I can't give you a recommendation, but last year my water heater suddenly gave out and partially flooded my basement. No warning. You might want to do this replacement sooner than later, or prepare for this in advance. A wet/dry vac was very useful for cleanup. I have a GSW from Enbridge. On Sun, 1 Mar 2026 at 23:07, William Park via Talk <talk@lists.gtalug.org> wrote:

Hi all,

My water heater started to leak this weekend, so I'm shopping for water heater. From your experience, which brand is better? - Rheem brand at Home Depot, or - Giant brand at Rona

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On 2026-03-01 23:03, William Park via Talk wrote:

Hi all,

My water heater started to leak this weekend, so I'm shopping for water heater. From your experience, which brand is better? - Rheem brand at Home Depot, or - Giant brand at Rona The first question would be is it gas or electric? If it is electric then just about either should do you since there is not much in there other than a heating coil and a temprature sensor.

If It is gas then your looking at a professional install and it would likely be best to go with whatever brand the installer sells. If you have time it may be worth looking at a heat pump heater. On demand heaters can be good but as a general rule the gas powered on demand heaters have issues with water temp fluctuations. The electric on demand heaters have better temp control but suck back crazy amounts of electricity(I have one and it can draw 125 amps at 240V). Of course the problem when you have a leaking tank is that you need to replace it NOW and don't get much chance to look at the options. -- Alvin Starr || land: (647)478-6285 Netvel Inc. || home: (905)513-7688 alvin@netvel.net ||