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Spent 6 hours on a 15 minute water heater job in Boise because of one crusted valve
Last Thursday I went to swap out a water heater in Boise and figured it would be a quick 15 minute job, but the shutoff valve above it was so crusted with hard water junk it wouldn't budge and I ended up cutting it out and sweating in a new one. Between two trips to Supply Co for the right fittings and a slow drain on the old tank, the whole thing ate 6 hours of my day. Now I'm wondering if I should just start quoting valve replacement into every water heater job from the jump. How do you guys handle old shutoffs, do you always swap them or roll the dice?
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