We had another plumber come out and asked about getting a tankless water heater. The cost to get one of those was $4000. Ouch! Then he suggested we find out about rebates that there may be for getting this type of water heater. He got my hopes up that there may be upwards of $1500 rebate which made it sound a little more possible. Well there were no rebates locally. The only thing I could find was an energy credit for $300 come tax time next year. This plumber had really talked up the tankless so I thought why not get a few more quotes?
I called two local plumbers from the phone book. By the time I got off the phone with the first one, he had talked me out of tankless. There have been lots of problems with them around here building up with lime. If we got one it would have to be serviced once a year at least to get rid of the lime. No thank you. Way more expensive and then more maintenance? Forget it.
The second one I talked to was actually the first one who asked why we were even replacing ours? He asked if it was leaking. I told him no but it is 20 years old and I was worried we were playing Russian roulette with it. He said he has seen some that last upwards of 40 years and usually when they go, they start with a leak that goes to the drip pan and then out the house via the pipe connected to the drip pan. So it is unlikely it will go to the extend of flooding the closet it is in. Well that was actually nice to hear. We may just keep it then and know that it is something that will need replacing sooner than later.
It is just so interesting how we get so many different opinions and quotes!
Got the taxes done yesterday, just need to wait on ours to see if there is/was some change to the education credit which is fine with me. At least for the most part it is done. One great reason for living in TX is no state or local tax return, so it is just the one tax return.
Now to relax in front of the TV, with a cup of hot chocolate.
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