I'm new to the well water thing and had to go buy an anode rod for my hot water heater because the water was smelling like sulfur. I went to Thomas Somerville Plumbing Supply in Waldorf and paid $80 for a plain flexible aluminum rod!!! I later researched on line and can't find one anywhere over $30 shipped! Most were $17 WFT!!! I printed out a bunch of them and heading back there tomorrow. :tantrum

Why don't they stock these things at Lowes, Home Depot, or hell Walmart?

I'm new to the well water thing and had to go buy an anode rod for my hot water heater because the water was smelling like sulfur. I went to Thomas Somerville Plumbing Supply in Waldorf and paid $80 for a plain flexible aluminum rod!!! I later researched on line and can't find one anywhere over $30 shipped! Most were $17 WFT!!! I printed out a bunch of them and heading back there tomorrow. :tantrum

Why don't they stock these things at Lowes, Home Depot, or hell Walmart?

Did you know that there is a Thomas Somerville Plumbing in Hollywood?

No, but I'm sure the prices would be the same? I went to the Waldorf one on my way to work in DC.

No, but I'm sure the prices would be the same? I went to the Waldorf one on my way to work in DC.

Waldorf there's a good chance it WAS only $17 and the person "helping" you got a sizable involuntary tip!!

definately worth checking in to.

I would not say you got ripped off,all the info you found was available before you went shopping, you chose to not look at it until after.

You cannot compare a e-comerce site to a brick and mortor store, even thought the gap closed in recent years.
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If you have a problem with that e-pruchase who is going to help you ??
Joe Email ? If you have a problem with a local purchase the local merchant will help you.
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I do my share of online shopping but I do my resaerch first and if the local merchant is in the ball park with $$ or service he will always get my business.

JMO

I'm new to the well water thing and had to go buy an anode rod for my hot water heater because the water was smelling like sulfur. I went to Thomas Somerville Plumbing Supply in Waldorf and paid $80 for a plain flexible aluminum rod!!! I later researched on line and can't find one anywhere over $30 shipped! Most were $17 WFT!!! I printed out a bunch of them and heading back there tomorrow. :tantrum

Why don't they stock these things at Lowes, Home Depot, or hell Walmart?

I've bought them at Lowes. Been awhile, though.

I'm new to the well water thing and had to go buy an anode rod for my hot water heater because the water was smelling like sulfur.

Ours had that smell a couple years ago. I was told to turn the thermostat up to 160 and it would kill whatever was making the smell. Seemed to work.

Ours had that smell a couple years ago. I was told to turn the thermostat up to 160 and it would kill whatever was making the smell. Seemed to work.

It's cooking the sulpher out of your hot water and leaving it in your hot water tank.

Hope you clean it out on a regular basis

It's cooking the sulpher out of your hot water and leaving it in your hot water tank.

Hope you clean it out on a regular basis

Hmmm. May just have to check that out.

Hmmm. May just have to check that out.

160*? That's gotta be adding some serious coin to your electric bill.

160*? That's gotta be adding some serious coin to your electric bill.

Really... 120* is all you need.

Last time I changed the heater coils, there must have been 6 inches of lime/calcium in the bottom. I figured it was a good insulator so I left it.

:lol:

It's cooking the sulpher out of your hot water and leaving it in your hot water tank.

Hope you clean it out on a regular basis

Actually it's not a mineral type of sulfur but hydrogen sulfide gas. One site I checked says the smell is caused by Sulfate-reducing bacteria which convert naturally occurring sulfate and other sulfur compounds to hydrogen sulfide gas.

Then it goes on to say, to get rid of it Increase the water temperature to 160 degrees Fahrenheit for several hours to kill the bacteria, then flush the heater. CLICKY (http://www.uldrinkwell.com/drinkwell/rotten_egg_smell.html)

I just never turned the thermostat back down again.


160*? That's gotta be adding some serious coin to your electric bill.

Meh, probably.