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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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That is bad info. You are basically saying that you should expect the water heater to last only 10 years and that if anything wrong , replace it. That could be interpreted as saying you should plan on replacement and automatically replace the water heater whether anything is wrong or not. My water heater is in my garage and can leak for days and nothing will be damaged. I am 80 years old and have never replaced a water heater. Had several repaired and have done some repairs myself. Not interested in some income hungry water heater repair company telling me what they are selling is a throw away after 10 years. Be my guest and replace after every 5 years to be extra safe. By the way, if it fails shut it off. Then get a new one if necessary. They don't explode.