My 9 year old water heater gave me a gift of a wet floor this morning. The cost to replace it 9 years ago was $800.00 total.
I called out the plumber this morning (Saturday). The plumbing company had in stock the replacement w/h and sent two guys out to remove and replace it. The cost was $1,317.00 (The water heater was $609.00 of it) and the rest was time and a half labor per hour. It took them just a few minutes more than 2 hours (4 labor hours @ $175.00/hour per man). They did a great job, placed a protective runner on the floor from the laundry room to the front door, cleaned-up completely after themselves, and not a drop of water or speck of dirt left behind.
Can’t wait for Biden to finish us off with his out of control spending and following inflation.
wow , 9 years , must be some strong water down there. Could you have just replaced the heating element? Lots of times up here in Md its the lower element that rots and starts leaking. I guess the local water has a lot to do with lifespan of unit.
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Ray.
It was to old to replace the heating elements (if that was the cause of the leak) and probably the anode rod. The water heaters here are warrantee for 6 years, so I guess I'm lucky it lasted 9 years.
ReplyDeleteOff topic here, but look at whats going on in Texas. If you made a post about it we could have some good conversation.
ReplyDeleteRay.