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Originally Posted by drcoastline
Most hot water heaters have a life expectancy right on them. The heating of the water creates a lot of rust, scale, calcium that settles to the bottom of the tank that creates a ridge that makes them rust and the bottom lets go. Over the last 15-20 years where I New Jersey fiberglass decks have become very popular for being maintenance free. A development of that has been to take that same idea and line the entire utility room in fiberglass. Create a sill for the door a few inches high and put a drain in the middle of the room. Essentially turning the whole utility room into a small swimming pool or shower. The Hot water heater, HVAC, Washer and Dryer all go in. If they fail no damage to the house no mess it all drains right out the drain. Need to empty the hot water heater. no more connecting hoses and throwing them out the window. Open the petcock drain the hot water heater.
The second thing I would do is replace the tank heater with a tank-less. No tank to fail, plus the internals are all copper.
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Is not the tank-less one quite expensive? I will probably go with a regular one as we will likely be selling the house within 5-10 years.