Get your mind out of the gutter!!
The hot water in our house has been a bit weak as of late. It seemed no matter what we did to fix the pressure, it would get worse. We finally decided that we should consult a professional and/or get a new water heater.
I called Lowes and Home depot and was told we needed a new one (of course they would install it for us for a small fortune). Ken researched on line and found that we may have clogged pipes. For a tie breaker, I called a company called Only Water Heaters. Surely, they would know. After all, it is their specialty.
Sure enough within a minute he tells me "you have a clogged nipple". Now he hasn't seen me so I know he isn't talking about MY nipples. Do water heaters have nipples too?? Apparently so. We decided to have him come out and fix it for us instead of spending our entire Saturday looking for the right nipple to unclog.
Ken met him at home at 2pm on a Friday. By 2:15 the bad nipple was removed and a new one in place. When you hold it up to the light, you can see only a pin hole worth of water was going through. No wonder we had no pressure.
Now we have more water pressure than we have EVER had in this house. When I shower, I feel like the water is yelling at me and I have to hurry. It is a good thing to have to get used to.
