The more I do the further behind I seem to get! Going into this week the only thing on my calendar was a lunch meeting Wednesday. I had all good intentions of running my saw(s). That never happened... "Must do" things at my parents' home used up Monday, Tuesday and the rest of Wednesday. Today, after ordering parts for some of my Stihl outdoor power equipment (the stuff has been well used!) and picking up some supplies for my parents' house I planned to go back to my parents'. When I went into my walkout basement shop to get tools there was water on the floor... a lot of water! A quick inspection suggested it was a bad fitting on the hot water heater so I shut it down.
Then there was a mad rush to clean things up with the wet/dry vac and then move on from there. The worst part of the clean up experience was that the water had gotten into the very bottom of my gun safe through the anchor bolt holes. This despite being elevated off the floor on PVC boards. It seems that I gave the concrete guys too much credit for having a level floor when I picked that spot. It turns out the safe was in the lowest part of the floor! Dealing with that was a PITA... every gun had to be removed and wiped down. Most had plastic or rubber butt plates but others had steel, brass or wood butts (English stocked SxS shotguns). I don't think there will be permanent damage to any of them as they've been well cared for. I've got fans running to dry the safe and basement out.
After the clean up I diagnosed the heat pump hot water heater. Water was coming out of the cover plate around the upper heating element. Initially it looked like the leak was the connection between the element and tank. After disconnecting the wires and wiping it all down I put the tank under pressure with my compressor... It turns out there is a pin hole in the tank just below the element.
Oh well... What makes me concerned is that we installed two other heat pump hot water heaters at the same time... at my parents' and my brother's houses. I have "good water" compared to those other locations so I can expect to do all three in short order. Tomorrow I'll pick up a new one... Arrow points to leak.
Another week shot! It's a good thing I'm retired and have been vacating my government and fraternal organization offices in recent weeks so I have time for myself.