Well, I guess now we know what happened to BadgeBunny. Too bad @THAT Gurl never crossed paths with her...
I posted a thread a while back about how an electrical contractor had found where the previous contractor who did our kitchen remodel had piggy-backed our electric cooktop/stove onto the electrical outlet next to the stove instead of running dedicated wiring like he should have. That thing was just an electrical fire waiting to happen. Good thing I'm not Martha Stewart ... Or worse, Julia Child.
I FINALLY got around to using the self cleaning feature on our stove a few nights ago. (What can I say -- I don't cook things in the oven that splatter (at least not without covering it) or spill over (that's what the BIG pan on the bottom rack is for -- I don't wanna crawl in there and have to scrub for a year
).Imagine MY surprise when the damn thing locked the door and heated up both the burners on the stovetop and the inside of the oven to 9000C ... NOT Fahrenheit, Celsius!! (And stayed that way for FOUR HOURS!
) I would have definitely burned the house down.Insurance would have seen the Fire Marshall's report and denied the claim and I'd be in yet another lawsuit with a ******* deadbeat. (This guys business failed -- imagine that -- and his wife is the only one working. I think "maybe" he's drawing SS now but still that's only a pittance. They don't have a dime to their names. Just a house with 2 mortgages and a dog I do NOT want.)
That said, I'll still pay a professional for things I know nothing about. I'm a coward when it comes to electric, gas and plumbing. Too many things can go from bad to worse in the blink of an eye.
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I have replaced our tank thru the years but last time we had have a plumber do it to get us up to code.
I passed gas going by one of those…
Don’t ask, don’t tell.
But where did you buy the tanks? There were plenty of electric water heaters at Lowes but no natural gas. Stupid laws that hurt people financially are pushed by lobbyists and the state gov't passes a law. They are similar to the federal gov't on a smaller scale-not so much money available.
I even thought that if I needed a water heater that I'd go to anearby state and buy one and bring it back. It would then fit in with Bill Clinton's -"Don't ask, don't tell." I think it must be some sort of a federal regulation. I found that you cannot purchase a gas water heater in Okla or Texas but you can in Arkansas and if I need one, that's where you'll find me!
- It is legal for you to install a water heater yourself or to use an unlicensed plumber to install it. However, it’s not a good idea. First of all, you will still need to pull a permit and have the installation inspected no matter who does the work.
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Last year, Lowe's in Mustang, gas water heater. I had no problems at all!
Sort of like the OK and federal "Do Not Call" lists. The telemarketers wipe their ***** with them and nobody can be troubled to do anything about it, not the AG, not the Insurance Department, not the FCC, nor the BBB. I know, I have tried all of them.
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