Came home last night from the Blue Gold Banquet and discovered a lovely pool of water right inside the door to the house from the garage. It seemed to be the hotwater tank. Layne ran and got towels from upstairs and I shut off the water to the tank (at least I hoped I did, I kept checking into the evening). Luckily the water that had leaked seemed to stay right near the door and not go into the drywall or the carpet. Once cleaned up I was almost excited, we have the home warranty, we might get a new water heater, maybe even pay a smidge more to uprgrade to an even better tank.... huho no, not sure who I was kidding, no, we don't have that kind of luck.
Yes, the warranty did cover the tank and installation, but it did not cover the fact the tank had not been up to code, it was twenty years old and times have changed. My joy of a new tank quickly turned to depression of owning a twenty year old home and it was/is showing it's age. Our replacement tank, worth maybe $400 dollars cost $1000 to bring up to code, none of which was covered by the warranty. I knew there was a reason I didn't play the lottery all that often. It's always gonna be something.
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