Achtung! Reak
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Andrew Sak
Even Andy Deserves Good BEans
You reak what you sew.
jrockbridge
Stealing Your Riffs
“Zis sredd veeks!”
Have fun with your lame prank thread.
Have fun with your lame prank thread.
Peen Simmons
Let’s Get Obtuse!
Weak
jrockbridge
Stealing Your Riffs
Veek!
jrockbridge
Stealing Your Riffs
"Reak" is an archaic or dialectal noun, primarily used in the 16th century, meaning a prank, trick, or “frolic,” used in the phrase "to play reaks" (pranks). It is distinct from the verb "reek" (to smell) and "wreak" (to inflict). It is also sometimes used to describe a rush (a type of plant).
bsman
b00b
That's me every day. I assume you just left out the "C" in front...
Andrew Sak
Even Andy Deserves Good BEans
Same here. I assumed he left out the "F".
baimun
Funkasaurus Rex
Sorry.... that happened to us a week or two ago. Fortunately they were able to get our aging water heater going again because they were quoting me like 3K to replace it.
I'm just going to plan on having my son in law and his crew replace it this spring (when there isn't foot deep snow off the back patio when they have to remove the old one).
Andrew Sak
Even Andy Deserves Good BEans
My mom thought her's went out. It just needed to be reset. Out here, they added more stuff you need to do to bring it up to code. It will more than double the cost.
Mojo.
Andrew Sak
Even Andy Deserves Good BEans
Is that from the film Reeker?
The Reeker's you and the Reeker is me.
Breaking laws knocking doors, but there's no one at home...
Chicken Man
Kick Henry Jackassowski
Don't fear the reaker.
jrockbridge
Stealing Your Riffs
Sorry.... that happened to us a week or two ago. Fortunately they were able to get our aging water heater going again because they were quoting me like 3K to replace it.
I'm just going to plan on having my son in law and his crew replace it this spring (when there isn't foot deep snow off the back patio when they have to remove the old one).
I have dual water heaters. One of them was leaking, not reaking, a few years ago, rusted through the bottom. Some of the copper pipes had to be soldered, and flex added. Fortunately, my brother-in-law had all the tools to do the job with my assistance. It cost a fraction of what Home Depot had quoted me to do the job.
Andrew Sak
Even Andy Deserves Good BEans
A blown out water heater can really wreak havoc.
baimun
Funkasaurus Rex
That's actually one of the proposed solutions I have to my son-in-law. A tanked water heater for the house, and perhaps a tankless for what feeds the showers. Not sure if that's redundant or counterproductive.
jrockbridge
Stealing Your Riffs
Once water leaks all over the house, it can really start to reek as well.
My setup now is simply dual traditional water tanks in parallel. The original dual tanks, which were installed when the house was new, were done in series, which has drawbacks. They did last about 20 years because the water is not particularly hard. We have well water. No chlorine. Hard water causes a mineral brick to build up on the bottom, and it grows larger each year.
When the original tanks were installed, they used solid copper pipes for everything, no flex. So, I could not just remove the old tanks and replace with new ones. We had to solder new copper pipes and add flex to be able to get new tanks in there. The nice thing is that it will now be much easier to replace these tanks when they fail. Simply drain the tanks, remove them, hook up new tanks, done.
The way my new dual setup works, I've got water cutoffs for each tank. I can turn off and isolate a tank, and continue to use the other tank. This came in handy when I had to work on a shower in the bathroom behind the water tanks. I shutoff the gas to one tank, drained it, and then moved it out of the way, so I could get to the back of the shower through the wall.
baimun
Funkasaurus Rex
That sounds like a winning idea, especially since the smaller tanks will be more manageable in size and positioning that one huge tall one.