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Yeah heck, the dedication you guys showed to the problem was admirable! Anyone could have shrugged a long time ago and said "welp, can't help you." You should be commended for that alone :) Besides,...

Ok, called in a plumber this morning, and the problem has now been solved, and we have hot water again. The problem was a plug, but not as we expected...

http://i.imgur.com/PFm4VI0.jpg

This...

Yup, I will be doing so today. I'd love for it to be something simple, I just don't hold high hopes for that. I'll be sure to update this thread again when we find the answer. Thanks so much again...

Well, I worked all day, my brother came over and we worked all night, and no luck. We broke out the plastic inside that nipple and removed the marble, no luck. We installed another Shark Bite on the...

Actually I never removed the cold water input to the water heater, I only removed the hot water out after I had turned off the cold water in. Sorry, I realize some of my photos may be confusing...

Well, I have determined that water comes out of that nipple just fine...

http://i.imgur.com/MI1KZwz.jpg

It flowed out very freely, no indication of a plug whatsoever. Which is good and bad,...

Ahh... good morning everyone :) Another day without a shower for me, haha...

So you guys think there must be a nipple that extends underneath the surface of the shell of the water heater, kind of...

I'm not losing anything by removing the ball?

Well, it doesn't seem to be feasible to remove the heat nipple to see what's going on underneath, so I guess there's not much left to do here since I've confirmed there's no visible plug above it......

Ok, more images - I was able to twist off the hot water out pipe, here's what I've got:

http://i.imgur.com/d5mqBHx.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/iDngEmK.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/aU2AWOh.jpg

There...

Yes absolutely, I just saw that now that you mentioned it, that was careless of me. Here's another photo:

http://i.imgur.com/HAfmYow.jpg

Cold water in on the right, hot water out on the left.
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Ok, here are some pictures of a sink in my house. I checked all three (1 kitchen, 2 bath), they are all like this except for the kitchen has one side valve that leads to the dishwasher - the valve is...

Oh I fully admit I am no plumber. As a total layman to this terminology, I'm just doing the best I can. :) I think I get you now though - I took "supply lines" to just be synonymous with "pipes". I...

Haha. I only meant that IF I open the bottom drain and/or pressure relief valve, water will come out, not that they are open all of the time. And it is only hot IF I have lit the gas heater, which I...

My concern now is that if you're right, the tubs in the house are also not allowing hot water to flow and I don't have access to those lines other than the ones directly available in my furnace room....

Would this floodsafe gadget also prevent air from escaping from the taps? When I have drained the tank, left hot tap(s) open (with cold taps closed) elsewhere in the house, and then refilled, air has...

That's correct, no hot water anywhere. And that's correct, there are no valves on the hot water output. I am at work at the moment, but I will check for that item elsewhere in the lines when I get...

Hi speedball, thanks for the advice. How do I flush out the hot water lines after I have pressure flushed the tank?

An "aerator" is the screen filter on every tap, right?

If the heat trap...

Hello, I just followed the instructions to drain, clean, and refill my gas hot water heater here:

http://www.instructables.com/id/water-heater-maintenance/

After finishing, I seem to have no...