{"id":2472,"date":"2020-09-15T16:36:18","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T20:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/?p=2472"},"modified":"2020-09-15T16:36:42","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T20:36:42","slug":"signs-may-need-new-water-heater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/signs-may-need-new-water-heater\/","title":{"rendered":"Signs You May Need a New Water Heater"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2474\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/water-heater-leaking-200x300-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"water-heater-leaking\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/>A broken water heater means an unpleasant day. People often discover they have a failed water heater in the morning after they get up, go to the shower, turn on the tap \u2026 and the water <em>never<\/em> heats up.<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t want to start your morning this way: not only will getting clean be difficult, but you\u2019ll need to have the water heater repaired so you can take care of many other tasks that require hot water through the rest of the day.<\/p>\n<p>The best way to fend off water heater failure is to know ahead of time your water heater is coming to the end of its life. We offer excellent <a href=\"\/heating\/water-heaters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">water heater repair in Fresno, CA<\/a> that can get water heaters over the bumps in the road. But when signs point toward a water heating system that\u2019s almost finished, we recommend consulting with us about a water heater replacement.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Indications of a Water Heater That\u2019s Ready to Retire<\/h2>\n<p>Like any complex piece of equipment, a water heater will start to show signs it\u2019s beginning to fail before the final breakdown occurs. Here are the major ones to watch for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Discoloration in the hot water: <\/strong>You\u2019re probably familiar with the rusty-red discoloration from taps that haven\u2019t been used for weeks. This is what you see when you turn on the water after coming back from vacation. If you start seeing this discoloration from hot water taps\u2014and only the hot water taps\u2014it often means the tank of the water heater has fully rusted.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Corrosion:<\/strong> Corrosion of any type on the water heater is a serious problem. Corrosion on replaceable parts, such as the heat exchanger, can sometimes be fixed. But usually when corrosion sets in on the tank, the water heater needs to be scrapped and replaced.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Continual leaking:<\/strong> A few leaks from a water heater may occur during its service life. These are standard repairs. But when the water heater is more than 15 years old and you see water pooling around the base, it\u2019s time for a new water heater. There are likely many more leaks occurring in places you can\u2019t see.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Drop in hot water volume:<\/strong> The best measure of hot water volume for a water heater is the morning shower routine. If the hot water runs out before everyone in the household has their showers, and this was not an issue before, the water heater is losing its ability to heat up a sufficient supply of water. Although a repair may fix this, for an older system it usually means the water heater is in its final stages.<\/li>\n<li><strong>High heating bills:<\/strong> A water heater can account for 40% of heating costs in a house. When an old water heater begins to fail, it will start to raise heating costs by amounts that are hard to miss. So when you notice gas bills or electrical bills rising during times when you aren\u2019t using another heating system, then it\u2019s time to have professionals look at the water heater to see if it\u2019s past its useful days.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"\/contact\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Work with Purl\u2019s Sheet Metal &amp; Air Conditioning for your water heater replacement and repair needs<\/a>: \u201cQuality Is the Cornerstone of Our Success\u201d since 1952.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The best way to fend off water heater failure is to know ahead of time your water heater is coming to the end of its life. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[87,297,289],"vertical":[],"segment":[],"service":[],"class_list":["post-2472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-water-heater-service","tag-fresno","tag-water-heater-repair","tag-water-heater-replacement"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2472"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2477,"href":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472\/revisions\/2477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2472"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=2472"},{"taxonomy":"segment","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/segment?post=2472"},{"taxonomy":"service","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purlsheetmetal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service?post=2472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}