5 signs your water heater needs maintenance

 Your hot water heater is one of the most used but most forgotten about appliances in your house. These are five signs your water heater is going to need maintenance soon.

First thing most people notice since most hot water heaters are usually in basements so it's kinda difficult to listen all the time, is no hot water. This malfunction could be a few different things like maybe you're pilot light went out or your circuit breaker has tripped, or it could also mean that your tank has failed.

Check around your tank for any signs of leaks where there never was before if you find water outside of your take you need to shut off the gas or electric to it for safety. Then contact your local plumber to come and take look and see what the problem is.

Now you need to look at the hot water coming out of your faucet, if you are clear with no smell you are good but when you start seeing the brownish red water with a metallic smell that's a sign you need to get someone over ASAP to check out your tank. Its running low and we need to know why.

You start to notice that your getting a clunking sound out of your hot water tank, well that is not a good sign. so you need to get a hold of the right person for the job.

So in short pay attention to the things that might seem small to start, but they progressively get worse, before its to late and you have to make a costly repair. Get a hold of us to let us asses any repairs you might need. The winter months are here, now is a really bad time to have you're hot water heater go out on you.

Is the water heater in your South Windsor home in need of maintenance? Call us at (860) 896-3342 for immediate service!