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Any tips and tricks on this? Need one at my rental which will become my primary home in a couple months.

Trying to get it done cheap and easy. Hoping for some guys who have been there to chime in

Size? Gas or electric? Replacing or new installation? What is is you need to know?

other than supply on the right and return on the left, not sure what else we can tell you......

when I read, cheap and easy, I usually just move on,

they all make hot water.

Replaced mine last year, Bradford White gas 60 gallon. Cost about $1100 installed.

Replacing. Guess this is just one of those things that is what it is and there isn't much variation or better ways to do it

Kudos for not calling it a "hot water heater".

Yep. But cold water heater would be technically correct...

When they start leaking, one does not have much choice. The old one went 17 years so I figure I got my money. Some are slow leaks, or a big flood. Thankfully I caught mine as a slow leak.

Cheapest or I prefer least expensive, is to replace it with similar technology. If electric stay with electric, if gas stay with gas. Any changes will cost more.

Either gas or electric stay away from the ones with electronic control modules. Keep it simple. Most changeouts are a simple job though having a helper can benefit if the old one is full of mineral deposits.

Just remember that the newer ones will have a larger diameter.

I replaced two in 43 years in this house and the last went past warranty.

By then they went to the larger ones.

Money well spent,it was/has always been Nat.gas.

Mine is a plastic 90 gallon Marathon. It’s 17 years old and still making hot water. Not cheap, but worth it.

The new water heater are not your father’s water heater. They have an electronic gas valve and other electronic features including diagnostics. You better have your chimney calculations correct because most of the new water heaters are larger BTU input also. A lot of people are removing atmospheric vented heaters and having to put in power forced draft units.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again,

technically, they do heat 'hot water'.....Fact

90? You must have reasons why.

yes, energy factors have increased, which increased the size.

Cheap and easy points to 40 gal electric,If you are going to move into the house you can do something else down the road.
Side note the newer units will last about half as long as the older models.

You don't calculate that, the manufacturer does, The high efficiency models are recovering much more wasted energy that some do need an inducer motor to create the initial upward draft.

Power vent will cost more, may require different exhaust materials and sizing.

He said cheap and easy, Replace with whats there now.

A wife and two kids. I was tired of taking cold showers.
When we built our house, our local electric company had some sort of promotion where if you built your house to their energy specs (mine was anyway), they’d either give you a 60 gal water heater or sell you a 90 gallon water heater for $100. I had room for it so I went with the big one. Looks like a port-a-jon sitting in the basement.

A pretty easy diy project. We replaced ours about 10 years ago, a Rheem 55 gallon natural gas unit cost about 350 if I remember right. 1100 seems awfully high, unless they have increased in price substantially over the past decade.