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Yes, I should have mentioned that I'm in Los Angeles. Straps and flex lines are required here. It's interesting that what's required here is actually forbidden elsewhere.
LA requires a permit and inspection to replace an existing water heater. At first that may seem overly picky, but when you think about all the different ways a water heater can hurt you -- steam explosion, gas explosion/fire, carbon monoxide, flood, falling over .... It does make sense that they'd want to check them all.
-- J.S.
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