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Originally Posted by jrref
All reputuable companies should recommend replacement on a 10 year old or more water heater no matter what's wrong. At that point you are gambling on when the heater will fail and possibly cause major damage to your home. Some heaters can last for 20 years or more and there's always "that guy" bragging about it. But most fail within a couple years of their warranty date depending on your water. What you don't hear are "those guys" who gambled and came home to a flood where not only did the heater need to be changed but they had the added expense of repairing all the damage to the home. And lets not forget the "guy" who's heater was leaking and they didn't know it only to find out after the fact and had to deal with mold as well. So you have a choice. Replace your heater within a couple years after it's warrenty is up and be able to shop around and get a good contractor and price at your convenience or gamble on when it's going to leak and deal with all the colleratal consequences of the leak and have to rush and install any heater, usually with emergency pricing, to get your hot water back.
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Hmmm, if our leaks when we are at the home, we will quickly know and shut off the water. If it leaks when we aren’t there the water will already be shut off. I understand a leak will spill the contents of the water in the tank even if the water is shut off. Since our tank is in the garage, no big deal, the tires of the golf carts might get a little wet. I’m not going to replace a perfectly functional heater just because it turned 10 years old.