Quote:
Originally Posted by EdFNJ
.
. EDIT: Our WH is ELECTRIC not gas.
What brand did you get?
Rheem @ Home Depot has LOTS of recent bad reviews
AO Smith @ Lowes not quite as many bad reviews.
Our 15yr old AO Smith is still hanging on but since we just replaced our 15yr old A/C figure may as well do both plus the 30% tax credit helps.
I did learn a lot looking for A/C replacement, though. One thing I learned is that generally the "lower priced" contractors do not include running new copper tubing and say "your 15yr old copper under your home is 'just fine." When they pulled out my old copper I can clearly say ABSOLUTELY NOT at least in our case. Maybe it had 1-2 years left. We got 3 quotes for IDENTICAL MODEL#/size Carrier equipment and price varied $1500 from low to high and one wouldn't even quote us if we wanted the copper replaced. Some dealers send out "salesmen" who know nothing much more than reading a price list and some send out real technicians. It's a lot better doing it BEFORE you have to get one within 24hrs because yours dies in the middle of the sweltering summer and they got ya by the you know what's. 
Anyway, water heater is next. What brand did you get? |
Hum there is that annoying ad on the radio where the lady is betting when a 15 year old water heater will fail. Copper plumbing under the house? I would expect you will find they need to break some holes through your cement. You likely have tiles ,etc. You may not be able to find matching tiles. It can easily turn into a monster. Our home is ten years old and I am fairly sure it is plastic. I would as a plumber. Our previous home was 48 years old. We had copper plumbing. At that time copper was the latest. Some people had galvanized steel/iron. The copper prevented pipes from being pugged with calcium. Like everything else things are not done as they used to be. With the cost of copper, I will bet copper plumbing is far thinner than it was 60 years ago.