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re: Home Depot/Lowes Water Heater with Installation
Posted on 11/26/19 at 10:04 am to jflsufan
Posted on 11/26/19 at 10:04 am to jflsufan
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Cost me about $1600 total.
you spent about $1100 too much...
I got a 9 year Whirlpool for a little over 500 and put that shite in myself...
This post was edited on 11/26/19 at 10:06 am
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Posted on 11/26/19 at 10:05 am to Amblin
I am far from being Mr. Handyman, but I replaced my electric water heater all by myself in less than an hour.
Posted on 11/26/19 at 10:05 am to Hangover Haven
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you spent about $1100 too much...
not that much, if he's paying to have it installed in the attic and old one hauled away
Posted on 11/26/19 at 10:07 am to Hangover Haven
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Oh man, that's why...
Posted on 11/26/19 at 10:07 am to 777Tiger
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hauled away
Put it on the curb, the garbage man will take it, unless some precious metals guy comes along first...
This post was edited on 11/26/19 at 10:11 am
Posted on 11/26/19 at 10:11 am to Hangover Haven
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Put it on the curb,
bawtch please!
jk, I'm looking for an invoice, had to replace one last summer, I think, I paid about what was posted above, it was a big heater in the attic, 105 degrees outside and who knows what the temp in the attic was, sat at my desk posting on TD with a cold beer while those guys were in agony and heat stroking, money well spent for me
Posted on 11/26/19 at 10:13 am to Jyrdis
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You can do it yourself, if you have a soldering iron as you'll have to cut the old pipes and weld the new ones. Depending on you gas company, you may be able to take advantage of rebates, which essentially pay for the install.
You don't have to solder anything, even if you have copper lines with welded fittings. Shark Bites make plumbing so much easier. Two 3/4 Shark Bites with male ends will allow for you to connect flex lines for supply lines.
Posted on 11/26/19 at 10:22 am to adavis
Yeah. Mine isn't in the attic and I used shark bite fittings. It was pretty easy.
Posted on 11/26/19 at 10:33 am to Amblin
I bought a rheem 50 gallon a few months ago from Home Depot Installed myself
Posted on 11/26/19 at 10:36 am to Amblin
Do a tankless water heater. Thank me later.
Posted on 11/26/19 at 10:37 am to PearlJam
quote:if you've never done it, how would you know it's simple? furthermore, you can't know that without being familiar with his home.
I haven't, but just as an FYI, a water heater installation is very simple to diy.
I've done it 2x. It is certainly not simple. If everything is set up ideally, it's not too hard, but I doubt any of it is set up ideally.
Posted on 11/26/19 at 10:37 am to Amblin
Not a water heater install but I had a couple of other things done that I didn't want to jack with and was happy with the work.
Posted on 11/26/19 at 10:46 am to arcalades
quote:I have done it, moron. The "I haven't" was an answer to the OPs question about install by HD or Lowe's.
if you've never done it, how would you know it's simple? furthermore, you can't know that without being familiar with his home.
Posted on 11/26/19 at 10:57 am to 777Tiger
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paid about what was posted above, it was a big heater in the attic, 105 degrees
That's understandable...
I had to change 2..
Old house in the attic... During the spring, no heat...
Dad and brother helped... No issues..
Second one, Newer house. Upstairs but not in the attic. Upstairs utility room, Dad and brother again. No issues...
I'll say this... The newer water heaters aren't worth a shite. My old house I replaced a Sears WH from the 60's, back in the early 2000s, it finally just went out.
Posted on 11/26/19 at 11:21 am to jflsufan
We live in The Woodlands, which may be part of the problem, but our home has two water heaters in the attic. To replace the two heaters and take out the old, total cost came to $3,000.
Posted on 11/26/19 at 11:22 am to StreamsOfWhiskey
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We live in The Woodlands
subtle, real subtle, how do you think that makes us poors feel?
Posted on 11/26/19 at 11:37 am to Amblin
I don't remember the particulars of the model, but we used Lowe's once. Once they actually brought out a working model, it went fine. It took three different units to get one that worked. Crazy.
Posted on 11/26/19 at 12:11 pm to jflsufan
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The guy from Central Plumbing said that I would have saved about $300 if I would have gone directly through them.
This. Lowes and HD simply contract the work out with a little markup for their share. Same for granite countertops.
They get away with this because most people want to charge the job to their Lowes or HD card.
Posted on 11/26/19 at 12:36 pm to Amblin
if natural gas you will need a metal drip pan to meet code. buy one that matches demensions of old . new safety valve direct ted to out side location
Posted on 11/26/19 at 2:37 pm to Amblin
Lowes has an A O Smith 40 gal short for $434. Buy it an have a handy man relocate it out of the attic. Move to garage or outdoor utility room. Having a water heater installed in the attic of any home is asking for some serious water damage at a future date.
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