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| anyone do gas water heater installs? Posted by lsu xman on 10/7 at 7:40 am or if you had it done, how much did it run you? what brand? any issues? thanks.. Reply • Back to Top |
| Easy to do yourself. Whatever you take from old put on new. It's very easy Reply • Back to Top |
quote: You forgot to tell him to use a little soapy water when he's finished.  Reply • Back to Top |
| I responded to the other plumbing post...my recommendation is Mock Plumbing if you don't feel like tackling the project yourself. Reply • Back to Top |
| get the same water heater to replace the one you took out so everything matches up, then take one out put new one in Reply • Back to Top |
| Can't tell if you guys are serious. I is it really easy to do yourself Reply • Back to Top |
| Pretty simple to do yourself. If you can, go tankless. Unlimited hot water and you'll save money in the long run. Just be sure to lookup some info on installation first. For tankless you need to have clean out valves and shite. Just make sure you do it right so if you need to get it serviced the plumber can work on it. Reply • Back to Top |
quote: Good advice regardless of the situation.  Reply • Back to Top |
| Go take a look at it. See theres only a cold line going in, a hot line going out, and a gas line going in. Most of the time these are all screwed fittings that, like others say, you can just swap out with the old one. Sometimes they sauter the water lines going in and out, and you prob cant do that yourself, unless you know how to sweat that in. The main thing is making sure you drain the old one with a garden hose before disconnecting and trying to remove from attic / or wherever its located. Really is very easy to do. half hour job Reply • Back to Top |
| there are a couple of degrees of difficulty here... if you are replacing an electric with gas, that will require vents be installed throught he roof, etc. and is typically beyond the capabilities of the normal do-it-yourselfer unless you have some major skills and do quite a bit of code reading first... if you are replacing gas with a similar sized gas unit, it is manageable...but won't be easy...will require some plumbing for both the gas and water pipes plus just dealing with draining the old unit, etc....the plumbing could entail either screw fittings or soldering copper and may require some cutting/fitting if things aren't exactly equal. not impossible, but not something you are gonna do in an hour, either... Reply • Back to Top |
| If you can replace it or decide to change it out yourself make sure to get the same height and capacity (Ex: 40 gal). Most times just replacing one is easy. If you decide to use a plumbing company check into going tankless with the plumbing company of your choice. It's an expensive initial install but you'll save soo much money in the long run. Reply • Back to Top |
| I thought about doing it myself, but knew that I needed to bring some things up to code. So I found an A rated plumber on Angie's list. If I had bought the water heater myself, I would have paid somewhere between $400-$600. I'm pretty sure it would have taken a noob like me all day with a couple of trips to the hardware store. The plumbing company charged me $1,100. If I had to do it again with an older home, I would buy the thing myself and just shop around for an estimate on installing a hot water heater. Before doing this, I considered going tankless. I found a Consumer Reports article which claimed it would take you 20 years to break even on the added costs of going tankless. I don't plan to be in this house that long. Reply • Back to Top |
quote: And thats when the cost of Gas was high. At todays cost for Natural Gas I would not even consider it Reply • Back to Top |
| water heater around $700.00 install around $150.00. Reply • Back to Top |
| A water heater is going to cost $00-$500 as you noticed already. The install is going to be around the same. $1100 sounds pretty standard. Consumer reports is absolute shite though. Reply • Back to Top |
| Dude, Lowe's offer professional installation service on water heaters much cheaper and insure their installs do a year too. This post was edited on 10/8 at 11:12 pm Reply • Back to Top |
quote: I installed the one in my home now. No real issues. Just insure if your flex pipe that connects to your water heater has the teflon insert inside the end to make sure that the copper tubing doesn't contact the galvanized nipples on the hot water heater. Also make sure that your vent pipe is in the correct position before firing up the heater. I learned this the hard way after I was done, and he water heating up, I noticed the vent pipe was a little bit off center, and without thinking I grabbed it to straighten it. That will then cause a sound very much like when you'd drop a piece of meat into a hot skillet, and make you holla. Reply • Back to Top |
| Not too hard. If you're good with handyman stuff, you can do it Reply • Back to Top |
| Lowes & Home Depot water heaters are junk, most plumbing companies won't even service them when a problem arises. Not only do they use proprietary parts (left hand threads for thermocouples and control valve checks) the tanks are a thinner gauge metal so they won't last near as long. When I pull up to a job with a Whirlpool or GE water heater the only thing I can do is suggest to replace them with a good brand (State, Rheem, Ruud, AO Smith) from a plumbing supply house. The Whirlpool heaters have an internal issue where some become susceptible to miniature explosions lighting the burner coming from the pilot. If someone is going to pay the same price for a water heater $400-$500 they are MUCH better off getting one from a plumbing supply house such as Coburns, Southern Pipe or LCR. This post was edited on 10/8 at 11:53 pm Reply • Back to Top • Refresh |
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