Kat's Arbitrary Thought Processes

Last Friday we had our hot water heater replaced. (A testament to how busy my life has been lately, I’m just now blogging this!)  We were blessed.  Very blessed.

For most of the month of January, I was having trouble with the hot water.  It seemed to only have two temperatures: Boil-Your-Skin-Off HOT! or Freeze-Your-Fingers-Til-They-Fall-Off COLD.  There was no in between.  I remember reading somewhere about using a hot water heater blanket to help keep the tank from losing too much heat & help keep the water warmer.  So… DH bought one, and headed up into the attic to place it.  That is when he found it.

Water in the drain pan.  Normally, I’d call my dad and ask what it means, but that option is no longer available.  So I turned to Google. Google informed me that this was a bad bad thing.  This article over at Popular Mechanics was pretty helpful in my quest to learn more about hot water heaters.  We decided to put in a service call to our home warrenty company**.

So the plumber was sent out. At first he suspected a problem with the thermostat, but once he had the thing opened up to check, he found the leak.  A small pinhole, located scarily close to the electronics. When he left to pick up the replacement hot water heater, his assistant informed us that we were very lucky it hadn’t started a fire.

This is the second time I’ve been told that by a contractor.  The first time was when the electrician rewired the light switch in my daughter’s room, noting that a couple wires were crossed, and we were very lucky it hadn’t burst into flames.

Luck has nothing to do with it, my friends. Not a thing. God is watching out for us.  Of that I am sure.

**Sidenote:  The home warrenty has saved our butts so many times in the two plus years that we’ve owned the house.  We use AHS, so each service call only costs us $55. Seriously. This time, a 400$ Hot Water Heater installed, parts & labor, all just $55. Awesome. It is the best house-related investment we’ve made.  I thank my dad every time we use it, because he was the one who told us it would be worth it.