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   From: Some@Guy.com   
      
   Edward Theodore Gein wrote:   
      
   > They'll tell you that they're "from the government" and you _have_   
   > to let them in to examine the water tank; they'll tell you that   
   > your black PVC exhaust pipes are out of compliance with new code   
   > (this is actually true, but you can keep the old pipe until you   
   > replace your furnace or water heater, and they don't tell you that).   
      
   Um, what gas water heaters have any sort of plastic exhaust vent pipes?   
      
   My 30-year-old water heater developed a leak about 4 years ago, and I   
   went to home despot and bought a new gas water heater and installed it   
   myself.  Hooked right up to where my old one was.  My venting is passive   
   (no draft motor/fan) and it vents into a metal pipe going into the   
   concrete wall (at the bottom where my chimney starts I guess).  I doubt   
   that any sort of plastic could handle the heat.   
      
   I've had these water-heater bozo's come around my place this summer, and   
   I told them I own my water heater and it's only a few years old so go   
   away.   
      
   > They're fucking scam artists, like the gas contract greaseballs.   
   >   
   > Anyway, don't let them in.   
   >   
   > Tell them "get off my property or I'll call the police."   
      
   Heh.  Yea, I'd do that if they were more pushy.   
      
   > I don't work for Reliance. We've had 2 of their electric water   
   > heaters for about 9 years, they're reasonably priced, no long   
   > term contract, (...)   
      
   Electric water heaters?   
      
   Who scammed you into getting electric water heaters?   
      
   Why 2?  Did the first one burn out?   
      
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