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30 years seems a decent time for a tank to last. This one is better? It might out-live you!

I put in a Rheem which is American made, and Industrial Quality. The old one was a Kenmore (Sears) home style tank.

I REALLY hope so, I don't want to do this again!

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Ah cool...Yep, we have Rheem here. Steady, hot and strong is their catchphrase.

Excellent, glad you have them there too! I put in one of their hot water boilers 20 years ago to wash surgical needles.

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I've never done anything like that. Here we need to have a gas fitter/plumber do jobs like that although I assume there's people that do it themselves.

I do my own plumbing and electrical. It is NONE of their business! THEY CAN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE WORK I DO! I refuse to train Idiots to get my work done right....

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I understand. The quality of workmanship here is declining, the process of which begins at apprentice stage...Each cycle of apprentices gets worse. Some of the shoddy work I've seen is mind boggling.

My mother in law's house burned down completely due to carelessness by a tradie (electrician) who had moved a halogen downlight transformer off a roof beam to the insulation for better access and never put it back. In use, it heated up like normal but didn't have the 30cm radius of clear space as specified and it caught up at 3am. She lost everything. Just one story of many I'm sure.