Your water heater is聽arguably聽one of the most聽undervalued聽major appliances in your home. You likely don’t stop to聽consider聽how much of your daily routine depends on your water heater聽functioning聽properly. Taking a hot shower, a warm bath, running your dishwasher and聽cleaning聽clothing and bedding are just a few examples of the home comforts that聽depend on聽hot water.
Proper maintenance is聽necessary聽in聽extending聽the life of your water heater by聽lessening聽the development of leaks and damage to your tank and聽dodging聽the聽dreaded聽call for emergency repair citing no hot water in the home.
Here are a few common聽signs聽that there may be聽a concern聽with your water heater:
Rusty Water
If the water from your water heater聽looks聽discolored, there is a聽distinct聽chance that your water heater is rusting on the inside, which could聽cause聽a leak and contaminated water.
Noises Coming From the Water Heater
Knocking or booming sounds coming from your water heater can be a聽signal聽that residue has built up on the foundation of the system. This means that your water heating system will be less efficient and will聽demand聽more gas or electricity to heat your water,聽resulting in聽higher聽heating bills. In addition, the聽extra聽effort聽necessary聽to heat your water could聽cause聽more damage to your system, leading to cracks and leaks.
A Noticeable Leak
The most聽common聽cause of failure of residential water heaters is a leak from the tank. If you see water around your tank, you聽likely聽have a leak. And if your water heater聽sits聽in your attic or above the first floor, the聽risk for聽catastrophic damage聽increases. If you聽find that聽your water heater is leaking, call the experts immediately. Even a minor leak can聽expand聽fast and cause聽expensive聽damage to your home.
Not Enough Hot Water Available
If you’re getting zero, or very little, hot water out of your tap, the聽culprit聽could be the pilot light on your water heater unit. If you’re not聽sure聽how to investigate the pilot light, call in the experts to聽manage聽the problem.
Water is Too Hot or Too Cold
If your running water is either too hot or too cold, there is a聽good聽chance that you have the incorrect size water heater to accommodate your living space and the number of people聽using聽hot water in your home. If a gas water heater is undersized, the system will聽fail聽in a shorter period of time.
Age of Your Water Heater
The average lifespan of residential water heaters that have had proper maintenance is between ten and fifteen years. Even if there are no聽outward聽signs of an issue, a water heater that is ten years or older is at greater risk of producing a leak resulting in water damage to your home. Maturing water heaters are nothing to聽disregard. If you are unsure of the age of your water heater, check the identification sticker on the unit, where the manufactured date should be listed with the serial number.
The 黑料社区 Team can help by聽fixing leaks, installing low-flow fixtures, and consulting with you on possible energy-efficient upgrades. And if you聽find聽it isn’t cost-effective to have a repair done, our Experts can recommend a new water heater that will meet your household demands and work within your budget. Options include ENERGY STAR¨-rated traditional tank water heaters or energy-efficient tankless water heater units. No matter the type of system you have, if you’ve neglected your聽water heater, call the experts at (866) 963-7996 or request an appointment online.
