Guess How Old This Water Heater is????

[Scott Widick]

And it is still in service..... I will give more details later.

[Charley L. Bottger]

Originally Posted by swidick

And it is still in service.....

It should not be

[Joe Funderburk, CMI]

Sure it's not an old washing machine?

[Brian E. Kelly]

Serious flame roll out. I guess 1 year

[David A. Andersen]

How many people did it kill in all those years?!

Can we get those two burners any closer to each other?

[Barry Adair]

Fresh coat of paint and it will get listed as

"Newly remodeled"

[Peter Hughes]

They last longer when they are not on the porch.

[David A. Andersen]

Originally Posted by phughes

They last longer when they are not on the porch.

Yea, too funny!

[Ian Gills]

1950. It's mine.

[rmaday]

37 years, 2 months, 9 days, 8 hours, 17 min (and counting)
What do I win?

[rmaday]

Originally Posted by badair

Fresh coat of paint and it will get listed as

"Newly remodeled"

Looks like they started to paint it black.
Wonder why they stopped?

[Scott Widick]

This water heater is still in operation and was installed in 1951! The homeowner empties a bucket of water weekly in order to prevent sediment buildup inside the tank. I didnt inspect this... Pic Courtesy of my friend the Handyman...

[Joshua L. Frederick]

I just inspected one today from 1971 ;Sears, still in operation also. Had a stamp on the boiler plate - Guarantee expires 06-79. This heater is older than I am...... I still can't believe there's one from '51... unreal.

[Russel Ray]

The oldest I've found in operation here was 1963. But I find a lot of late 1960s and 1970s water heaters still going strong, especially when they are located in the kitchen, such as they do over in North Park, South Park, and Golden Hill, where all the homes are 800-SF Craftsman homes built from 1920-1950.

[jhugenroth]

I inspected one several years ago that had a cast iron burner chamber cover. No TPR valve, installed behind a wall with access only to the burner. I couldn't tell from the plate, but the owner of the building said he thought it was installed in 1948. I believe it was a Westinghouse. I'll post a pic if I can find it in my archives.