Hot water heaters are one of those household appliances that you tend to forget about until something goes wrong. It’s easy to let years—maybe even a decade or two—pass without paying much attention ...

QDEAR BARRY: Our water heater and forced-air furnace are installed on the same raised platform in our garage. Recently, the water heater began leaking and had to be replaced. Our main concern involves ...

This week, Tampa Bay area plumbers fielded calls of leaking water heaters after the drop in temperatures likely stressed the ...

Q: My water heater leaks from some type of a brass valve on the side of the tank near the top. There is a pipe that comes out of the valve at a right angle that looks like it goes through the wall.

Have you inspected your water heater or flushed the tank recently? If the answer is no, then you could be decreasing your ...

When your water heater malfunctions, it can disrupt your daily routine and cause immediate inconvenience. [...] ...

The leaking pipe has doubled the homeowner's bills as both the water and water heater run continuously due to the leak.

One of the cruel rules of life is that whenever your house fills up with visitors, something bad happens. On the Friday night after Thanksgiving when I saw the puddle ...

As a former realtor, general contractor and greenhouse operator, Kristi has touched nearly all aspects of homeownership, from the foundation up. Today, Kristi is a full-time investing and real estate ...