My Family Avoided Needing A whole new Water Heater Installation Within the Holidays

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Not long ago, the pilot light went out on my mom's water heater. I was taking a shower, and I noticed the water wasn't sizzling hot. My mom told me that there wasn't hot water for dishes either, which is when we noticed the pilot light was indeed out. Now, it may sound like something quite simple to fix, but you should see three females and a man who doesn't know anything about plumbing fixtures or maintenance stand around observing a water heater racking your brains on how to ignite the pilot light.

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This process did look more challenging than it would seem. After it had been lit and didn't stay with, we thought that there can be a bigger problem. The water heater after all is Twenty years old. So my cousin came to check it out for us, and that he started by trying to light the pilot light again.

After giving it a go, he said that he was fairly certain that it was the thermal coupling that should be replaced. He told us it turned out a cheap part as well as a cheap fix, so we all breathed a sigh of relief that we weren't having to face a whole new water heater installation currently.