I learned that on my new house real quick. Clogged washer drain, I spent $100 to get the stuff to fix it myself. Failure. Spent another $200 for a plumber to fix it. When the flashing on my chimney had a problem, I bought all the stuff to fix it myself, only to realize I would then have to pay someone to do it right after I failed. I took all the stuff back and called a roofer. :p -----Original Message----- From: Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 7:49 am Subject: [tcb] Re: any plumbers??? well, 500 dollars later it is fixed, and i now have a burner for a fish cooker. basically, i replaced the thermostat and the thermal couple and neither did any good so i said to hell with it it's almost 10 years old time for a new one. no body rubber for the bus for a while now cause i spent that 500 on a water heater. (bus content) >From: Neil McGlothin <nbmdude@xxxxxxxxx> >Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [tcb] Re: any plumbers??? >Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:20:46 -0700 (PDT) > >I just replaced on that was 18 years old...It had >about 8 inches of sediment in it...be sure (a year >after installing) to hook a hose to it and let 'er >drain completely. Do this annually... >It was so clogged, nuthin' drained from the spigot at >the bottom when I tried to drain 'er... > >--- TheresaBuckner@xxxxxxx wrote: > > > Replacing waterheaters is for someone that is not > > ready for a surprize . I > > have 1 was installed in 1974 , never has needed > > repairs .other replaced last > > year by mistake , it was only the pop-off valve that > > leaked it also was a > > 1974 model > > > > > > > > ************************************** See what's > > free at http://www.aol.com. ; > > > > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________ >Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! >>FareChase. >http://farechase.yahoo.com/ ; > _________________________________________________________________ PC Magazine’s 2007 editors’ choice for best Web mail—award-winning Windows Live Hotmail. http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_pcmag_0507 ; ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.