Last week, I had decided it was time to clean the basement.
I had some things stored down there and I wanted to see what I really wanted to keep.
I hadn’t expected it to be so dusty down there and by the time I was done, I was in desperate need of a long hot bath. I turned on the hot water and I headed out to get my towels and clean clothing. I stepped into the tub and my husband heard my scream all the way in his workshop. He came running in and found me wrapped in his bathrobe and shivering. He went to the basement to look at the hot water heater and he declared it done. The hot water heater needed to be replaced. He told me that it would take about an hour, but he would disconnect the hot water heater and turn on the boiler. Our boiler is what we use for heating during the winter. We only use the electric hot water heater during the summer when the boiler isn’t working. The only problem with using the boiler is that we have to make sure the thermostats are all turned low. I would hate to have heat coming into the house when it is already seventy degrees outside. An hour later, he had hot water for my bath and I was really happy. I guessed we would be heading out for a new electric hot water heater in the morning. I forgot how much longer it took to heat water with the boiler than it does to heat water in the hot water tank.