A standard tank heater can stress your plumbing pipes when thermal expansion ... sticker on your water heater. Next, test your home's water pressure with a water pressure gauge.

A reader writes in to say he bought a water heater and expansion tank, after being told last year that was now required, and had them installed by someone who was not ...

A reader writes in to say he bought a water heater and expansion tank, after being told last year that was now required, and had them installed by someone who was not ...

A water expansion tank acts as a bladder that takes in the excess water from the hot water heater so that the pressure doesn’t keep building. A water heater expansion tank costs between $90 and ...