The Popping Sound Started Two Weeks Before the Flood The small, easy-to-ignore noise that comes from a water heater tank often goes unnoticed until it's too late. By the time the tank lets go, "eventually" has already cost a homeowner a soaked laundry room and a weekend of fans running on the...
The water takes a little longer to heat up than it used to, and now there's a faint popping sound coming from the tank in the closet. You're standing there wondering whether this is a quick fix or the start of something bigger, and whether it's worth spending money on a repair for a unit that...