Replacing a water heater that still works
Just curious if anyone has done this. On my latest rental, the water heater is original, installed in 1997 (contractor's grade, nothing special). I anticipate it will go at some point, and now that I'm in there doing work I am considering just throwing a new one in to decrease my chance of getting called on it later (and dealing with an emergent situation at higher cost and inconvenience).
Thoughts?
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I actually did this on one of my rentals. I contacted my HVAC guy and told him I was in the market for a new hot water heater and wanted to be proactive.
I let him know that whenever he had some down time or a slow period to add me to his schedule. He appreciated the flexibility to schedule it in his slower times and I think it has paid dividends because he is always very responsive to any immediate issues I have with heating/AC.