Hot water heater?

[Tetragrammaton]

Originally Posted by nbr3bagshotrow

Whose Dave?

Who's Dave?

[boondocksaint]

where is it leaking from? depending on the spot it may be a do it your self thing.

[Underdog07]

Replaced mine A few years ago. At that time there was. Tax deduction for replacing with an energy efficient water heater. You should check to see if that is still going on.

[joefixit2]

Originally Posted by boondocksaint

where is it leaking from? depending on the spot it may be a do it your self thing.

it was leaking from the seal at the very bottom of the tank. No way to repair.

If it was just me, I would have tried replacing it myself but with a wife and three daughters and no vacation I can use, had to bite the bullet and get someone to replace. Called around and got some estimates. $1400 down the drain, literally I guess.

[joefixit2]

Originally Posted by Tetragrammaton

Who's Dave?

Dave is apparently my damn iPhone spell checker friend.

[johnclone]

Originally Posted by nbr3bagshotrow

Whose Dave?

Dave's not here man.

[johnclone]

Originally Posted by Argonus

Old enough to have at least a couple kids and be posting on here, apparently.

I never had to replace mine... I would think those heaters would be beasts to move.

when empty they are surprisingly light.

[mwf6171]

When we bought our house we got one of those home warranty plans. We pay $400-500 a year and if something breaks, we call the warranty people and they send out somebody to repair/replace what ever broke. I think our "copay" is $75-100. Two years ago the refrigerator we got from my grandma when she moved into the nursing home shot craps and we ended up getting a check from the home warranty people for almost $2K to replace it. The fridge was over 10 yrs old and we ended up doubling the size/features for basically our premium and the "copay." Not a bad deal IMO.

Sorry about your hot water heater, that sucks.

[Vince-Vell]

Well with the house i bought this year my hot water heater went on me. Its from 2005 and turns out it was a defective model with the pilot light on it, it kept going out on me as i researched it. So i guess who ever owned the house before me broke the window glass and used a long lighter to light it since the flicker wouldnt light it.

So lately its been going out every night, and i did a lot of research and looked into my price range and got a kenmore from sears. Wanted one of the better ones but didnt have the cash and this kenmore one had very good reviews everywhere i looked into them.

Lucky i had a friend of the family who helped me install with no charge, so i lucked out. Now have blazing hot water again.

[Ryu]

Originally Posted by Vince-Vell

Well with the house i bought this year my hot water heater went on me. Its from 2005 and turns out it was a defective model with the pilot light on it, it kept going out on me as i researched it. So i guess who ever owned the house before me broke the window glass and used a long lighter to light it since the flicker wouldnt light it.

So lately its been going out every night, and i did a lot of research and looked into my price range and got a kenmore from sears. Wanted one of the better ones but didnt have the cash and this kenmore one had very good reviews everywhere i looked into them.

Lucky i had a friend of the family who helped me install with no charge, so i lucked out. Now have blazing hot water again.