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🔥 Water Heater Installation Checklist

Water heater installs fail on safety details: TPR relief, seismic strapping, combustion air. Every item here is cheap for the contractor to do right — and expensive for you to skip. Each of the 13 checks below tells you what 'pass' actually means — cited to IPC / UPC / IRC M2005 — so you catch bad workmanship while you still have payment leverage.

Repair or replace?

Run the checklist above first. If it fails on multiple items, price both paths before you decide.

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