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You are probably right mikeyspizza.... I almost posted a few days ago how to change out a gas water heater but then deleted it before hitting post. another part of the new higher efficiency units is they usually don't last as long. For good or bad manufacturing has gotten to the point that they can pretty much know how long their product is going to last for a large majority of them.... My Native American Name: "Runs with Scissors" | |||
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They were in-and-out in about an hour. Guys had to move a copper pipe which required cutting it and then sweating it; glad I didn’t have to mess around with that myself. Re: Cause The water in this city literally rotted through the bottom of the tank, I had an ‘even’ puddle of water around the perimeter of the tank… There is very little that I/we in the city can do to prevent this…just sucks. I’ve been through 3 water softeners in 25 years here. I think I had mentioned in a prior page that I had been flushing the tank annually and that the repair guys recommended I do it every 6 months instead. Maybe I’ll get 8 years out of it instead of 6. This one I had to pay for, so the next one will be the warranty replacement. And then 6 years later I’ll have to buy one again…what a game. ___________________________ All it takes...is all you got. ____________________________ For those who have fought for it, Freedom has a flavor the protected will never know ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ | |||
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I was replacing an electric heater every 5 years too, because of hard water. Even the 10 year gua-run-teed would go, and it was buy one, get next one. Then they stopped making that model. Usually the deposits would build up on bottom up to level of bottom element, then zap. Tried draining it often, and found out the spigot on bottom would just leak instead  I have installed softener and am now on year 6, so we'll see.------------------ The plural of anecdote is not data. -Frank Kotsonis | |||
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I'm more familiar with furnaces than hot water units and specifically gas more than oil... but from my limited experience both used to last 20 or more years back up until the mid 90's then the newer ones would not usually make it 10years... now I think 10 to maybe 15 is the limit on them. (I could be wrong I was twice before) My Native American Name: "Runs with Scissors" | |||
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If you're not getting 20+ yrs out of new HVAC equipment, you better find yourself a better more reliable company. And I'm talking about and including high efficiency equipment manufactured and installed today. | |||
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You overestimate the average person. I consider myself average and even considering I was a machinist mate in the navy dealing with pipes, valves, and feed tanks, I wouldn't want to replace a water heater. For one thing, they look unwieldy. For another thing, I don't solder pipes. "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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