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My post on one side has big cracks. The build is about 5 years old.

I have a rheem 50 gallon water heater i want to use for domestic water in my shop. It's has a hot water pipe coming out the top, but no cold water pipe coming out the top. My question is, can I bring cold water into it from the bottom tap on the tank? Like what's in the picture.

Is this an anti siphon , and does it have to go on both the hot and cold side when It's a closed loop system?

Hooe this is the right forum to ask. Plumbing a shower in my shop. On the brass fnpt fitting, do I use tape or dope or both or neither?

Why is one of these so much cheaper than the other? What's the difference? Anyone?

What are these plastic inserts in the pipe? . The one on the hot side stayed in the pipe. The one on the cold side came off with the copper fitting. Are they needed? What do they do

Wondering if I should try and remove the bottom valve in the first picture so I can replace it with the valve in the second picture so I can upgrade my floor heat. Both tanks are rheem. I won't get into details. Lol. You guys are awesome

I'm putting in new hot water tank. I noticed a little rust around base of last one. Would it be OK to put something like hockey pucks under the tank so any moisture or condensation doesn't sit in direct contact with the tank. It would also enable me to see if any puddles are forming under the...

Have a rheem 50 gallon hot water tank with 4500 watt elements. What size breaker. 3000 watt elements require a 20 amp from what I can see. But not sure about 4500 watt elements. Should it be a 30 amp with 10 gauge or not? Thank you

This is more curiosity than anything else. My 50 gal hot water tank has 4500 w elements. My wire running to it is 10 gauge. Why does rheem use 12 gauge wire from where the initial hook up is on the top of the tank? It's on a 30 amp breaker

Me again. Conflicting views on this. What's the general consensus for using sealant on replacement heating element for my hot water tank. The element has a rubber o ring. Is that not enough? Thanks again for all the help

Have a rheem water heater. Changing the thermostat and am wondering if this new Eastman thermostat is able to replace this old rheem thermostat. Side by side they look exactly the same .

Turned on my hot water tank after the summer and noticed the water wasn't heating up. Took covers off and noticed this burned wire. Going to replace element on the burned wire top element. Should I replace both at same time or not. And what would cause this?

Have 3 sixteen foot 2 by 12 stair stringers and am thinking of attaching 16 foot 2 by 6 to the 2 outside ones for added support all the way up. Anyone know if there is a code for how they are attached? 3 inch nails? Or screw and glue? Thanks for the help

I have a 8 foot tall 8 by 8 inch post that has a fairly large Crack on one side going from the bottom up to about the 3 floor mark. As you can see in the pictures. The Crack is about one inch deep and only on one side. The post is supporting a fairly large beam. Should I be worried? Should I...

Good day everyone. Couple questions regarding plumbing . Is this ****** in the pictures coming out of my hot water tank galvanized or? If it is galvanized,do I need to use a dielectric fitting? Is it ok to use galvanized for domestic hot water? I was going to extend this with fittings to...

I have this hot water tank I want to put in my shop just to have a little domestic hot water if needed. But I'm not sure which side is cold and which is hot. Any suggestions? Thank you

Can't figure out why my taco relay isn't sending power to my pump. As you can see in pictures, I have 24 vac to r and w inside relay. Also have 24vac to r and com. On the lower connections I have 110v going to n and h. But no 110v to n and 4. Thermostat says calling for heat. What am I missing...

Have almost finished my infloor heating using a hot water heater and grundfos pump. My expansion tank is pre charged to 40 psi. Should I lower the pressure on it?

I'm building a closed loop infloor heat system using a 40 gallon hot water tank. Wondering if the expansion tank should be on the hot side or cold side. I've seen different answers but I'm leaning towards the hot side. Anybody have thoughts on this? Cheers