We use well water. Recently our pressure tank quit working and we had to replace it. Now we have calcium deposits in the main water line coming into the house. This calcium is clogging up our cold water line and the faucets in the house do not work good. The hot water comes into the house really good, but we are concerned that we are getting large deposits of calcium in our hot water heater. What can I do to resolve this problem?

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This occurs in hot and cold water, so the hot water heater is not the cause. Bleaching the well provides only a temporary solution.

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With new tub, new hot water heater and a whole house reverse osmosis filter seems it shouldn’t. Starts off clear and gets ruddy towards end of fill. What can I do to solve problem? Would appreciate any input – thanks.

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i just replaced my hot water heater and all i’m getting is luke warm water. about three days after installation i took out both elements and looked them over the top element was completely covered in calcium deposit it looks like and the bottom one looks brand new i have replaced both and the same thing keeps happeneing i had culligan come out and look at my water softner and they said thy fixed my hard water problem. it has been 4 days since they came out and still getting quiet a bit of build up on the top element and now hot water can anyone please help. yes ive had plumbers come out they don’t know anything, i’ve had electricans come out they don’t know anything and culligan came out and charged me a bunch of money and apparently didn’t fix anything
i konw for a fact their are no air bubbles in the line, i am not on city water it is a well and i am currently puting in a filter before the water softener, and i know there are very good plumbers out there i’m just saying the 4 plumbers that have tryed to help me have said " wow this really has me stumped" thanks for everyones input so far 2 things i’m currently trying to do to resolve the problem since i know my electricity is good and my elements are good is 1 put in a inline filter before the sofner 2 set my water softener up for every day instead of every 3 days which is what the culligan guy set it up as, and 3 possibly changing the brand new elements from the ge ones they sent me to sand hog ones i here they are better any more suggestions would be greatly appreciated thank you everyone for your input so far

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The carpeting by the hot water heater is soaking wet. Can the hot water heater quit working and are still able get hot water? What else could cause soaking wet carpet by the water heater.

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My softener regenerates and I have good water pressure but the water is very hard and rusty. We recently had to move the hot water heater and had the water turned off. When we turned it back on there was a lot of air in the lines and a lot of black water so perhaps the sludge plugged something in the softener. We are on well water. I’m not sure where to start. Any suggestions?

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I’ve done serveral, extensive traces in the basement of my home. Preparing to galvanized pipes with copper a section at a time. I’ve found some hot water pipes that appear to be feeding back into the main cold water line that runs thorough the house. Can someone please tell me I’m seeing things and that all hot water runs should originate from the hot water heater.

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I live in an area with very hard water, and have had to replace two water heaters in 6 years due to sediment buildup. If I were to put in a whole-house water softening system, would that solve / reduce the hot water heater sediment problem? (That would not be the only reason for installing the water softener.) Thanks.

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An inspector will come look at my water softener that i just had installed. If he notices my new hot water heater and furnance can i get in trouble since no permits were taking out for them?

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I live in a condo and the hot water heater is in my closet. But where would I install a water softener so that all water in the house (hot & cold) becomes normal.. I have a terrible time with spots on dishes, lime scale, etc.

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My softener goes off once every 2 weeks. So where is the water stored during that time? When I need water it comes from wells in the city into my house into the hot water heater. This holds 30 gallons but I must use more than that in that peiod of time plus it gets replaced with new water. I’m totally confused on this subject.

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In your hot water heater you can set the temperature of your hot water but what is the temperature of your cold water?
Charles is on the right track, I want to know the temperature of "YOUR" water. Way to go Doc wish I could double your thumbs up.

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My electricity costs are .069 per KWH. My cost of gas is .9313/Ccf.

And here’s the trick to why I am going to ditch my gas heater for electric or solar. My gas charge each month is , but by the time I pay the delivery charge, the customer charge and other fees, my monthly gas bill is !

So the decision is, would my electric bill go up dollars a month by using 17/Ccf worth of energy each month for hot water?
Yes, I am researching tankless right now. And the reason my gas bill is so low is because the only item that is gas is the hot water heater. So I have to pay dollars in fixed costs each month for gas service, even if I don’t use a single ounce of gas for that month (That’s 0/year without even using any gas). I’m basically paying 2 bills when I should consolidate and save.

A tankless electric is the way to go, unless I could find a way to get a solar heater installed for around 1,500. After rebates, solar would be cheap. Anyone know of electric tankless house units that qualify for the Gov. tax rebate?

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How many minutes of hot water should you be able to get out of a decent hot water heater? I’m paying TOP DOLLAR in a ‘luxury apartment building’ and I know that my unit has a dedicated water heater. Yet, after literally 18-20 minutes MAX in the shower, the water is cold. It then takes several hours before another hot shower can be taken.

Is this atypical or does this sound right?

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Whenever i try to fill up the tub with hot water, it begins running hot and gradually starts becoming colder. So by the time that the bath is halfway done, the water is only slightly warm and keeps getting slightly colder every min. At this point, if i turn on any of the faucets in the house, hot water does not come out, it is same temperature as in the tub. We have a hot water heater and a nearly new house, i tried increasing the temperature on the heater itself, it seems to help the problem very little, if at all. Any ideas?

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