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Sounds like you found a good one. Though I wonder why they didn’t recommend preventative maintenance on the water heater- if it was electric, why not replace t

• sokoloff 3y ago
  After some length of time, there’s a reasonable likelihood that the anode rod has corroded to the threaded boss and attempting to replace will condemn the water heater. (If you’re not DIY, it’s also a $200+ trip charge and a $75 marked-up part.) When we bought this place, the water heater was old and I decided it was a better plan to just leave it alone and replace when it leaked. (There was nothing valuable on the mechanical room floor.) A year later, we had a new heater and 15 years after that, it’s about due again. I can definitely understand the “do nothing” approach, particularly if the rod is 10+ years in situ.
• tivert 3y ago
  > Though I wonder why they didn’t recommend preventative maintenance on the water heater- if it was electric, why not replace the sacrificial anode? I tried to do that on my old water heater, and it's probably good I gave up. I couldn't get that nut to budge (even after buying some pipe to make a long breaker bar), and I think there's was a good chance I might have wreaked it if I did. The thing was small, and we eventually just replaced it with a larger one that has the benefit of being new with a much more reliable control unit.