75 gallon " STATE" gas hot water heater tank. 10 years. No problems. Knock on wood. Will keep flushing 2X a year.
Gas water heaters are expensive
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You can use a flexible pipe for the natural gas as well???
So the technician said we dodged a bullet and that the supply line was primed to rupture at any day. They just pulled snapped it off.
New unit is in and we're good for another decade.
New unit is in and we're good for another decade.
In New York, gas hot water heaters must be hard piped. No flex. Don't know the codes for other states. Only gas dryers and stoves can have flex tubing in New York.
looks professional
Yes, there are products specifically engineered (and approved by code) for the stub outs to major appliances.
Keep on eye on those ProPress fittings. Lots of anecdotes of them working loose and migrating along the pipe until they leak. I think most of them were initial installs using thinner wall pipe and may have been improperly installed on M copper instead of L.
In most jurisdictions, flexible CONNECTORS are allowed to connect from the piping system to an appliance. Some place allow flexible piping behind walls, such as CSST....... some require hard metallic piping in walls.
But to your question, the connectors are only allowed in accessible areas.
New York has some screwy codes. I could have hard piped it ( that was my job for 36 years in Con-Ed Utility Company. I was in Gas Operations. They gave us a manual operated pipe threader from 3/4" - 2" to use for indoor pipework. So generous of them 
) Very hard threading 2" pipe by hand, but I was a number, just like everyone else . Yes, only hard piping for gas hot water heaters in NY. Friggin ridiculous. We were not allowed to use " union" fittings either. Had to hard pipe from customer pipe inside the house to the new outdoor meter set up. Sometimes 80' runs of 1-1/2 or 2" black pipe. A lot of hand threading. You could use 1 screw coupling, and that's it. Another reason my back is shot. ,, No sawzall allowed to cut pipe either. Hand to use a manual 4 wheel pie cutter. Terrible company. Glad I'm retired.
) Very hard threading 2" pipe by hand, but I was a number, just like everyone else . Yes, only hard piping for gas hot water heaters in NY. Friggin ridiculous. We were not allowed to use " union" fittings either. Had to hard pipe from customer pipe inside the house to the new outdoor meter set up. Sometimes 80' runs of 1-1/2 or 2" black pipe. A lot of hand threading. You could use 1 screw coupling, and that's it. Another reason my back is shot. ,, No sawzall allowed to cut pipe either. Hand to use a manual 4 wheel pie cutter. Terrible company. Glad I'm retired.And they cost you money by having a nearly impossible to initially light design with a flame arrestor detection circuit that fails and a plastic drain valve that fails the first time you use it and by having a blowoff that also fails.
The internal mixer valve that prevents warm enough water from being dispensed in low pressure situations With no adjustment is also great.
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I got one too and man you should see the crud that comes out now. I do the full flush using the supply line to agitate the tank more as is described in one of the videos for it. Works like a charm. Couple other things; plumber I used will not use anything but hard copper pipe and sweated connections on a WH install. He said that when he tried other methods, he always got callbacks. Never with hard line old school copper plumbing methods though. My tank DOES have a pilot, but "electronic" ignition via a piezo igniter. No outlet/batteries needed. House was built without an expansion tank on it, but one was installed a year later when the warranty inspector noticed it and said it should ALWAYS have one.
@BMWTurboDzl, looks like a nice, clean, install and seems worth the money you paid.
AND haven't the igniters been around now for 15 years+? This is price gouge by everyone during and after covid. IE kinda like Redline oil going from $12+ a QT to $18 in 3 years.
Is regardless of price, when replacing a natural gas fired or propane water heater, be sure the area is very well ventilated and no gas or propane is leaking when the tank is drained of water.
Every once in a while, someone manages to fill the tank with air that's contaminated with natural gas or propane and then set it off when unsoldering pipe. The resulting blast obviously kills everyone near by, and can totally destroy a house.
People dont realize when they drain the tank, its sucking in the ambient air. And that air better be non-contaminated with any fuel.
Every once in a while, someone manages to fill the tank with air that's contaminated with natural gas or propane and then set it off when unsoldering pipe. The resulting blast obviously kills everyone near by, and can totally destroy a house.
People dont realize when they drain the tank, its sucking in the ambient air. And that air better be non-contaminated with any fuel.
CA is the opposite. Must be flex due to earthquakes
CA also requires earthquake strapping for water heaters.
The most expensive gas heater lately was what they call a direct vent heater. 50 gallon wholesale cost with tax was $2,650.00
Installed was around $4,000. And that was with a break because they were someone that we have known for a long time. Took two men nearly a day to pick it up, and do the install due to an awkward placement.
Installed was around $4,000. And that was with a break because they were someone that we have known for a long time. Took two men nearly a day to pick it up, and do the install due to an awkward placement.
Ya those are nice. They allow a house to be built relatively well since there's no threat of back drafting
