Mine is however raised up, not sure why. It does make it easier to drain annually. I'm going to take out the tiny drain valve and put a ball valve in it next time for ease of draining.
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Twice a year is what I do mine.
only time I drained mine was to replace the valve that started leaking. I'll be getting a heat pump style here soon, its supposed to be self circulating so you dont have to do that (so they say)
thats awesome, next house is gonna have at least a 3 car garage and 12'+ ceilings
You should def drain them. The calcium will build up over your lower heating element. I change out the elements and anode annually when I drain them. Not expensive and not that time consuming.
Nice garage, but I see you have multiple incandescent light fixtures. Are you planning on changing those for more light? If so, consider these. I use them in my garage and they're awesome. Inexpensive to buy, and inexpensive to use. You just unscrew your regular bulbs and replace with these. The light they provide is beyond what I expected. $35.99 each.
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Hmmm, i'm on year 14 with never draining or replacing an element....
I’d be scared to open it, lol. I initially had a leak that tripped the circuit breaker, then I just replaced everything. Elements were rusty and broken, anode was gone, gaskets obviously gone as one was leaking. Other than the leak...seemed to work just fine, how efficient....that is the question. I drained my father in laws later that year at Christmas. His tank had calcium that was above the lower element, not good but it still worked. Few shots...
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Thanks Bob, I was actually wondering about those lights. I will be sure to check them out.
I looked at those and ended up going with some LED Corn Cob lights as they had a better lumen output, I only have one light socket in my garage sadly
There are lights on Amazon by a company called Barrina, they come with leads or they click together. You can twist in the 110 adapter and plug it straight into the light socket.
My brother put some of the 8K lumen (I think) ones in his shop and it made a massive difference.
I'll probably end up with them because they are so cheap and pretty damn simple to do.
Thank you.
It’s 1340 sqft of clean, clutter free space. My mind is jealous. Lol.
Bigger than my first house lol
ive thought about doing this as well but the corn cob works decent enough for now
My folks have done this in the last two houses they have re done. But just polished concrete, with a seal on top. Works perfect with radiant heat, and is as indestructible as well, concrete.
Didn't touch my last water heater for 19 years. Just replaced it with a new one, last year. Same model, funny how the same water heater 20 years later is $1100. Last time it was $369. Oh vey! Also depends how harsh the water is in your area.
I did my own floor, its 58 year old concrete. I called a friend with a painting co and he told me to go to Sherwin Williams, so when I went there they told me the clear top coat he used was a fast dry but not the best, he sold me Rexthane and it's mean stuff, I used a respirator mask and had good ventilation. I did two coats of epoxy and two coats of Rexthane with a rag roller about a week apart. This was two years ago an still looks new. Its only about 250 sq ft and with everything I spent around $800. The guys at the Sherwin Williams commercial store are a great resource, they know their products.
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