Water Heater Replacement in Tustin Ranch

Square footage is the wrong measure. A 2,000 square foot house with two people and one with five need different tanks. The right size comes from the household's busiest hour, which a tank's first-hour rating measures; for most households a 40 or 50 gallon tank fits, and a replacement of that size is estimated at $1,600 to $2,800 installed.

For a standard tank, estimated totals commonly run from about $1,600 to $2,800 including the unit, the permit, the seismic straps and removal of the old heater. More if the size, fuel or location changes, and considerably more for tankless. Your figure is the one on the written quote.

For a standard 40 to 50 gallon tank in the same spot, an estimated $1,600 to $2,800 is the fair range here, including the permit, two seismic straps and removal of the old tank. A larger tank, a change of fuel, a new location or venting that has to be redone all move it up, and tankless conversions are a different figure altogether, estimated at $4,500 to $7,500 locally. The fair price for your house is the one on a written quote after the heater has been seen, with every one of those items listed.

Usually yes, when the tank is sound and younger than about ten years. Most faults that leave you cold — a thermocouple, an igniter, an element, a thermostat — are single parts in the estimated $150 to $450 range, against roughly $1,600 to $2,800 for a replacement tank. Repair stops making sense in two cases: the tank itself is leaking, which no repair fixes, or the tank is near or past the ten to twelve years a tank typically lasts and needs an expensive part such as the gas control valve. The manufacture date is printed on the label.