Recent content by tdmurray

Thanks for the quick answers. I've no room for a bucket and my wife's already giving me grief about the water that might come out so I'll try to empty the tank before playing with the drain cock. I just read another post about opening the immersion heater nut a fraction and collecting the...

I'm changing the immersion heater in my hot water tank. I shut off the cold supply to the tank, opened the hot taps in the bathroom and kitchen and attached a hose to the drain cock spigot. When I open the drain cock, water leaks out from around the square nut and nothing comes out of...