Hot water tank failure - Belingham, MA

5/15/2017 (Permalink)

This homeowner suffered a water loss when the hotwater tank failed.

Most often homeowners aren't aware that a hot water heater is about to fail. Most time you are met with water running out from under your foundation, or garage. While you can't be sure when failure will occur, there are signs that you can keep and eye out for.

Knowing the age of your water heater is one way, which can be located by looking at the manufacture sticker on the upper portion of the water heater. Example if the Serial number is F051052638, the "F" represents the month, it's the sixth number of the alphabet so it was manufactured in June. The next two numbers represent the year. So since 05 is the two numbers following the "F" this means the heater was built in 2005. A good rule of thumb is most hotwater heaters over 10 years old have lived a useful life and should be considered for replacement.

If you have suffered a hot water tank loss, call SERVPRO of Franklin/Walpole at 508-533-5305 to assist with your water clean up.