You woke up shivering in a cold house. Your morning shower, usually a warm and pleasant revitalization, was spent futilely turning the knob toward “hot” as your skin erupted in goosebumps. When you ...

Have you ever woken up ready for a nice hot shower only to find cold water flowing through your pipes? Odds are the water heater pilot light has gone out, and you need to relight it. Relighting is a ...

[WJCarpenter]’s gas water heater uses a small pilot light that needs to stay burning permanently to ignite the main burners as required. Four or five times a year, the pilot light goes out and needs ...

The pilot on my water heater went out.<BR>It would not relight.<BR>I know nothing about gas appliances - but the gas company out here will light pilot lights for free, no service charge (I think it is ...

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our basement flooded with the massive rain the other day, and our water heater (gas) was submerged about 12″, and the house boiler (also gas) submerged about 4″. are they safe to relight? thanks!!

Before autumn delivers its first cold snap, Pacific Gas and Electric Company reminds customers to call early for a free pilot relight on heaters and a natural gas appliance safety check. Customers can ...