✓ Repair or replace? Get the real math.

Repair it or replace it? Get the real economics.

Roof, HVAC, water heater, windows, generator — tell StreamNavigator what you're deciding on, and get a clear repair-vs-replace recommendation grounded in real numbers.

Example finding Replace
Water heater, age 14 Repair $1,400 vs. Replace $2,600
Typical service life 8-12 years (past range)

The repair quote is 54% of the replacement quote — at our 50% threshold for calling it worth replacing — and the unit is already past a typical water heater's service life. That's what a real finding looks like: your own two quotes, compared, not a guess at what either one "usually" costs.

How it works

From 'should I fix this?' to a clear answer.

1

Tell us what you're deciding on

The system, its age, what's prompting the decision, and whatever repair or replacement quotes you already have.

2

Make a One-Time Payment

One charge, not a subscription.

3

The engine runs the numbers

Your repair quote against your replacement quote, checked against where your system's age sits on a typical service-life range for its category.

4

Get your recommendation

A clear repair-or-replace call, with the numbers that back it up.

What you get

A clear call, backed by real numbers.

  • ✓ Whether repairing or replacing makes more financial sense, using your own quoted numbers
  • ✓ Where your system's age sits against a typical service-life range for its category
  • ✓ Warning signs it's time to stop patching and replace
  • ✓ Questions to ask before hiring anyone for the work
  • ✓ A safety check first — if you flag a hazard, cost comes second
Get started

One price. One repair-or-replace decision.

Tell us what you're deciding on, pay once, get your answer.

Payments are processed securely by Stripe — StreamNavigator never sees or stores your card details.

FAQ

Questions, answered.

Roofs, HVAC, water heaters, windows, generators, and other major home systems and appliances.
You can submit without one and still get the service-life context and the contractor checklist. But the actual repair-or-replace verdict is arithmetic on your own quoted numbers — we hold no data on what things "usually" cost, so without at least a repair or replacement quote, there's no financial recommendation to give you yet. If you submit with neither quote, we refund the charge automatically — you keep the checklist, but you shouldn't pay for a report with no verdict in it.
Flag it, and that's what the report leads with — get a professional out now, before any cost comparison. A safety concern is never weighed against price.
Contractor Navigator reviews a specific estimate you've already received. Home Maintenance Navigator helps you decide whether to repair or replace in the first place — often the step before you get quotes.
Each report covers one repair-or-replace decision, so the numbers stay tied to one category, one age, and one pair of quotes. Deciding on more than one system at once? Submit a separate report for each — same price, same process.

Stop guessing whether it's worth fixing.

Get the real numbers before you decide.

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