Rongnongno Loc: FL

Venting

Today I did something really stupid... No damage but stupid.

I changed the dishwasher, connected everything one side, did the other side, had a small leak, fixed that no problem.

Checked the inside for whatever, plastic, cardboard, manual...

Started the darn thing, no soap, and walked away.

I came back 30 minutes later to a flood...

I had not tightened the water exhaust to the garbage dispenser and it popped out...

Had to mop and mop as the water was seeping slowly from under the kitchen cabinet...

old hippy Loc: Kentucky hills

Just easy to miss a step. But you learn from it. Was installing a gas hot water heater. Got every thing hooked up. Use to check the gas fittings with a long lighter. Forgot to tighten a union. When the flame got there. Woosh . No harm, no foul. We learn. Ed

Rongnongno Loc: FL

Man you must love to live dangerously!!! The last thing I would play with is a gas installation...

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Look at the bright side, the floor got a good cleaning!

Rongnongno Loc: FL

That it did/

cameraniac Loc: Huntingburg, Indiana

I hope your cabinets don't start swelling.

Jerry Brown

My water heater went out, leaked all over the place. After I had cleaned up the mess, I looked at how it was hooked up. It's an electric one and just basic pvc connections. I can do that. Glued everything together the way I took it apart and turned the water on and wall ah, no leaks. Two months later the whole thing came apart and made another mess. I found out you can not use water proof glue on hot water connections. You use hot water glue only. I learned something that day

cameraniac Loc: Huntingburg, Indiana

You should keep plastic pipe at least thirteen inches away from the inlet/outlet of a water heater. Start with copper and then transition to cpvc. Especially when hooking up a gas water heater. Never heard of hot water and cold water glue.

willstaff Loc: Daytona Beach, Fl

Yes we do learn by our mistakes. When I was four years old I had a job and one job only, I was responsible for holding a carbide lamp while my Dad milked our two cows. I had an old cloth miner's cap that Dad had made small enough to fit my head and I had a carbide lamp that I attached to the cap. All I had to do was stand there with my head pointed at the cow's udder while Dad milked. For some reason that was too complicated for me and I began to question what would happen if I grabbed the cow by her back leg. I asked Dad and he said he didn't know but not to do it. That wasn't sufficient for me and I kept asking until completely out of patience he said, "hell son I don't know --- go ahead and grab her." At four you don't know what sarcasm is so I grabbed the cow's leg and held on tight. Nothing happened until the open flame of the carbide light really began cooking the cow's leg and then she got rid of me with one swift kick that sent me to the back wall of the barn. I may not be the brightest penny in the roll but it only took me one lesson to learn what will happen when you grab a cow's back leg while wearing a carbide lamp.

cameraniac Loc: Huntingburg, Indiana

Great story....lol! Thanks for sharing it.

Jackinthebox Loc: travel the world

Keep those whiskers out of the way of the explosion.
It tells you in the maintenance manual.
Honest, I did not make it up.

BboH Loc: s of 2/21, Ellicott City, MD

And the area behind and under the refrigerator...

yhtomit Loc: Port Land. Oregon

I'm sorry...

Jackinthebox Loc: travel the world

Now I heard it all. :thumbup: :thumbup:

Ka2azman Loc: Tucson, Az

Houses seem not to burn down as much if you use soapy water, which is the real and safest way to look for gas leaks.

This is almost like, when auto did not have gas gauges, some people would use a flame for a light, of some sort, to look into the gas tank of these cars to see where the fuel level was. Needless to say, a few gas tank arrangements resulted as well as creating some hot heads! Cooler heads prevailed by using a stick!

There is a time for a flame around gas (liquid or gas form), but for the most part its best to keep from playing with fire as a "looking for a leak agent".