A homeowner in San Jose, California, had a gas water heater they said was about 30 years old and leaking at the controller. In a thread from December 2023, they asked what a repair or replacement might cost.
The homeowner later said they preferred electric but were concerned about the tools, expertise, disposal and permits involved. The numbers people offered did not describe one identical job: they covered different types of heaters, and one amount came from the homeowner’s insurance update rather than a described replacement quote.
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The quotes and amounts
A commenter said they had recently received quotes of $2,500–$3,000 for a 50-gallon gas water heater. The same commenter reported quotes of $4,000–$5,000 for a tankless heater. Those were the commenter’s quotes, not bids given to the San Jose homeowner…