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Originally Posted by Bay Kid
My hot water heater is a 2004 located in the garage. It looks great and heats the water well. It doesn't have an expansion tank. Should I be looking to replace this now?
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Life of a WH is around 10 years +/-. You can wait for it to spring a leak or replace now. Depends on your appetite for risk management.
Replaced mine last year at 10 years old. Since yours isn't broken, you might want to consider alternatives to traditional WH. In-line heaters are popular. I went with a hybrid heat pump option. Caught a great price and with the tax credit, total price was only around $1800.