[rockyhyder]

Originally Posted by Velvet

What do you think? Village Plumber wants my feedback. $250 to flush 40 gallon tank. Took about an hour with a hose. No parts, no installation.

Way too much! Thanks for letting us know whom to avoid.

[Switter]

Originally Posted by Kluthy

You have to remember a contractor needs to earn a minimum amount to do a job. He has to answer calls to diagnose a problem, travel time to/from the job, truck/office expenses, etc etc etc
The days of the $100 service calls are over

Right. Throw in the rising cost of insurance and inflation on top of it. A bare-bone pick up truck is $35-40,000. Back in the mid 90s the same truck was $15,000.

[Two Bills]

Reading some of the responses to this thread, there are some mean S'sOB on TOTV.

[bigjohnny19]

Originally Posted by Velvet

What do you think? Village Plumber wants my feedback. $250 to flush 40 gallon tank. Took about an hour with a hose. No parts, no installation.

Mike Scott charged $163 in September.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by Kluthy

You have to remember a contractor needs to earn a minimum amount to do a job. He has to answer calls to diagnose a problem, travel time to/from the job, truck/office expenses, etc etc etc
The days of the $100 service calls are over

In The Villages, it would be unusual for a plumber or electrician to have a minimum charge of more than $100 to come to your house and diagnose an issue. Can you name one? I think the typical mimimum service call is about $85. But, in any event, paying $250 just to drain and flush a water heater for routine maintenance is excessive.

[buttonhut]

Originally Posted by Velvet

What do you think? Village Plumber wants my feedback. $250 to flush 40 gallon tank. Took about an hour with a hose. No parts, no installation.

Mine has not been done in 18 years. Why bother

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by buttonhut

Mine has not been done in 18 years. Why bother

I agree. My guess is that at least 95 percent of homeowners have never flushed out their water heater tank.

[Bob Bowman]

Originally Posted by Velvet

What do you think? Village Plumber wants my feedback. $250 to flush 40 gallon tank. Took about an hour with a hose. No parts, no installation.

We had 2 thermostats replaced- $205. He suggested that we flush sediment by attaching a garden hose to tank and extend out to driveway, turn switch 1/4 turn to open and run 10 to 15 min. He advised it's a pretty simple proceedure.

[JGVillages]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

Good question. I know some will disagree, but my advice about water heaters is to leave it alone until it fails, and then buy a new one. There is a plumbing company on this website that will replace the entire water heater, including an expansion tank, for $875.

Which Plumber will do it for$875?

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by JGVillages

Which Plumber will do it for$875?

Water heater replacement 🚿

[photo1902]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

Whose idea was it to flush the tank…..and why?

Rheem, Bradford White, A.O. Smith (to name a few) all recommend annual flushes as well at TPR Valve testing. Do most people do this, no, but given how easy it is, why not? If it buys another year or two before you have to replace the tank, I don't see what it hurts.

Of course everyone has an opinion on this, but it's simply that...an opinion.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by photo1902

Rheem, Bradford White, A.O. Smith (to name a few) all recommend annual flushes as well at TPR Valve testing. Do most people do this, no, but given how easy it is, why not? If it buys another year or two before you have to replace the tank, I don't see what it hurts.

Of course everyone has an opinion on this, but it's simply that...an opinion.

My water heater is an electric Rheem. My manual does not recommend any flushing of the entire tank. It only "suggests" (not recommends) that you drain a "small amount" of water from the tank every month or so, which sounds like a waste of time to me.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Switter

Right. Throw in the rising cost of insurance and inflation on top of it. A bare-bone pick up truck is $35-40,000. Back in the mid 90s the same truck was $15,000.

Full size pickup start around 45K even my Maverick which is cheapest small new pickup truck you can get around 30K.

[photo1902]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

My water heater is an electric Rheem. My manual does not recommend any flushing of the entire tank. It only "suggests" (not recommends) that you drain a "small amount" of water from the tank every month or so, which sounds like a waste of time to me.

Draining a small amount is done to “flush” sediments. And again, it’s a personal choice.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by photo1902

Draining a small amount is done to “flush” sediments. And again, it’s a personal choice.

I agree