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DIY & Home Improvement

Texasgal

(17,181 posts) Thu Feb 28, 2013, 07:59 PM Feb 2013

Hot water tank is leaking [View all]

I've got someone coming out tomorrow, but how do I stop the leaking now?

It's gas.

I've turned off the gas hose, turned off the pilot, turned off the red knob for water.

It sounds like something is hissing though, not hissing but making kind of a ringing sound. It's still leaking I assume because there was water already on there.

The hot water faucets around the house do not come on ( nothing comes out )

Have I done this right?

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Hot water tank is leaking [View all] Texasgal Feb 2013 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author warrior1 Feb 2013 #1

I was hoping I could avoid that. Texasgal Feb 2013 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author AnotherMcIntosh Feb 2013 #5

If you have a garden hose, connect it to the valve on the side of the tank near the bottom. AnotherMcIntosh Feb 2013 #3

Yack, yes.. the garden hose is coming out now. Texasgal Feb 2013 #7

Please be careful with the electricity. If necessary, please turn it off while draining the tank so AnotherMcIntosh Feb 2013 #8

I must've read misread that if it's gas call utility company warrior1 Feb 2013 #4

Incidentally, if you have more water than what you can handle, you might call the fire department. AnotherMcIntosh Feb 2013 #6

Update: Texasgal Feb 2013 #9

Presuming a mains pressure cylinder. TheMadMonk Feb 2013 #10

Find a pan or bucket for it to leak into so it doesn't wreck the floor Warpy Mar 2013 #11