https://www.sharedbits.net/tags/plumbing/ Recent content in Plumbing on Shared Bits Hugo en-us Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.sharedbits.net/posts/shared-bits-7-year-anniversary/ Sat, 11 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.sharedbits.net/posts/shared-bits-7-year-anniversary/ <p><em>Updated on 2026-09-14</em></p> <p>Highlights of my life and seventh year of blogging; Oct 2024 - Sept 2025.</p> <h1 id="01---shared-bits">01 - Shared Bits</h1> <hr> <p>I published 10 posts this year, including this post, bringing total posts published to 82.</p> <p>Shared Bits visitor count began to increase quite a bit beginning in October last year. Shared Bits reached another milestone this year by exceeding 5,000 visitors per month for four months of the year. For the year, the average visitor count for Shared Bits was 4,053.</p> https://www.sharedbits.net/posts/replaced-the-original-water-heater-anode-rod-with-a-corro-protec-anode-rod/ Thu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.sharedbits.net/posts/replaced-the-original-water-heater-anode-rod-with-a-corro-protec-anode-rod/ <p><em>Updated on 2026-09-11</em></p> <p>Our last water heater, a Rheem 75-gallon gas water heater, lasted about 17 years. I never replaced the anode rod in that water heater and I wondered if it would have lasted longer if I had. The replacement 75-gallon gas water heater, made by A.O. Smith, cost my wife and I $1,810. I didn&rsquo;t realize that water heaters were so expensive, so I endeavored to do everything I could to keep the replacement water heater for as long as possible.</p>