Repair, replacement, tankless
Water Heaters
Hot water back today, and an honest answer about repair versus replace.
A water heater is the one appliance nobody thinks about until the shower runs cold or the floor is wet. By then the decision feels urgent, which is exactly when people get sold a unit they did not need.
We check the age, the anode, the valve and the venting before we quote anything. Sometimes the answer is a part. Sometimes the tank is fourteen years old and every dollar you spend on it is rent.
What we do
- Same-day repair on thermostats, elements, valves and igniters
- Tank replacement, gas or electric, usually in one visit
- Tankless installation, sizing and annual descaling
- Expansion tanks and pressure-reducing valves
- Sediment flushing and anode replacement
- Recirculation loops for a house where hot water takes a minute to arrive
- Pan, drain and seismic strapping brought up to current code
Worth knowing
Repair or replace
The honest version, which is shorter than most companies would like it to be.
- 01
Under eight years, single fault
Repair it. Elements, thermostats and gas valves are ordinary wear items and the tank has plenty of life left.
- 02
Over twelve years, or leaking from the body
Replace it. A tank leaking from the shell is not repairable, and a heater that old will fail again inside the year.
- 03
Somewhere in the middle
We show you the anode rod. Its condition tells you more about the remaining life of that tank than the date sticker does.
- 04
Thinking about tankless
Worth it in some houses, a poor investment in others. It depends on gas line size, venting runs and how many showers run at once. We will run the numbers rather than sell you the upgrade.
How this is priced
Diagnosis is a flat fee that comes off the job if you go ahead. Replacements are quoted as one number including the unit, the fittings, the permit, haul-away of the old tank and the code items — not a headline price with six lines added later.
- Flat rate, not hourly
- Quoted before we start
- No change without your say-so
Questions about this job
What people ask,
before they book this one.
A straight like-for-like swap is a morning. Add time if the venting, the pan or the shut-off has to be brought up to code — we will tell you that during the quote, not on the day.
Yes, and it is in the quoted price. It also gets recycled rather than dumped.
Usually sediment. A tank that has never been flushed can lose a third of its usable volume to hardened deposit at the bottom. That one is often fixable.
Related work
Jobs that often come
with this one.
After-hours emergency line
Water does not wait
for business hours.
Answered by a plumber, not a call center, seven days a week. We will tell you how to shut it off before we even get in the van — and if we cannot reach you tonight, we will say so on the call rather than leave you waiting.
Next step
Let’s get your water heaters handled.
Four questions, under a minute, and a call back from a plumber who has already read what you typed.