When to Get Your Water Heater Repaired: Look Out for These Signs

Your water heater will be put to use on a daily basis to assist with your bathing and cleaning needs. Since your water heater is bound to be such a necessary installation in your Orange County home, you'll want to keep it running dependably for as long as you can.

To keep your water heater in this kind of condition, you need to get a jump on its repair needs as early as you can. With early repairs, you can prevent wear and damages from worsening and wearing down your water heater. Happily, getting a jump on your Orange County water heater's repair needs is as easy as looking and listening for any of these signs:

Rust in Water

Since your water heater is largely constructed of metal, rust is a problem that needs to be quickly rectified before it can spread and render your water heater unfixable. Fortunately, it's easy to catch this problem early on since you'll likely detect rust coming from your faucets when you turn on the hot water.

Rusty water can be indicative of a variety of problems that might develop with your water heater. A valve might be rusty, or the pipes might be. Even the casing around the unit itself might have begun to corrode in places. Whatever the cause may be, the presence of rust in your water is a sure sign that you need a water heater repair, stat.

Noise from Water Heater

A well-maintained water heater is bound to be a quiet one. So, if your water heater is suddenly making unusual (oftentimes loud) sounds, you need to gear up for a repair. After all, these sounds are indicative of many potential problems, though the chief and perhaps worst of these problems is sediment buildup.

What makes sediment buildup such a problem for your water heater is that it causes it to work inefficiently, costing you money. Worse still, this problem can accelerate the rate of damage done to your unit, drastically lowering its lifespan and increasing your water heater problems. To avoid these problems, you need to call for a repair as soon as your unit starts to make strange noises.

Water around the Unit

A traditional tank-style water heater holds many, many gallons of water at all times. So, naturally, the presence of water around the base of your heating unit should be an immediate cause for alarm - alarm which should urge you to call for a repair sooner rather than later.

Oftentimes, the cause of this pooling can be minor enough and require a simple fix: just tightening fittings or the pressure overflow pipe. However, sometimes the cause can be more major and require immediate professional intervention. Of course, it's best not to guess what the problem might be and instead call for a repair ASAP.

Call Our Orange County Plumbers for Your Water Heater Repair Needs

Have you detected any of these common signs of water heater problems? Then don't delay: Call Western Heating, Air Conditioning, & Plumbing. Our Orange County HVAC technicians are also licensed to handle your water heater needs, so you can depend on us to provide a quality repair that will keep your unit running dependably for a long time to come.