Home Gas Water Heater .. replacement advise please

My Home Water Heater Gas 50 gallon is leaking.

Anyone be able to recommend a service company which goes to 95758 Elk Grove?

Thanks

 

I'm on the other side of the country from you, but if you can wrench your Taco, you can replace a water heater. There's nothing complicated or special about it. Save some $$$ and do it yourself and pocket the savings for more truck mods.

 

@Taco-Obsessed
Any plumber recommendations up north?

 

@Fernando
@TOP TACO

 

Thanks to all so far...I'm just found a web site which detailed the steps. I've believe I'll give it a try...

 

Just remember, must be in a platform. Flex has a length limit. Use pipe dope on your connections and check them for leaks. If you don’t have valves, now would be a good time to add them.

1-800-water heaters. But like others have said, easy enough to do.

 

Gas or electric?

 

If you’re on gas consider a tankless. Never run out of hot water. Much smaller and easier to install.

 

I replace water heaters all the time at our rental properties, the worst part are the spiders. Besides that it's pretty straight forward.

I usually drain the water out of the old one first by connecting a garden hose and routing it outside. It'll make it lighter to lift the unit out.

 

It's earthquake country. Having 40 or 50 gallons of water on-hand makes a lot of sense.

 

Just wanted to say thank you to all on the gas heater suggestions. I'll be doing it

 

The other bad part of tankless is hard water.
I am in concord and need to replace mine. Everyone that puts tankless around here has problems unless they have whole house filters.
The minerals clog them like mofo’s...

I need an 80 gal gas to replace my 80 gal gas from 1997.... it probably has a 4 inch thick layer of mineral inside and would explain it running out of hot water quickly. Never been drained lol.

 

Can’t get much more earthquake country than L A County which is where I am. If you are relying on a hot water heater for water you are woefully unprepared.

Of all of the means to supply potable water that are around a good old fashioned solar still can’t be beat.

 

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Lmk if you still need help. I got a buddy

 

I’m not sure I follow your logic. But I’d much rather have a heater full of potable water than rely on a still for making water.

 

I know you said you're on gas but consider a heat pump water heater. Annual energy cost is half that of gas. You can also usually get a $500 rebate when you file you taxes.

 

Natural gas is cost efficient and the heat pump heaters are about 2 to 3 times the cost with similar warranty/lifetime. I did see the federal energy rebate is $300 with up to a $750 "local" rebate. The other downside is they typically work best in 40-90º spaces with at least a 1000 cubic feet of airspace (to dump the cool air). There's also some discussion of recovery rates making a heat pump less desirable for a large family.

Cool idea but seems like it requires careful thought before committing to one.

Thanks for the pointer!

 

Move out of California and get a tankless. They work great, even with dirty Jersey water. Tagaki FTW

 

That's not an expense that will pay off. If you're gonna move, leave the heater for someone else

 

Bradford White for the water heater. Best in the market for hard water. Buy once, cry once