Water heater down.

[PA DETAILER]

Took a dump this morning. Can't complain. 17 years on the current one! Rheam. Local plumbing outfit will be here shortly with the new one. Great they can do it on such a short notice!

[Odrapnew]

Our old one sprouted a very small leak a few years back.
Small enough that the concrete below the water heater was getting damp and that spot was slowly getting bigger over the course of days, so it wasn't an emergency.

When I removed the old one, the inlet/outlet pipes were severely gunked up along with the drain spigot. I had to tip it on its side while using my wet vac to pull water out the top. When I finally got enough water out to lay it down, I had to remove the whole drain spigot (also gunked up) to clean it to be able to fully drain the water out through a hose. Our utility room is across the finished basement from the floor drain, so I couldn't just pour right into the floor, I had to run a garden hose from the spigot to the drain.

[briarpatch]

Ours is going on 15 years....electric....going propane tankless when it dies

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Gas/hot water here. He arrived at 8. Working on it now.

One American Standard 40G tank installed. Along with a expansion tank added. Installer was very professional, and the install was clean. 3.5-hour job. You can't possibly ask for quicker service being this happened around 6:30 this morning.

One of life's unexpected expenses.

[PaulMys]

We bought our house in 2005 and I replaced the water heater in 2010/2011. Don't know how old that one was.

But at 12 or 13 years old, the one I put in will probably be screwing the pooch sooner than later.......

[luckydawg]

Mine is 30 yrs old this August, not had the first hint of trouble with it ( hope it doesnt start now---jynxed ). Never done nuthin to it except I flushed it one time about 15 yrs ago. Orig elements in it also.

Most all of you folks that dont live in Fl. dont pay much compared to us in homeowners insurance. The Govt lets these ins. companies sodomize us to no end. My insurance trippled over the last 6-7 yrs. Now when you go to look for other carriers they all want you to put on a new roof if its over 10 yrs old and replace the hot water heater if its older than 15. Forcing you in a sense to replace things that are perfectly fine. If it gets to much worse I will tell them to pound sand and go with out ins.
Good luck with your install PA

[luckydawg]

PA
How did the install go-- did you go electric or gas

[PA DETAILER]

PA
How did the install go-- did you go electric or gas

Gas. As stated above, local plumbing outfit did it. No complaints.

[Desertnate]

Ours is going on 15 years....electric....going propane tankless when it dies

This is where we are too. We have a gas heater that was installed in the house when the house was built 14 years ago. It's still working fine, but we'll go tankless when this one dies.

We encountered tankless heaters in several places while living in Europe 20+ years ago. Loved the near instant and endless hot water.

[opie]

This is where we are too. We have a gas heater that was installed in the house when the house was built 14 years ago. It's still working fine, but we'll go tankless when this one dies.

We encountered tankless heaters in several places while living in Europe 20+ years ago. Loved the near instant and endless hot water.

If the power goes out...no hot water though, or working stove if ya get rid of gas. Unless ya ot solar i rekon.

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