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Our water heater is 14 years old - replace it?
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Percival P. Cassidy
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Our water heater is 14 years old - replace it?
On 11/18/08 11:35 am
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DONT MESS WITH ANODE ON SUCH A OLD TANK, IT CAN CAUSE LEAK
As a first-time homeowner in the USA, I had not realized that water
heaters typically have such a short life. My home in Australia had a
25-yr warranty unit.
Here we have a Ruud gas water heater which looked new enough when we
moved in 5 years ago that I thought no more of it.
Now you have me worried. I looked up this unit and found that it had
only a 6-year warranty which expired 6 years ago already. I knew nothing
about checking the anode until reading these messages, so I'll do that ASAP.
And I see that manufacturers state that life is related to water
pressure. What is considered reasonable? The last time I checked ours at
an outdoor spigot it showed 80psi.
I assume that a new one is going to have to be installed by a
professional? Typical cost?
Perce
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