Replacing Water Heater, Hot water pipe still leaking after one hour of being disconnected from water!?

Monday, May 10th, 2010 at 7:23 pm  
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Hello, We are going to replace our water heater, but before, we wanted to make sure everything is ok with the pipes, so we connected the cold water supply pipe to the hot water pipe (we’re water heater is supposed to be connected) to check for pressure and make sure all the pipes faucets are going to be clean, but… one hour after we shut off the water it’s still leaking! what can be causing this?
Also with the old water heater the shower and the sink on the master bath kept leaking all the time,but not the kitchen or the other bathroom…
We bought the house new 6 1/2 years ago.
thank you!


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My old water heater broke down yesterday and I called Home Depot to replace it. The contractor came with the new water heater and before he installed anything.. said that my current water heater setup was not up to code. I assume this is some sort of building code / requirement. I wasn’t too sure if it’s even possible for him to charge additional fees which was not mentioned to me over the phone by Home Depot. The problem is, if I didn’t let him do the work, I’ll be without hot water for the next 3 days. ( I also have a baby at home, so not having hot water is IMPOSSIBLE). The additional charge came out to 1.00 + the cost of the water heater. The contractor said, the 1.00 is for labor / parts so that the new water heater is up to California code, includes a permit for the local building inspector to come and sign off if work was done correctly.

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