How To Set up Your Water Heater

Let me guess, you went down stairs to examine the laundry or seize a software and their it was. An enormous puddle of water throughout your basement ground and it’s coming from the underside of the water heater. That is the apparent and commonest signal you want a brand new water heater set up.

When you’ve got any expertise with Do It Your self tasks round the home putting in a brand new water heater shouldn’t be an issue for you. Observe together with the steps on this article and you should have your new water heater put in in a few hours. Putting in a water heater your self will prevent as much as 300 or 400 {dollars} relying on the realm you reside in. Now in case you are not very DIY you’ll be able to nonetheless set up your individual water tank, nonetheless it could take a bit of longer than a couple of hours however when you like a problem and aren’t afraid doing repairs on your own home it is possible for you to to put in the heater your self as effectively.

Instruments And Supplies You Will Want:

 

1. Water Heater- Set up what you take out in case you have a 40 gallon and need to improve to a 50 gallon now could be the time to do it. In case you do have a 50 gallon I DO NOT advocate switching to something decrease than what you might have.
2. ¾ Fittings – You’ll need 2 ¾ couplings and probably some elbows. Verify what kind of pipe you might have going to your water heater. This may be copper, CPVC, PEX or galvanized. I like to recommend getting Shark Chunk ¾ fittings as a result of they’re very simple to put in with PEX, CPVC and copper piping. When you might have galvanized pipe chances are you’ll have to get a conversion becoming and adapt to one of many different pipes for simpler set up.
3. Black Pipe Fittings – You might want a couple of ½ black pipe couplings and elbows to increase or shorten the fuel line connecting to the heater. I set up the fuel line final. This fashion I’ll know precisely what I would like for fuel fittings.
4. 2 – ¾ dielectrics. All the time exchange the dielectrics when putting in a brand new water heater. Ensure you get the correct dielectrics for the piping materials you might have in your home.
5. T&P Valve often comes with the brand new heaters.
6. Torch, Flux, Solder, sand paper
7. Channel Locks or offset pliers
8. Pipe Wrench
9. Pipe Thread answer or Teflon tape
10. Backyard hose.

 

Now that now we have all of our supplies let’s get began. Step one is to show off the principle water provide to deal with. Subsequent Flip off the fuel vale on the fuel line operating to the water heater. Now join the backyard hose to the underside of the water heater and run the hose to close by ground drain. Activate the valve (this seems like an out of doors hose bib) and let the heater begin to drain.

Presently go all through your home and activate all the taps. Ensure you go away the taps within the on place and you’ve got cold and hot water turned on. This can enable all the water to empty out of the heater lots quicker.

Whereas the water is draining out of the outdated heater, Unbox the brand new water heater. First pipe dope the 2 shafts popping out the highest of the heater. As soon as they’re doped screw on the brand new dielectrics. Subsequent in case your heater got here with a T&P valve unbox it and pipe dope these threads. Screw the T&P valve into the facet of the heater there will likely be a gap with threads on it the place it goes. You might want to make use of your pipe wrench to get that final activate so the valve factors down. Now you bought the heater prepped and able to go.

As soon as the outdated heater is finished draining disconnect the fuel pipe on the union becoming. That is the becoming which has a hexagonal center. As soon as the union is disconnected disconnect the remainder of the pipe ONLY on the heater you’re changing.

Now we’ll disconnect the water pipes. Use your channel locks to disconnect the dielectric. They’ll disconnect identical to the fuel pipe union fittings. Minimize off the outdated dielectrics from the copper or different piping you will have.

As soon as all the pipes are disconnected from the water heater and it doesn’t seem to be there’s any extra water within the tank begin to take away the outdated water heater out of the best way. Ensure you go away sufficient room to get the brand new heater in place. When you’ve got a small space you will have to only take away the outdated water heater to make room for the brand new water heater.

Line up the brand new water heater with the pipes that related the outdated heater. In case you discover you want change some water piping, go away the pipe with the chilly water valve the straight pipe and reconfigure the new facet.

Join the water piping to new heater utilizing the shark chunk fittings or no matter fittings you selected. You could have to solder the brand new dielectrics to the water piping in case you have copper pipe. When soldering the dielectrics I counsel you determine how a lot pipe you want from the dielectric to the coupling and minimize it to size and solder it on the bottom. This can make for a better solder job. Additionally, you will need to take out the washers from the dielectrics so you do not burn them.

Now you might have the water pipe all connected. As soon as the whole lot cools. In case you needed to do any soldering. Exchange the washers within the dielectrics and tighten them down. Activate the principle water provide. Whereas the water line installation heater is filling up go away the taps on so you’ll be able to bleed all the air out of the system.

Now you’ll know what you want for fuel pipe. Hook up the fuel pipe to the heater. In case you are fortunate the fuel pipe from the outdated heater will line up with the brand new heater. If it doesn’t, simply reconfigure it as wanted. You should purchase fuel piping in all ranges and sizes.

As soon as all the air is bleed from the system flip off the taps. Now the water heater is stuffed up it’s essential mild it. Most new heaters have a handbook lighting system. This works identical to a BBQ grill does. You push within the pilot button and click on the clicker and it’ll mild the pilot mild. After about 30 seconds flip the heater on to the specified setting and also you water tank will start to warmth the water. You must now have scorching water in about 30 to 45 minutes relying on the dimensions of the tank.