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September 29, 2015 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google If your water goes cold, it’s likely your water heater flame has gone out. You don’t need any tools or a ...

Turn off the shutoff valve to the gas line. Be sure to turn the valve one-quarter turn so that the handle is at a right angle to the pipe, as in this photo. Turn off the control valve. Remove the ...

Find out what could be behind your latest water heater malfunction.

You woke up shivering in a cold house. Your morning shower, usually a warm and pleasant revitalization, was spent futilely turning the knob toward “hot” as your skin erupted in goosebumps. When you ...

[WJCarpenter]’s gas water heater uses a small pilot light that needs to stay burning permanently to ignite the main burners as required. Four or five times a year, the pilot light goes out and needs ...

Have you ever woken up ready for a nice hot shower only to find cold water flowing through your pipes? Odds are the water heater pilot light has gone out, and you need to relight it. Relighting is a ...

Ever hop into the shower only to get blasted by a stream of freezing water? Or maybe your hot water fizzles out halfway through and you're left shivering as you wash the last streaks of shampoo out of ...