By Minneapolis Field Notes · August 19, 2025
Repair vs replace a Minneapolis water heater on year twelve
Categories: Cost & permits, Water heaters
Repair vs replace is the decision page. A twelve-year tank with a bad element is often still a water heater repair visit. A twelve-year tank with water at the seam is water heater replacement.
We do not scare you into a replacement because the anode is due. We also do not sell a third anode on a tank that is already open.
Basement stands in Bloomington and Richfield rot. Plywood is in the quote when the stand is done. We do not set a new Rheem on hope.
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Questions from this kind of call
Is 10 years automatic replace?
No. Closed tank plus a cheap part is a repair. Open tank is a replace.
Permit on a swap?
Yes in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and most suburbs.