oldngray
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Easy to do yourself. Still a pain in the butt.
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UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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When my water heater went out I called a local plumbing company to install a new one. No permit required.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Much easier to have it done while you are at work and write a check while on break.
One guy did the job by himself----even carried (hand cart) the heater out of the basement himself.
It sucks that the only way that you know you water heater is shot is when you are trying to take a shower before going to work.
oldngray
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You didn't used to need a permit for a water heater here but that changed mostly as another source of revenue for the government. You can bypass that if you do the work yourself but if you hire a professional then you do need a permit.
oldngray
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I replaced mine by myself and getting it out of the basement wasn't easy. It didn't go bad suddenly. It started to get a slow leak at the drain spigot at the bottom. Those can be replaced but the water heater was old and not worth trying to repair. As long as you get a new one the same size and the connections line up its not very hard. Although my old one was soldered in to the copper pipes so I had to cut it out. I then put in threaded connections so it will be much easier next time.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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He had a hell of a time breaking the connections----said they were badly calcified.
MyTripisCut
Never pumped gas
We have a tankless water heater.
oldngray
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They usually are. Especially if you don't have a dielectric union between the water heater and copper pipes.
oldngray
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I thought about putting in one of those but would have been too much work.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Would have preferred to installed one of those but my house is all electric.
Daughter and SIL have gas and plan to replace their water heater with a tankless one in the near future.
From what I have heard it is a "tankless" job.
MyTripisCut
Never pumped gas
We got a zero interest loan as part of an energy program about five years back.
MyTripisCut
Never pumped gas
Absolutely noticed energy efficiency once we installed it.
oldngray
nowhere special
How much did it cost you?
BakerMayfield2018
Fight the power.
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UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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The units are fairly inexpensive-----I would think $1-1.5K w/installation.
1BROWNWRENCH
Amatuer Malthusian
I'd heard financially the tankless heater payoff was debatable.
oldngray
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What I saw was more like $2000 and that was if I did all the work myself. I simply replaced my old water heater for about $400 (it would have been about $1200 if I paid to have it installed).
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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In my case it probably wouldn't make much of a difference but I would think the savings for a family with young children (or a teenager) would be significant.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Mine was under $700 installed. I think it is a 50 gallon.
MyTripisCut
Never pumped gas
I'm not sure the exact number, we had some other work done as well because we had to spend a certain amount to qualify for the zero interest loan.
