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[quote=Anonymous]I had a 15 year old 50 gallon Bradford water heater that still was functioning perfectly. I figured I would wait until it died. Would have cost $2K to replace.

One day, with no warning at all, there were 2 inches of water in my basement. I was away at the time. It occurred during a big storm, and the power was out, so there was no way to hook up a pump to get the water out. Fortunately my boyfriend checked my basement during the storm and found the water, but he had to buy the last $1K generator at Lowe's to hook up a rental pump from HD, which didn't work. Called the plumber who came with a truck and drained and replaced with a new Rheem water heater. Then the mold guys came with giant fans and tore up and removed my wet basement floor. Whole cleanup process cost $6K all in, not covered by insurance bc heater was at end of life. Still need to replace basement flooring.

If boyfriend had not happened to check house after the storms, two inches of water would have sat in my basement for four days (worse, actually, bc boyfriend turned off the water main also) until I got home and it would have been catastrophic damage.

Don't wait to replace it.[/quote]

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