East Coast Foggers - Be careful

[Sparktrician]

Go tankless if he can afford it.  There's also the option of a "plastic" tanked unit from Marathon with a lifetime warranty.

+1 on the Marathon.  I have one that I put in last year and love it.  A friend has one that is connected to his solar water heat collector, and similarly works quite well.  They're not cheap, but the warranty makes it worth the additional expense.  If I stay in the current house, this is my last water heater.  I also rigged the power through an Intermatic timer so it's not heating when I'm not needing hot water, like while I'm at work, and sound asleep. 

[smile]

 

[Rob Z]

Victor, if your concern is that water and sewage will be pushed back into your house, you can install (or have a plumber do it) a back flow check valve on the sewer as it exits your house.  This would prevent the need to individually plug all the fixtures in your house (ie: each toilet, floor drain, etc). 

I do live in low laying area and I narrowly escaped high tide water this year. My neighbor's houses were flooded. I tightly sealed garage door with good membrane, so water penetration was  minimal. I do have bathroom on the ground level, so I do have a question: Is there any way to seal a toilet's pipe? I'm thinking about some kind of inflatable bubble or similar device. Do you know any devices or way to tightly seal it?

Thank you,
VictorL  

 

[awdriven]

Logs are in Avenel / woodbridge. My neighbor has a huge one down as well, but I haven't seen the rink up close to see if it may be good for lumber.

I have a Rinnai tankless and its nice. When you lose power, you also lose hot water, though. You need electricity for the ignition, metering and exhaust fan. You can .use a UPS meant for a PC and it will run the heater for a good amount of time.

 

[GreenGA]

I am waiting for JR to give me permission.  She's very good about allowing me to do just about everything I want but I still must ask.  [big grin]

Logs are in Avenel / woodbridge. My neighbor has a huge one down as well, but I haven't seen the rink up close to see if it may be good for lumber.

 

[BobKovacs]

Logs are in Avenel / woodbridge. My neighbor has a huge one down as well, but I haven't seen the rink up close to see if it may be good for lumber.

You live in Avenel, huh?  I grew up on Commercial Ave, one block from Avenel Street. Small world.   

 

[awdriven]

Yes, some nice older neighborhoods here - really would like it if some of the iffy businesses along Route 1 would close up

 

[Ken Nagrod]

Yes, some nice older neighborhoods here - really would like it if some of the iffy businesses along Route 1 would close up

Do you mean that car wash/casino/brothel/fire station/chop shop at the corner?

 

[BobKovacs]

Yes, some nice older neighborhoods here - really would like it if some of the iffy businesses along Route 1 would close up

Hey now- those $15, 3-hour short stay motels came in pretty handy back in high school......lol