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Tanks don't fail unless the anode gets depleted. You seriously need to tell your condo association to get their maintenance people to flush the water heaters r
by KennyBlanken 4y ago
Tanks don't fail unless the anode gets depleted.
You seriously need to tell your condo association to get their maintenance people to flush the water heaters regularly (seasonally or annually) and check/change the anodes. If they're gas-fired heaters, the burner and air intakes should be getting cleaned.
If this isn't being done, it's probably because your maintenance is being done by plumbers, who have convinced everyone that "they just fail, you know?"
Replacing a tankless water heater because the motor has failed is silly. You replace the motor. And tankless heaters don't fail very often unless, again, they don't see regular maintenance. As in: flush/descale annually and water/air filter cleanings.
- freemint 4y agoHow does an anode help against a thermal expansion crack in the wall?
- lazide 4y ago1) there should be a thermal expansion tank in the system to stop major pressure cycles. If you don’t have one, you’ll have dangerous high pressure spikes in the system. 2) anodes stop heavy corrosion in the system by sacrificing themselves.
- com2kid 4y ago100 unit complex, no onsite maintenance, each owner is responsible for maintaining their own unit. All exterior entrances, so common areas are outdoors and maintained by contractors.