How long has your gas water heater lasted you |
0-5 years |
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4% |
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5-10 years |
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12% |
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10-15 years |
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9% |
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15-20 years |
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24% |
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20+ |
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48% |
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nsracing Samba Member
Joined: November 16, 2003 Posts: 9437 Location: NOVA
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Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 9:07 am Post subject: Re: how long has your gas water heater lasted? |
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You want to change it out before it floods -
It is not that expensive. |
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madmike Samba Member
Joined: July 11, 2005 Posts: 5291 Location: Atlanta,Michigan
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Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 3:58 pm Post subject: Re: how long has your gas water heater lasted? |
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Nick, We'er In the 'Hills' ,,nearest water (Thunder Bay River) is 500 ft. below us
My coz is a Plumber ,so he drop by and gave me a 'Mixing Valve" also helped me slap in some 45* fittings and take out the 90*'s for better flow,, gonna look at my three turbo motors Maybe I can eliminate some 90*'s on them _________________ 'Black Ice'Drag Buggy 'Turbo'
Rail Buggy 1915 turbo
76 Drag/Street bug 2180cc 'Turbo' 11:85 @113 mph"If I go any faster I'll burn up the Hamster" ,gets 28 mpg. also 10/09/22 11.90 @115 mph
"If I'm ever on Life Support,UNPLUG Me, Then Plug me back In see if that Works" |
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madmike Samba Member
Joined: July 11, 2005 Posts: 5291 Location: Atlanta,Michigan
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Posted: Sun May 08, 2022 3:37 am Post subject: Re: how long has your gas water heater lasted? |
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My Best Man in our Wedding was a Welder, I sure miss him but good news,
His Son is A top notch Welder,so guess who is Building my Stainless Steel Water Jacket,(lives south of Detroit)He was up here Turkey hunting with his two sons so He took measurement yesterday ,and I had a nice sheet of Cold rolled stainless laying around I ask how looooong will this take to make? told me a week _________________ 'Black Ice'Drag Buggy 'Turbo'
Rail Buggy 1915 turbo
76 Drag/Street bug 2180cc 'Turbo' 11:85 @113 mph"If I go any faster I'll burn up the Hamster" ,gets 28 mpg. also 10/09/22 11.90 @115 mph
"If I'm ever on Life Support,UNPLUG Me, Then Plug me back In see if that Works" |
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nsracing Samba Member
Joined: November 16, 2003 Posts: 9437 Location: NOVA
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Posted: Tue May 10, 2022 4:26 pm Post subject: Re: how long has your gas water heater lasted? |
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I have a hydronic system in my home in Nebraska - that boiler never failed me. It has some age to it but quite sturdy. I love that type of baseboard heating in my home..no dust too.
The old man engineer who lived in that house had passed. When I bought the home from him, he walked me thru the maintenance of the system. I have learned few more things since then. Now, I am ready to replace it if in case.
I already changed out the water heater and I do regular flushing every year.
In my other home where I live now in VA, the original water heater burst and flooded my basement a little. Good thing we were only gone for the day. I felt the extra humidity and was curious so I went down the basement and saw a leak sprung up on its side. |
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madmike Samba Member
Joined: July 11, 2005 Posts: 5291 Location: Atlanta,Michigan
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Posted: Thu May 19, 2022 5:29 pm Post subject: Re: how long has your gas water heater lasted? |
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Welder called exactly one week later told me he didn't have time to test it He mailed it , I worked on it all Morning ,test was good now to sweat all the fittings
_________________ 'Black Ice'Drag Buggy 'Turbo'
Rail Buggy 1915 turbo
76 Drag/Street bug 2180cc 'Turbo' 11:85 @113 mph"If I go any faster I'll burn up the Hamster" ,gets 28 mpg. also 10/09/22 11.90 @115 mph
"If I'm ever on Life Support,UNPLUG Me, Then Plug me back In see if that Works" |
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madmike Samba Member
Joined: July 11, 2005 Posts: 5291 Location: Atlanta,Michigan
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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2022 12:04 pm Post subject: Re: how long has your gas water heater lasted? |
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We had 'Free' hot water for 4 days and then,, water jacket sprung a lil' leak 3 pin holes ,put the fire out right quick too (we figured to much pressure blew it)a friend was up here for a visit so he took it back and the Welder fixed it,,, re-installed today and had a few copper sweat fittings leak ,, this time with a pump an a expansion tank too It's been hot for a couple hours now so ,,so-far-so good Anything I can do to this farm to help us get off grid,,,
Cheers,Mike _________________ 'Black Ice'Drag Buggy 'Turbo'
Rail Buggy 1915 turbo
76 Drag/Street bug 2180cc 'Turbo' 11:85 @113 mph"If I go any faster I'll burn up the Hamster" ,gets 28 mpg. also 10/09/22 11.90 @115 mph
"If I'm ever on Life Support,UNPLUG Me, Then Plug me back In see if that Works" |
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madmike Samba Member
Joined: July 11, 2005 Posts: 5291 Location: Atlanta,Michigan
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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2022 6:25 am Post subject: Re: how long has your gas water heater lasted? |
