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63 year old water heater is 53 years past it’s shelf life. 🤯 #diy

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This video demonstrates the severe consequences of neglected water heater maintenance, showcasing an old, heavily corroded electric water heater. It highlights the failure of a calcified plumbing fitting during an attempted interaction, leading to the necessary removal of the entire unit due to its deteriorated state. This serves as a cautionary example emphasizing the importance of regular water heater maintenance, including drain valve cleaning, to prevent such extreme damage and premature replacement.

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This, ladies and gentlemen, is my electric water heater. It's completely rusted at the bottom. All these fittings here are all calcified or whatever that is. Oh my goodness. That's just metal just broke off. How much damage does this metal pipe have to go through in order for it just to break off like that? Oh, look at this thing. Getting this thing out of the dungeon finally. It's all vertical now.

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