It looks like my hot water heater is leaking at the connection to the house.
2 questions:
1) Tank is 17yrs old, should I bite the bullet and spend the $500 to replace it myself, or just fix this connector?
2) What kind of connection is it, it's PVC with no give, so how would I remove and replace it?
I would replace it, but if it is working just change the fitting.
Cut the horizontal pipe near the elbow
unscrew the fitting from the water heater.
use a thread pipe to sharkbite fitting back on the water heater. Use teflon tape with a little pipe dope over it on the threads.
stick in a length of cpvc
gauge where the new sharkbite elbow goes by the height of the horizontal pipe. Allow length to insert into shark bite elbow
insert length of cpvc into horizontal part of elbow
trim horizontal cpvc to length allowing for insert into the shark bite repair union to connect to the horizontal pipe (It is a fitting that allows you to slip it on and the into the other fitting) (Google shark bite repair union)
