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Posted by Javier on May 26, 2006, 12:36 pm
Joseph Meehan wrote:
> rob wrote:
>> I'm in the houston, texas area (hard water) and want to get an idea
>> what is a good brand for gas hot water heaters? I think my current is
>> two 52 gallon size. My house is about 8 years old. Any idea what a
>> plumber charges for parts and labor (for 2 of them)?
>>
>> And does consumer reports have anything on best brands?
>>
>> thanks.
>
> You must use a lot of hot water. BTW you don't heat hot water so you
> can call them "water heaters" :-)
>
> Do you really need two water heaters?
>
> If your home is only 8 years old, I wonder if you need to worry about
> replacements yet. Are your neighbors with the same water supply and same
> age water heaters starting to have problems?
I bought a new house in CA in 1998. The water heater installed by the
builder had a 3 year warranty. It failed after about 3.5 years in
service, leaking badly at the bottom of the tank.
The brand was something like cheapasspieceofcrap, inc.
That same evening I trekked down to Home Despot, bought a GE (the model
with the 9 year warranty, I think) and installed it myself. It was
working fine last year when we sold the house...
It wasn't a complicated job at all. Just water supply, hot water output,
and gas supply. I called the gas co. next day, they came over and
inspected it at no charge, the guy said "looks professional!".
-jav
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