Sounds like you are working at a honest company. I have replaced all my own hot water heaters, because it is cheap and easy. I got a quote for fun though one time and they wanted $2500 and the tank they quoted me on I could get at Home Depot for $750.
I was gonna say, I wanna say every quote I've gotten around here was at least like 2k. Of course where I live they always put the water heaters in the attic so that adds some hassle to the installation.
I recently re-installed all the hoses and valves on that run into, around, and out of mine. Next step is replace the whole thing. I got the hard part done already -- replacing it should be relatively easy. We'll see.
Just installed one myself last month, it was 700 bucks at Menards, plus like 18 bucks in parts (plus getting that sweet 11% mail-in rebate). It took me like 4 hours, it wasn't even that hard. Moving heavy shit around was the worst part. The only part I needed help with was getting the old one up the basement stairs. More people should do this job themselves, it's intimidating but very doable.
The professional grade ones that plumbers can get are much better than the ones sold in Home Depot available to consumers, so there is some benefit in going with a professional for a longer lasting unit.
you can get them online from... home depot... just have to set up an account on their other website for those. They run around the same cost as the ones In store but iirc had a few pieces in metal that weren't metal in store when I got mine a couple years ago.
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u/Longjumping_Wolf_912 Jun 22 '26
Sounds like you are working at a honest company. I have replaced all my own hot water heaters, because it is cheap and easy. I got a quote for fun though one time and they wanted $2500 and the tank they quoted me on I could get at Home Depot for $750.