Signs to Call Us for Storage Tank Water Heater Repair
No matter the time of year, one essential appliance you’ll always need running in your home is the water heater. If your house is like most, you use a storage tank water heater to supply your family with the hot water that it needs throughout the day for cooking, cleaning, showering, and bathing. To help ensure that you don’t run into a sudden system breakdown that will leave your household with only cold water, keep a close watch for warning signs from the water heater that something is wrong with it. We’ve listed a few of the more common signs below.
Water discoloration
When you turn on the hot water taps in your house, do you see a rusty discoloration in the water, sort of like what you might expect after you’ve been away from your home on vacation? This often indicates corrosion in the system, or possibly excess sediment in the tank.
A loss of hot water volume
Your water heater goes from supplying your house with enough hot water each day to running out early, leaving some people in the morning with cold showers. If this happens gradually, it usually means the water heater is getting old. But if this occurs suddenly, it might be due to a broken dip tube.
The water won’t get warm enough
Is the hot water just not hot, merely lukewarm? Then the water heater may be suffering from problems with its burners or heating elements.
Rumbling sounds from the tank
Don’t panic when you hear this sound: it’s unlikely that your water heater is going to burst. But you do need to be concerned, since this could be a sign of too much sediment, limescale, or other problems that lead to the water overheating.
Should you detect any of these above issues, don’t ignore them—and don’t make attempts to fix the problem yourself. Instead, pick up the phone and make a call to technicians who know what to do and will get the repair job done fast so you won’t lose your supply of hot water.
Bud Matthews Services offers repairs for tank water heaters—and other models as well—in Durham, NC.
We recognize that our services are of a special and often emergency nature, and we remain fully committed to fulfilling the needs of our community even as potential demand for our services may increase with more families either choosing to or being required to remain home for extended periods of time. More importantly, the safety of our employees and customers is always our highest priority, and we recognize that heightened diligence and focus on health and safety is required during these challenging times. We are actively monitoring updates from the CDC, WHO and local health officials; and we have been proactively and continually implementing measures and developing plans to prioritize the health and well-being of our employees and customers. Including:
- Equipping all technicians with masks, gloves, and disinfectants.
- Social distancing – Avoid handshakes and limit direct contact with customers during their visit.
- Requiring technicians to clean all surfaces with disinfectants before and after performing work.
- Requiring all employees to stay home if they are experiencing symptoms such as shortness of breath, coughing or fever.