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Hot Water Heater Installation and Repair Services Do you need to repair or replace your hot water heater?

Hot water heaters often last many years, but tend to lose efficiency with each passing year. How do you know if you need a new water heater? Check for the following signs:

This last issue is worthy of attention. Feel free to watch this brief video or continue reading the information below:

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, heating water is typically the third-highest energy expense in your home (clothes dryers and refrigerators use more). In recent years many improvements have made water heaters more efficient, and thus less expensive to operate. In addition there are innovative options like tankless water heaters and continuously-recirculating water systems that can further reduce your energy costs and water bills.

As a general rule, if you have an electric hot water heater, you can replace it with a gas heater and save 50% on energy costs, so for many people, thats a no-brainer. If you already have a gas heater, and its got some years on it, it may be operating at greatly reduced efficiency, thanks in part to the red clay (mud) that tends to flow into homes and businesses via local utility systems.

Tests have shown that a gas hot water heater more than 10 years old is probably operating at about 50 percent lower efficiency, so again a new model will bring significant savings. The experts with ER Plumbing can help you determine if it would be better to repair or replace your hot water heater, and what model would be right for your needs and budget.

If you need hot water heater repair, your solution may be as simple as sealing a water heater leak or replacing a burned out heating element. ER Plumbing will do it right the first time because:

If youre considering a new hot water heater, now is the time to look into tankless water heaters, the newest and most energy and space efficient of the water heaters on the market today. See our page on tankless water heaters for details.

Through many years of experience, ER Plumbing has come to believe that the following brands offer the best value for your dollar, and are the ones we recommend and install the most:

Todays efficient hot water heaters can be installed in your basement, crawl space, attic, closet or even outside your home (in the case of tankless water heaters). In the old days, gas water heaters were vented up the chimney, but now water heaters are so efficient that their exhaust often lacks enough waste heat to propel the exhaust up and out of a chimney. That means a direct vent through a basement wall or attic roof can be more efficient.

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