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Had my "welder' fab up a new Bladder 1/4" Stainless Steel,old one was 3/16" which he fixed once and it leaked again,It was just too thin of stainless
_________________ 'Black Ice'Drag Buggy 'Turbo'
Rail Buggy 1915 turbo
76 Drag/Street bug 2180cc 'Turbo' 11:85 @113 mph"If I go any faster I'll burn up the Hamster" ,gets 28 mpg. also 10/09/22 11.90 @115 mph
"If I'm ever on Life Support,UNPLUG Me, Then Plug me back In see if that Works" |
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madmike Samba Member
Joined: July 11, 2005 Posts: 5291 Location: Atlanta,Michigan
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Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2022 7:37 pm Post subject: Re: how long has your gas water heater lasted? |
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So far so good, we have 'Free Hot Water' _________________ 'Black Ice'Drag Buggy 'Turbo'
Rail Buggy 1915 turbo
76 Drag/Street bug 2180cc 'Turbo' 11:85 @113 mph"If I go any faster I'll burn up the Hamster" ,gets 28 mpg. also 10/09/22 11.90 @115 mph
"If I'm ever on Life Support,UNPLUG Me, Then Plug me back In see if that Works" |
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outcaststudios Samba Member
Joined: February 09, 2015 Posts: 1728 Location: Maine
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Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2022 7:46 pm Post subject: Re: how long has your gas water heater lasted? |
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thats awesome! i woudl have used 3/8ths for good measure and better insulation, but im sure 1/4 will be ok, what are you storing the hot water in? and what are you using to circulate the water? this is progress. _________________ '88Doka JX td
'69 westy
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a bunch of french stuff,and 9 motorcycles.
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Pruneman99 Samba Member
Joined: February 22, 2012 Posts: 5013 Location: Oceanside
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Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2022 11:31 pm Post subject: Re: how long has your gas water heater lasted? |
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Had my gas water heater serviced today. It's a 2002. So 20 years old. Little bit of sediment washed out, no rust. So hopefully it will keep doing its thing for a few more years. Wanted heaters sure got expensive lately. |
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22568 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2022 2:06 am Post subject: Re: how long has your gas water heater lasted? |
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Last house history was
1992-2005
2005-2018
That’s with a quarterly flush of sediment for 10 minutes, 8 showers daily
In 2018 I went to tankless. _________________ .ssS! |
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madmike Samba Member
Joined: July 11, 2005 Posts: 5291 Location: Atlanta,Michigan
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Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2022 5:09 am Post subject: Re: how long has your gas water heater lasted? |
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Thanks Outcast, I use a Grundfos circulating Pump (3 photo's up) For storage I have a new 40 Gal. electric water heater tank just not 'Hooked up'
Cheers,Mike _________________ 'Black Ice'Drag Buggy 'Turbo'
Rail Buggy 1915 turbo
76 Drag/Street bug 2180cc 'Turbo' 11:85 @113 mph"If I go any faster I'll burn up the Hamster" ,gets 28 mpg. also 10/09/22 11.90 @115 mph
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LAGrunthaner Samba Member
Joined: March 18, 2007 Posts: 5501 Location: 1st Coast
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Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2022 4:01 am Post subject: Re: how long has your gas water heater lasted? |
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My AO Smith electronic ignition system (or automatic) style model lasted under 5 years and finally sprung an internal leak from constantly starting the pilot. I had the gas company and 2 technicians check everything out before the leak occurred but I was expecting it based on advice. AO Smith offered a new replacement but would have less than 1 year left on the warrantee. The install was expensive so I bought a new model with full warrantee. I had the recommendation from my HVAC company (I've had for over 30 years) to get a Rheem brand. The model delivered is an old style with out the electronic ignition system, not that that matters.
The most important part of the story is that one technician who found the leak said the dust from the cat litter box which was 8-10 foot away was the prime reason for the unit to fail in the first place. I was happy to solve the problem and relocated the litter box to inside the closet. I also switched back to the heavy style cat litter because the lightweight brand for my crappy back has a very high dust output.
My water heater thread:
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22568 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2022 4:35 am Post subject: Re: how long has your gas water heater lasted? |
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I was price anchored in old prices of 40 gallon gas water heaters at $350-400, they are $600 now. I bet the payback schedule for tankless is even faster now. _________________ .ssS! |
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madmike Samba Member
Joined: July 11, 2005 Posts: 5291 Location: Atlanta,Michigan
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Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2022 6:17 am Post subject: Re: how long has your gas water heater lasted? |
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Hard water up here , plugs them Tankless heaters, once a month my buddy cleans his He don't want a soft water system eather. _________________ 'Black Ice'Drag Buggy 'Turbo'
Rail Buggy 1915 turbo
76 Drag/Street bug 2180cc 'Turbo' 11:85 @113 mph"If I go any faster I'll burn up the Hamster" ,gets 28 mpg. also 10/09/22 11.90 @115 mph
"If I'm ever on Life Support,UNPLUG Me, Then Plug me back In see if that Works" |
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