Should you practice “Water Heater Maintenance“? Are you a pro-active homeowner or are you the type of person that would rather wait until something goes wrong before you call for professional trade services. In a nutshell that sort of answers the question.

Speaking for myself, I’ve performed regular maintenance on my own water heaters for the past 35 years which has allowed them to live way beyond their expected demise according to the manufacturer. If “Water Heater Maintenance” sounds like something that might be of value to you, stay with me.

This past week I had to attend a required seven-hour continuing education course required every three years in order for me to maintain my N.Y. C. Master Plumbers License. I’m up for renewal July 2017. For the most part, we cover plumbing and sprinkler code updates and as a real treat the N.Y.C. Dept. Of Investigations speaks to us about the consequences of getting caught giving bribes to city inspectors.

Then a few manufacturers make their presentations about new products on market and we exchange business cards in hopes of perhaps a sale in the future. Some of the presenters have a hypnotic effect on the group and by about 2 P.M. about a third of the class is either sleeping or zoning out. Finally, it’s 4 P.M. and they start to hand out the certificates.

My name is called, I collect my certificate and thank the host for his thorough presentation. As I’m exiting the door a voice yells out “Bob The Video Guy”! Well besides being embarrassed and quite frankly a little surprised, I turned and it was one of the instructors of the course. I said I guess you caught me, he smiled told me he was a subscriber to my You-Tube channel and said, you should do a video on “Water Heater Maintenance“!

On the drive home, I was plotting out the video in my head when I thought rather than shoot and entire new video on “Water Heater Maintenance” why not just publicize the “Water Heater” module from my preventive home plumbing inspection routine, “The No Brainer Home Plumbing Inspection Checklist“. It’s based on the very same inspection process I practice for my own plumbing customers and hopefully, after watching it you’ll be able to identify potential problems with your water heater and perhaps avoid a plumbing emergency.

I want to give a shout out to Salvatore Mucie for a great presentation and if anyone has any questions on this or any other videos I’ve posted I can always be reached at info@bobsplumbingvideos.com. And I would also encourage you to check out the remaining modules in “The No Brainer Home Plumbing Inspection Checklist“! It might just help keep the plumber out of your life.

HAPPY PLUMBING,
Bob