It did hold on through a layoff, so that was nice of it at least lmao, RIP :'c
When we bought our house, all the appliances were new. The roof was “recently” re-shingled and the HVAC wasn’t new, but was in good condition. I said to my wife that is was great but everything was going to fail at the same time.
In the past 3 years we’ve replaced:
- Roof
- Fence
- Garage door opener
- Dishwasher
- Clothes washer
- HVAC
- Plumbing drain to sewer
I know how that goes. My roof is holding on with only spunk and several tubes of roofing caulk.
Don’t forget to change the sacrificial firstborn child when reshingling your roof
Don’t jinx me lmao
Go ahead and call the mechanic to schedule that transmission fluid change. Don’t let him rip you off with a flush, though. All you need is a drain and fill.
Funny I was planning to do a drain and fill but worried about opening Pandora’s box
Don’t do it!! Or do it, who knows. That’s the fun of transmissions!
Having to fix appliances implies you have home ownership. So you got that covered at least.
Hey everyone, because nobody told me when I bought a house, you have to do maintenance on your water heater to keep it working, including changing out a $40 part called an anodizing rod.
Relevant YouTube: https://youtu.be/2IUNIUZz4Os
Well mine definitely failed because it was old as shit, even the home inspection said it probably needed replacing…years ago LMFAO
But I’ll keep this in mind for me new one
If you live in America, you should definitely check with your power company. There are a lot of initiatives that will give you $500 off a hybrid water heater which will decrease your power bills in exchange for a slightly larger upfront cost.
Mine cost $1,600 after the discount, but my power bill dropped ~$35 a month, and it spits out enough cold air that by having a fan in the basement I can cool my entire house throughout most of the summer without using my HVAC at all.
Which means that if it lasts seven years with regular maintenance, it will have paid me at least $35 * 12 * 7 - $1600 = $1340 to own this water heater.
It’s literally the *Vimes Boots theory in practice, but for water heaters.
Because I had the money to buy the more expensive higher quality item with new technology, I ended up getting to have more money in the end.
… Vimes? Or is there another of which I’m unaware?
yes, vimes.
Yes, Vimes.
Heat pumps are dope as hell. I’m glad the water heater variants are gaining traction
just watched the technology connections video on those today!
won’t be getting one myself anytime soon, but I hadn’t even known they existed
I got one a few months ago and it’s pretty nice. No complaints so far.
If your water heater only lasts 7 years it’s a defect. Should last 15-20 at least
I gave myself seven years because they’re typically only warrantied for five. It’s a new technology that basically puts an air conditioner on top of the water heater, and instead of blowing the hot air outside of your house, it shoves it into your water.
Even though it’s built like a tank, there’s always the chance of early failure because the system is far more complex than “electricity through resistive coil makes heat” like normal electric water heaters.
ah gotcha i should have read closer.
Or sacrificial anode. Swap it every ten years and you’ll add a ton of life to your heater
I got a fat bonus at the end of 2024 and my house heard about it before I did and ate it all.
Yeah I just replaced my 22 year old water heater 6 months ago by myself. Luckily it exploded right after I took a shower and early on a Sunday. Lowes had ONE water heater in stock. $900 later, I’m good for another 20 years and will actually replace the anode rod and flush it every year.
I just paid off massive debt, have massive credit, and a lot of breathing room for now.
Please, oh please don’t jinx it!
For me it was getting glasses today for the first time ever and getting my gf 2 new pair today as well.
Mine died last weekend and I had to replace it. $650 to do myself, and that included same day delivery.
It failed the prior night, noticed it mid-morning, ordered at 2pm, received it at 5, and had it installed by 7. Was kind of a pain but not nearly as awful as I feared.
I thought about DIY buttttt I didn’t want to fuck with the gas shit lol
As a DYI maniac gas lines piss me off so much. Conceptually they are so god damn simple but the consequence of messing one up is your house fucking explodes. Every time it comes up I want to do the work myself so badly but I just can’t take that bet. Realistically I would be more careful than the average plumber but I still can’t get over the negatives.
I work in development and permitting, and in one of my old stories we had a gas story that I use as a warning to this day.
Guy decided to save some money when he installed a fireplace in his new backyard patio by just tapping into the gas line in the hot tub.
The thing about gas lines is that flames don’t travel backwards in them because of the positive pressure and the lack of oxygen in the gas. One day he was burning a fire when the pool heater kicked in and briefly put a vacuum on the line, allowing the fire to get inside the wall of the chimney on the deck and burning down the house.
And since he hadn’t permitted the gas line, insurance didn’t pay for the fire.
Gas is verrrry simple in almost all single family home applications. If you test all the joints with soapy water (with the gas turned on) you will find any leaks very quickly. I know it’s scary, but water will do much, much more damage in a small amount of time than gas. Of course, if you’re simply not comfortable doing it, hire a professional, but trust me, if lazy apprentices who don’t think past their next vape hit can do it, so can you.
I know, but there’s still a part of me that wants to avoid it. The last time I had a guy do it he didn’t even shut the gas off when he replaced a valve. He said “it’s low pressure, it’s fine”. I’m pretty confident I would be more careful than that haha
He probably didn’t want to deal with the air he would’ve introduced into the system. Or he was extremely lazy. Or both aha.
Realistically, the pressure was probably less than 1 PSI, as residential gas is measured in “inches of water column,” especially after the regulator. Where I did gas work, even before the regulator was never more than 2 PSI.
I replaced the gas valve on my heater system in my house and it was simple, but yeah scary. Just shut off the gas main outside of the house, did the deed, turned the gas back on and tested everything I touched with an electric tester before turning anything on. Someone mentioned soapy water which is a brilliant idea and I’ll remember that for next time.
The good news is that, relatively speaking, a water heater isn’t too expensive, and you can usually do it on your own without too much trouble. Assuming that you’re moderately handy. Roofs are… A different matter. Depending on your roof type, pitch, and geographic location, it can either be fairly easy, or require a high degree of expertise.
For real. Less than six months after taking possession and moving into my house my water sensor started screaming at me from the laundry room that my water heater line-in had catastrophically failed and soaked about three tiles worth of the attached kitchen floor before I could shut it off
“Water sensor”? What is this device I’m too poor to know existed until just now?
It is a component of a SimplySafe alarm system. You place it on the floor near a potential leak source and it triggers the alarm if any water flows beneath it.
Yeah in my situation I can usually tell if there’s a “potential leak” by the amount of water flooding the living room floor.
It’s the “cross your fingers and pray your house holds together” way of life I’m used to.
Well, my water heater in the laundry room is in the opposite end of the house from the living area so any kind of warning speed enhancement is worth having
It’s things like this that make me glad I’m still renting. Anything that breaks is the landlord’s problem.
Assuming you have a good landlord and better tenants rights
I do miss being able to shove issues to the Landlord
But I don’t miss not being able to do what I want LMAO if I want to knock a wall down to make a room bigger or build a wall to section off or maybe put in a wet bar or paint or even just, I know this might be radical, have more than 1 cat or dog lol
🎶 It’s entropy, it’s not a human issue
Entropy, it’s matter of course
Entropy, energy at all levels
Entropy, from it you can not divorceAnd your pathetic moans of suffrage tend to lose all significance 🎶
i love bad religion
Paid off my truck 3 months ago. Finally saved up some money and now it’s misfiring and I’ve just been throwing money at it trying to find the problem.
