I was in need of a new water heater to replace a 14-year old Bradford White water heater that was starting to leak. The 14 years is typical for this type of model. Before just replacing the existing heater, Chase examined the water pressures inside and outside the house to check they were within reasonable levels. The pressures were found to be too high at over 150 PSI; a faulty PRV valve was found to be the issue. It was surprising that the older Bradford White Heater did not have issues sooner. Replacement of the PRV brought pressures down to 40 PSI in the house. Chase explained that Not replacing the PRV with the higher pressures like that would have contributed to other plumbing issues The replacement water heater was a State Select model that could run on propane, and was a higher efficiency model than what I previously had.
