Wrestling The Thermal Expansion Tank ~ There's Always Something 05Feb25

Today was an adventure. I knew my thermal expansion tank on the hot water line had failed and was full of water. And I received lots of alerts on my flood sensor since it was backed up and leaking onto the floor through a relief valve. I knew basically how to proceed with replacing it and had already bought the replacement tank and a pressure gauge. However, while attempting to remove the tank from H2O system, the pipe it was screwed onto just sheared off. I had to turn off every thing, drain hot water from house, and repair piping with new copper & fittings. I had to buy all that stuff and tools like a pipe cutter, pipe cleaner, flux, solder, propane. Sheesh. By 4:30pm I was back where I expected to be at 10:30am... measuring pressure. The basic process requires measuring water pressure in the system, and pressurizing the new tank to that level, before installing it. Pics in reverse chron...