New water heaters.

[hammerslammer]

I'm getting ready to replace 4 water heaters on a multi that has existing lowboy gas in the crawler. I'll be relocating the new, (electric), units so the plumber said that if I bought them and set them he would come and hook them up. When i told him I was thinking Whirlpool lowboys at Lowes he grumbled something about parts and that i would be better off at HD. HD doesn't have anything shorter than 34" so theirs would require taking closet space. Any suggestions??

[GrumpyPlumber]

I'm getting ready to replace 4 water heaters on a multi that has existing lowboy gas in the crawler. I'll be relocating the new, (electric), units so the plumber said that if I bought them and set them he would come and hook them up. When i told him I was thinking Whirlpool lowboys at Lowes he grumbled something about parts and that i would be better off at HD. HD doesn't have anything shorter than 34" so theirs would require taking closet space. Any suggestions??

Whirpool isn't exactly top of the list for quality heaters...recent class action troubles regarding them...your plumbers "grumbling" is right.
I'd either keep looking, or have him get it.

[hammerslammer]

Whirpool isn't exactly top of the list for quality heaters...recent class action troubles regarding them...your plumbers "grumbling" is right.
I'd either keep looking, or have him get it.

Thanks GP.

[Gary Swart]

Ditto to what Grumpy Plumber said. Keep looking! Actually, your plumber may have better access to good quality that you because he can deal with wholesale supply houses and you can't. Big Box stores often have a lesser quality model that they can sell cheap.

[Cass]

Info is right..............keep looking