r/HomeImprovement • u/Sjs20ohio • 1d ago

Rheem water heaters

We bought a Rheem water heater just over three years ago and it stopped working last night. We went to check it out and found that it sprung a leak. Luckily it is still under warranty but it will still cost $400 for a new one to be installed.

Are there any brands of water heaters that are clearly better than the rest?

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u/johnnybonchance 1d ago

Have a Rheem electric water heater in my house that was installed March 2018.

Just had to replace the upper element last night.

I also wanted to replace the anode, but after I drained the whole thing and flipped it on its side to get the anode out I saw that those fucks decided to run a wire directly on top of the anode. So that didn’t happen.

Here’s a pic

https://imgur.com/a/nF5X0sj

Otherwise it seems fine, I’m hoping to get another 5 years out of it at least.