nosneb6
Jan 2, 2011, 09:07 AM
Hello,
We just had a new Rheem electric hot water heater installed by a professional plumber. Original vacuum relief is still on. NEVER had any problems. We just seviced our water softer. As we turned the water off and bled the water line, we heard water gurgling in the hot water heater, which has never happened before. After servicing the softener, we turned the water on only to find water coming out of the vacuum relief valve on the newly installed hot water heater. Can you tell me why this happened. I don't want to be charged a service call from the plumber when there was not any problems until they replaced the water heater, so if I can educate myself before they come back out, I hope I'll be a step ahead of them and fix this properly. Thanks, Matt
We just had a new Rheem electric hot water heater installed by a professional plumber. Original vacuum relief is still on. NEVER had any problems. We just seviced our water softer. As we turned the water off and bled the water line, we heard water gurgling in the hot water heater, which has never happened before. After servicing the softener, we turned the water on only to find water coming out of the vacuum relief valve on the newly installed hot water heater. Can you tell me why this happened. I don't want to be charged a service call from the plumber when there was not any problems until they replaced the water heater, so if I can educate myself before they come back out, I hope I'll be a step ahead of them and fix this properly. Thanks, Matt