On Sat, 05 Feb 2011 08:28:44 -0800, Ned Flanders
wrote:


I had a glass lined one in my old condo but I had to replace it a year
after the warrantee expired due to a bylaw (I helped put in place).

What rule are you talking about? No glass-lined wh's? Why?

The bylaw did not target only glass lined tanks but all water tanks.


We were
having way to many floods often causing over $30,000 in damages.

They leaked? What leaks less than a glass-lined water heater?

Would your rule have prohibited mine, with the plastic, with iirc
glass in it? (I can't really remember if they claimed to be glass
lined. It was 15 years ago and I bought it because it's pipes matched
the original one.)

The rule stated the owner had to register the serial number with Strata
Council and provide a copy of the invoice to show date of install. If

I get it now. Thanks.

the owner could not produce the invoice, Council would the serial number
to gauge the age of the tank.

As an owner you had to replace your tank within one year after the
warranty expired. It was all about managing the risk.

We went through a period of time when our insurance deductible was
higher than the cost of cleaning up after a 1st. floor water heater flood.

Wow.

One time the flooding was because some moron contractor had poured self
leveling cement into the drain by the water heater and it had blocked the
trap. Naturally it was one of the ones on the third floor.

What a moron. A contractor too! Did he pay for the damage?


It must have happened during the original construction, and it was
probably a sub contractor. The odds of tracking the company down were

Oh, yeah. I hate dealing with... people.

against us given the number of years that had passed and the cost to
proceed would have most likely dwarfed any successful claim against the
contractor.