Signs You Need a New Water Heater on Long Island
Some calls are obvious (the floor is wet). Others sneak up. Here are the situations we get called for most often on Long Island.
- ▸Water around the base of the tank. Rust has eaten through. Replace today.
- ▸No hot water on a unit 10+ years old. Even if the cause is fixable, the rest of the tank is on borrowed time.
- ▸Rusty or brown hot water. The interior is corroding. The anode rod is gone.
- ▸Loud popping or rumbling. Hard-water sediment has cooked at the bottom. The unit is stressed and inefficient.
- ▸Repeated repair bills in the last 2 years. You are buying a new water heater on the installment plan.
- ▸You want to switch fuel or upgrade efficiency. Gas to electric, electric to hybrid heat pump, standard to power-vent.
Not sure where you fall? See our Repair vs Replace guide or call us. We'll tell you what we'd do if it were our house.