"Bill" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 23:06:27 -0500, "Dee Randall"
> > wrote:
>
>>This morning our GE
>>water heater (propane) made a loud bang -- it was new in May. The
>>previous
>>GE water heater lasted 6 months. GE is probably not an option in our
>>thinking at the moment. Both times it took days, if not weeks, to get it
>>brought into the house and hooked up. Hauling hot water is not fun! Do
>>you
>>hear that, GE?
>>Dee Dee
>
> this is interesting Dee Dee,
> a couple of years ago the wife and I decided we needed a larger hot
> water heater. We went shopping down to Home Depot and picked out a new
> GE 80-gallon electric hot water heater. We hired a plumber to install
> it. Everything was fine for about six months. Then one Saturday
> morning I went downstairs and discovered a half inch of water standing
> in my basement floor. Our GE water heater had ruptured and water had
> been leaking out all night! We called our homeowners insurance company
> and they sent a crew out to remove all the furniture from our
> downstairs and put it in a climate controlled warehouse. We called
> Home Depot and they gave us another GE water heater at no charge real
> quick. It tooks months for us to finally get our house back in order.
> I think the homeowners insurance company either sued GE or got a
> settlement from them...they paid out twenty some thousand dollars for
> the restoration of the damages to my house!
>
> Bill

OMG Bill.
Yes, it is GE that we have and bought it (them) at Home Depot.

DH said I should've paid attention to Dee and bought an Electric. But
your story is very, very insteresting. He's still looking for a solution.

Meanwhile I'm glad that I have a dishwasher that heats my water to high
temperature. And some clothes will be washed without hot/warm water. DH
said if we can't get one installed fairly quickly, but with an ETA in the
future, we'll just have to 'go somewhere.'

I'm sorry about your story from hell.
Dee Dee