
If you flush them out at least once a year, they'll last longer. Twice a
year is better. Helps if you've got an accessible water heater.
I figure they'll last almost 20 years with care.
ours failed at almost twenty years, but with no care; it had been in the
house about 10 years before we bought it; we replaced it with a tankless
water heater, installed outside the house; the cost was much higher, but
1) it's somewhat more economical, 2) we never run out of hot water and
3) where the water heater used to reside became a much-needed closet
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