Traditional Gas & Electric Water Heaters

Below is basic help information about safety for tank type water heaters.
Safety Concerns:
If you smell gas, do not try to light the water heater. Do not turn on or turn off any electrical switch. Immediately contact your gas supplier, but if ur gas supplier doesn’t answer your call, call your local fire department.
Never store gasoline, [...]

Draining a water heater is easy to do if it’s in the garage, or any where other than underground, but sometimes it can be quite tricky if it’s in a basement. Threw my experience I’ve come across some different useful tactics which I will share here.
First thing we need to realise is that we need [...]

You should know draining a water heater is only only needed before installing a new water heater.   Flushing the water heater is what you do as a part of yearly maintenance.  Draining and flushing the tank are different.   Flushing the water heater uses the houses water pressure to push the dirty water where ever [...]

When it’s time to replace your water heater it’s a great idea to know what kind of water heater you have/ will need before you call your plumber.  To find out exactly what kind & size your water heater is, you need to figure out a few things.
1.Find out what kind of energy it uses, 2.how [...]