Is the tank leaking, the water lukewarm or the pilot refusing to stay lit? A tank heater can be repaired or replaced, and a tankless unit can go in its place. Call and we match you with a plumber.
This page covers repair, new tanks and tankless units, how a Caldwell winter affects sizing, and how to read a heater’s age.
Lukewarm showers, a drip at a fitting or a rumbling tank may trace to one part, an element, a thermostat or a valve, rather than the whole heater. The plumber tests to find the faulty one and tells you whether replacing it is sensible.
When the tank itself leaks or repairs no longer make sense, a new tank heater goes in with fresh connections. The plumber matches its capacity to your household.
Tankless units heat water on demand, so there is no tank to rupture and the wall space they take is small. Gas models need venting and a gas supply, and electric models draw a heavy current that the electrical service has to support.
A tankless heater that shows an error code, runs lukewarm or loses flow can be serviced, with the plumber flushing the heat exchanger and checking the valves.
Household size and the overlap of hot-water uses in the busiest hour set the tank size. Put the two numbers into the water heater size calculator, and it hands back a tank size along with the tankless flow a household would need.
A tankless unit works against the temperature of the incoming water. Caldwell’s January low averages 25°F, which puts it in the 52°F band of the tankless flow calculator, a 68°F rise to the 120°F setpoint.
Caldwell’s plumbing permit form does not list water heaters. Where one is required, the plumber handles the city plumbing permit.
Dating a heater is a matter of its serial number. The serial number decoder takes the brand and that number from the rating label and returns the year built and the heater’s age, which informs a repair-or-replace decision.
If a heater leaks, see leak detection, and if the plumbing behind it needs to change, see repiping, with every other service on the homepage.
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