Hot water heater installation
We went to price water heaters at Lowes on Saturday and spoke to Toby who referred us to their installation service The original price of the heater we decided to purchase was $419.00 and the installation service quoted us $1,750.00 there must be a better way.
Robert I would simply call a few local plumbers in the area for a quote. Lots of recommendations if you do a forum search. There could be some mitigating factors depending on your current installation. Certain code requirements may need to be addressed resulting in a higher installation cost. With that said, the price you were quoted by Lowes may not include any possible up charges.
As an aside, I would run like hell from any big box store installation sub contractor. Too many horror stories in various trades. A local company is your best bet.
Greg If you have a water heater, and I gather you do, and it's not abnormally installed, yeah, go with Greg. Shulaka has been seen as pricey, but top notch work and seems more competitive all the time.
Issue might be service installer wants to sell the unit too; hard to blame them.
Good luck, but yeah, ouch. Connect intake, outake, plumbing 101 and plug in.
babitt Unfortunately that appears to be the going price. We had to replace ours over the summer. Called all around -a plumber we used, 1-2 others. The prices were all at least $2300.
Ultimately we went with Roto Rooter. I highly recommend them. We’ve used them for plumbing in the past. After having a bad experience with someone local, we’ve decided to use them for everything. They’re very clear about costs, prompt, and the men they send are great. They stand by their work (even though we haven’t had any problems with them). They were competitive with the other quotes.
Grayson I just had to change mine last year. 50-gallon power vent (my house doesn't have a chimney) from Ferguson was over $2k just for the parts. Total with installation (and removal of existing) from a trusted plumber was $3,300 and change.
Hopefully the one I bought from Ferguson lasts longer than the 12 years I got out of the one bought from Home Depot in 2012.
ianimal I highly recommend if you have gas is getting an always on tankless hot water heater…. It heats the water only when you need it. The local Plummer Gallegers installed ours
LibertyThinker I agree with Greg- do NOT use a store installer- for ANYTHING.
Any worker worth their work- works alone.
Also- given you said the cost was only $419 for the unit- I'm guessing it is an electric heat unit? Not gas?
If so- those are VERY simple to install.. I could show a 10 year old kid who has never touched a tool before how to do it and trust it would work fine *while supervising what I am instructing him*
Even gas- I would shop for a unit that is similar enough to the existing unit that it is 'plug & play' - which would then be super simple.
WAAAAY too many people getting robbed on everything- every day- HVAC, Appliance Repair- Car repair... House repairs....
Makes me sad... go back a generation or 2 and people prided themselves on self-sufficiency.
Josh I looked up my bill for my water heater replacement in 2019. The gas water heater was $669.00 and the entire bill was $1400.00.
I suppose prices have gone up in 5 years. My plumber is Frank's Plumbing Shop.
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