[Master Mark]

just do a bright and bold sticker that cannot be peeled off without a lot of energy

 

[Master Mark]

You use pushfit fittings to connect water heaters ?

Its Never been an issue for me..
if you notice in the picture someone else installed a prv valve on the
water softener using them too.

 

[Master Mark]

Here in St. Louis the Expansion tank has to be 18" from the water heater connection. And those homeowner type connections do not shine brightly for a professional Install IMO.

Their is not a lot of difference between a pressed fitting on copper and a sharkbite
but both seem to work ok...


This is what I see all the time in many flipped houses ..

 

[Master Mark]

I’ve never seen a valve or drain dedicated for an expansion tank. Sounds like a waste of time and fittings, and therefore money. A rag and a bucket are coming in if there’s a drain or not. Why complicate it, to save yourself 45 seconds every 5 years it needs swapped out?

the valve is a good idea but we rarely see them...and I dont care to do that neither
I have gotten some calls where the expansion tank tricked the owner into thinnking that
their main water shut off to the home was broken because the expansion tank kept
pushing water through the lines for about 4 minutes or more....
I suppose the expansion tank could literally flood the shi/ out of a house before it finally
loses pressure