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> On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:36:05 -0700 (PDT), greenbaypack66@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>> I'm desperate for help. We are in an area that got hit by devastating
>> floods, luckily ours wasn't as bad as some, we had 3 feet of water in
>> our basement.
>>
>> So the Natural Gas guys came out today and tried to turn on the water
>> heater and said it wasn't going to light because it had been
>> submerged. He said to replace the gas valve (?? I think is what he
>> said) and it has a tube at the bottom of it I know.
>>
>> Does anyone know what I have to replace, is this something my hubby
>> can do?
>
> No. Sorry. It needs a whole lot more than some moron waving
> his hand at it and saying 'replace the gas valve, I think that might
> be the problem'.
>
>> Also, the guy pretty much said the same thing about our furnace too,
>> but he did say we'd have to get a hvac guy/girl out here to check it
>
> And have the same guy on the same trip check your water
> heater.
>
> Everything will have to be TOTALLY 100 % DRIED OUT before he
> can do ANYTHING.
>
> Sympathies on your situation out there - the pictures on TV
> are amazing :-(
If a Gas valve goes under water here both the building services and
insurance demand it be replaced. Apparently going way back to the Rapid
City flood of 1973,,A bunch of homes burned down using dried out gas
valves. I suppose something corroded and stuck open or shut or whatever,
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