Mother's Day & the hot water tank saga

Guess what I got for Mother's Day this year?
A shiny, new, hot water tank!!! LOL
How funny is that?
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Ours went out so we had no hot water on Sunday. We went out to eat with my parents and had a really nice day with them. Then just relaxed the rest of the day.
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Dan took Monday off work to fix the tank. He got the old tank out and bought a new, bigger tank. Got it all installed. The pilot light wouldn't light. He determined it wasn't getting gas. He called Lowe's and talked to a manager and worked it out with them to just get the part needed instead of taking the whole thing out and returning it. He got the new part installed. It was now getting gas. Now the ignitor was bad! He was fit to be tied!!
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He called the manager back they had a nice discussion. Dan told him if he had to uninstall the tank and bring it back for a refund, he was NOT going to buy his new one there. He'd take his business elsewhere. He wanted them to send a technician to fix it. They said they couldn't send a technician for free, even though it was under warrantee?? But that if he returned it and bought a new one there, they'd give his $150 off the new one. Now tell me who it wouldn't be cheaper for them to send a technician out to put an ignitor on instead of giving us $150 off a new one??
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Made no sense to us. But it did made it worth our while to not take our business elsewhere, no matter how disgusted Dan was at the time. So he told the manager he would do it the next day because if he went down to uninstall it at the moment, he would end up beating it to death. LOL
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So no hot water on Monday either. We packed up and went to my parents for hot showers. And then visited out there all evening. Tuesday morning I took Danielle to school while Dan started draining the new bad tank. Then he called his brother to help get it out of the basement.
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Now his brother had to yesterday off work so it was easy for him to help then. But today he had to work so he had to leave work to come help with the tank this time. So he and his partner had to drive the fire truck to the house to come help. But we needed them for more than that. The gas line in the basement had gotten hit (not really sure what happened but that's what Dan said) and he wanted them to check the connection since it was old to make sure there was no gas leaking from it. So they brought their tool to check for a gas leak. You can't be too safe with those old lines. We even thought of just switching over to an electric hot water tank but we love having hot water when the electric goes out. lol
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Anyway, the second new tank is here. Dan is in the basement now installing it. Fingers crossed that this one works. If it doesn't, I'm packing my bags and moving back in with my parents!! LOL So if you're reading this Mom and Dad, you might want to start getting some room ready for me....
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Happy Mother's Day to everyone!!! Hope it was wonderful for all!!!!