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Take a look at this beauty. Somebody thought this was a good idea what a joke. They put a tee in too add a sink in the other room and put a tee on the cold water supply line also. Its a U trap!!!
Wow yup crazy what ya run into.
Today was the first time I saw a water heater installed with the hot and cold reversed! Well that’s why you run out of hot water so fast
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Justin Hernandez wrote:
Take a look at this beauty. Somebody thought this was a good idea what a joke. They put a tee in too add a sink in the other room and put a tee on the cold water supply line also. Its a U trap!!!
That’s funny, at first I though I was looking at my kitchen sink lol. I just woke up from a nap But no! Wow. Is this something you had to deal with? If so, what did you do? Thanks Justin.
KnarlyCarl wrote:
Wow yup crazy what ya run into.
Today was the first time I saw a water heater installed with the hot and cold reversed! Well that’s why you run out of hot water so fast
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I just fixed one of these last month. They also had the tank with the panels and drain valve facing a corner. People are idiots.
Lol, oh man that is funny
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when people do things redneck, do they realize it and comment on it as they are doing it or just laugh about it?
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Gravity will take care of the rest.
Jimbo
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comp56 wrote:
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The ole I didn’t buy a big enough fixture for the sink I installed.
Then there’s the good ol guys that last so long nobody knows anything about it, and now it’s finally time to replace
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I just spit coffee all over the place…..thanks Comp.
Wow someone was not wearing their glasses! Depth perception? [emoji851]
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KnarlyCarl wrote:
Then there’s the good ol guys that last so long nobody knows anything about it, and now it’s finally time to replace
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that tank looks like it was well used after it’s expiry date….
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Wow someone was not wearing their glasses! Depth perception? [emoji851]
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well at least they had the smarts to put what looks like a phone right next to the sink so they can call a plumber every time they wonder why there is water dripping from the ceiling in the living room …..
Good spot. I did not pick that up.
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KnarlyCarl wrote:
Wow yup crazy what ya run into.
Today was the first time I saw a water heater installed with the hot and cold reversed! Well that’s why you run out of hot water so fast
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Haha, What a bunch of dummies. That reminds me about one time troubleshooting a water heater that wasn’t getting enough hot water. Who ever installed it had half the hot nipple blocked half way full with solder. It took me some time to find the problem
Glasseyi wrote:
That’s funny, at first I though I was looking at my kitchen sink lol. I just woke up from a nap But no! Wow. Is this something you had to deal with? If so, what did you do? Thanks Justin.
Haha is your plumbing that bad..jk Yes it was, they built a second kitchen illegally in the house and this was the plumbing for it. I had to fix a bunch of violations on this house they rented part of the house as an efficiency. This part was an easy fix just rip it all out and put the p-trap back
Hugh Jass wrote:
I just fixed one of these last month. They also had the tank with the panels and drain valve facing a corner. People are idiots.
Common sense isn’t so common
comp56 wrote:
when people do things redneck, do they realize it and comment on it as they are doing it or just laugh about it?
Only handy redneck’s can answer this..lol
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I’ve seen similar set ups where you wash your hands hitting your knuckles on the sink because the faucet is so short
KnarlyCarl wrote:
Then there’s the good ol guys that last so long nobody knows anything about it, and now it’s finally time to replace
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Nice, I saw the oldest GE water heater I’ve ever seen the other day I think it was maybe from the 70’s, I took a picture of the tag but the picture is blurry I can;t read it. It was tan in color, that heater looks very small what size was it??
It’s 18 gallons, I think it looks bigger in the picture than real life, maybe that’s just me
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KnarlyCarl wrote:
It’s 18 gallons, I think it looks bigger in the picture than real life, maybe that’s just me
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Its looks small to me I thought it was a 6 gallon
Justin Hernandez wrote:
Haha is your plumbing that bad..jk Yes it was, they built a second kitchen illegally in the house and this was the plumbing for it. I had to fix a bunch of violations on this house they rented part of the house as an efficiency. This part was an easy fix just rip it all out and put the p-trap back
Yeah, when I bought my house the previous owner had done some “fancy” plumbing. The bathroom sink was cute too hot and cold reversed.
Haha I rented a place with a sink like that! Kinda got used to it but the whole place was a mess. Only stayed for couple months thoGlasseyi wrote:
Yeah, when I bought my house the previous owner had done some “fancy” plumbing. The bathroom sink was cute too hot and cold reversed.
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This is what I just found lol 
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KnarlyCarl wrote:
Then there’s the good ol guys that last so long nobody knows anything about it, and now it’s finally time to replace
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That’s the problem with you youngins. This guy is from the school of “it’s not a sin to be thirty it’s a sin to be wasteful” some sandpaper a scraper and some paint it will be good as new. So what it leaks a little it’s fine.
regopit wrote:
That’s the problem with you youngins. This guy is from the school of “it’s not a sin to be thirty it’s a sin to be wasteful” some sandpaper a scraper and some paint it will be good as new. So what it leaks a little it’s fine.
Haha, you could use that impact scraper Dan and Paul just reviewed