Yesterday morning when I went to take a shower I found that I had no hot water. Somehow the pilot light went out. Ken came over and helped me get it started again. It keeps going out though. We had a plumber come look at it an said it would cost about $400 to repair it, between $970 – $1500 to replace it. We currently have a 40 gallon tank, be we run out quickly so I want to replace it with a 50 gallon tank. I found them at Home Depot for $488. I called around and found a plumber that would install it for $175 plus the cost of whatever parts he needs. Ken was able to get a better deal on a 50 gallon water heater. He picked one up for about $300. So now instead of paying $400 to fix it, for about $100 more we ard getting a new one installed with greater capacity. It sure pays to shop around and I’m grateful for Ken for making a special trip for us to pick up a new water heater.

The bummer in all this is that we just had to replace the water heater in our old house about 9 months before we moved.