Most homeowners rarely think about their trusty hot water heaters humming along in the basement or utility closet day after day. However, without periodic hot water heater maintenance, minor repairs can escalate into major breakdowns or failures, necessitating unexpected and expensive full unit replacements. Get the longest possible lifespan and best performance efficiency from your existing hot water heater equipment through maintenance.
- Annual Inspections. We recommend having us inspect your hot water heater once a year to assess functionality and identify potential problems early. We’ll check pressure gauges, valves, pipes, the tank exterior, burners, exhaust, and associated components.
- Flush Mineral Buildup. Annual draining and flushing remove naturally accumulating scale deposits inside the tank and plumbing to boost efficiency and life expectancy. We fully clean interior surfaces.
- Adjust to Proper Settings. Our plumbers will tweak thermostat, burner, and other settings as needed to optimize hot water output, temperature, recovery speed and safely.
- Replace Anodes. Special anode rods inside your tank slowly corrode to counter more severe corrosion damaging the tank itself. Replacing depleted anodes on a schedule is far cheaper than an entirely new hot water heater.
- Leak Checks. We’ll examine all water and exhaust connections for subtle drips or leaks that degrade heater performance and run risks of water damage if neglected. Any seals or pipes will be repaired.
With well-rounded hot water heater maintenance from our professional plumbers, we can often keep existing systems running like new for years longer while using less energy. Your efforts maximize the initial investment you made in your hot water heater equipment. Contact us to schedule annual tune-ups. Neglecting maintenance virtually assures premature failures will catch homeowners financially off guard. Don’t put maintenance off any longer.