I paid and ordered water heater from Home Depot. He refused to use new water /gas lines I ordered and he added expansion tank. Was I get ripped off? lol. I did not ask for price before the work because his price is reasonable for other work. Close to 3 hours of work. expansion tank only $50. Was planing to use installation service from Home Depot but that referral company asked for $120 to estimate. I may have used Lowes last time.
What do I need to pay attention DIY for future water heater change?
I drained the water heater, and disconneted both incoming cold water line and outgoing hot water lines. but there was wafer dripping from hot water line (Plumber told me later it was catridge issue at a faucet. cross bridging. even when the faucet is turned off?). I did not have a suitable plug/cap so I stopped trying to replace the water heater myself.
I have gas leak detector. I know people just use soap water.
Exhaust pipe adjustment could be issue. I saw people use angle grinder to made changes.
I paid and ordered water heater from Home Depot. He refused to use new water /gas lines I ordered and he added expansion tank. Was I get ripped off? lol. I did not ask for price before the work because his price is reasonable for other work. Close to 3 hours of work. expansion tank only $50. Was planing to use installation service from Home Depot but that referral company asked for $120 to estimate. I may have used Lowes last time.
What do I need to pay attention DIY for future water heater change?
I drained the water heater, and disconneted both incoming cold water line and outgoing hot water lines. but there was wafer dripping from hot water line (Plumber told me later it was catridge issue at a faucet. cross bridging. even when the faucet is turned off?). I did not have a suitable plug/cap so I stopped trying to replace the water heater myself.
I have gas leak detector. I know people just use soap water.
Exhaust pipe adjustment could be issue. I saw people use angle grinder to made changes.
I would not call it cheap. parts at most $100-150.
installation myself. lol
In some cities there is requirement to tie up to wood stub for earthquake reason but not required in our state.
Gas valve module has built in safety feature. If the temperature is not high when gas valve is on, it would turn gas off.
前几天刚装了一个。在HomeDepot 买好，师傅去拉回并安装。
现在HomeDepot 热水炉质量太差了，最近一共换了两个。一个才用了两年，一个三年
Our area does not have 中国师傅.
但还是得加钱才能买到新的，还得付人工费
sometimes don't last long now
九年的才用了二年就坏了。六年的用了三年