Well, walked into basment to a good flood of water around the hot water heater...:wall::wall:

Can anyone recomend somebody in the RI EG/Warwick/NK area to come fix, or knowing the luck I have been having -replace- this thing?

This is beyond my DIY comfort zone.

All advice welcome.

Thanks

Zac

actually probably anyone in RI would be fine....

I hate to surf the net, then just dial and cross fingers that I get a good, honest, knowlegable person...

Do you have Gas service from National Grid? They are back to selling water heaters again. I bought my replacement from them and including installation , it was the best deal around for a high end water heater. I got the highest rated , longest warrantee model and installed I think it was $450 for a 30 or 40 gallon (I forget the size off hand)

There was a time when they offered a 20 year warrantee on AOSmith or some other big names but now I believe the best warrantee is 10. What I learned was a 5 year warrantee heater will probably go in 5 years. A 7 year warrantee one will go in 7 but if you get the best one (10 year warrantee , it will last somewhat longer than the ten years. Mine was maybe "American Water Heater" or some name with American in it.

thanks saltheart. It is propane fired, unfortunately, and powervented to boot.$$

It seems that most AO Smith have 6 year warantee now. That is what this was. it lasted 9 years(to the day!), so I guess it worked out.

three plumbing issues in 2 weeks.

Clogged main line(septic)... fixed myself..pain in the a-- and disgusting.

Hot water heater burst.... call in pro help... paid too much.

supply line to kitchen sink let go, easy fix but big wet mess..

Ugg, what a December....

supply line to kitchen sink let go, easy fix but big wet mess..

Ugg, what a December....

Is it something I did?

At least it didn't happen during the January/February FREEZE.

Is it something I did?

no Bob. It was the crappy materials that are used in the kohler faucet we used. The piece of $hit plastic connector on the line that connects faucet to spout must have been knocked by something under the sink and broke....