Maybe too much time on my hands (recovering from back surgery again), but I'm thinking of adding an automatic hot water heater shut off kit.

My water heater is 11 years old, so I suspect it's getting near its end. When the last one died, it flooded my basement. Needless to say, it caused a big mess, and if it happens again it will cause a bigger one this time with all the stuff that's accumulated.

Looks like some cheap kits around - I don't necessarily want cheap. Just good and reliable,

Anyone done this? What product did you use?

And did you put the HW heater into a pan with a float valve like I saw on This Old House?

Thanks,
Al