Complete Guide to Water Heater Inspection, Cleaning, and Maintenance
Water heater maintenance can be performed in three ways:
🗸 Routine maintenance
🗸 Inspection with cleaning and flushing
🗸 Repair or replacement of plumbing components
Maintenance: Mandatory or Not?
Water heater maintenance, unlike boiler maintenance, is not required by law.
However, it is good practice to perform it at least every two years.
Difference between Recommended and Mandatory
A small but necessary clarification: water heater maintenance can be performed whenever you want. In addition to necessary cases, we recommend cleaning the coil, especially in the early years when it resists treatment well and prolongs its lifespan, especially if a salt water softener filter is installed for protection. Therefore, nothing is mandatory or periodic.
New Appliance Maintenance
Modern plumbing appliances for domestic hot water production are designed to ensure safety in the home. Regular and specific maintenance is always important for new heat pump or biomass systems (coal, wood, pellets, etc.) and to keep the system efficient over time.In all cases, and for safety reasons, always call a professional plumber.
Boiler service: is it an appliance or a system?
Whether gas or electric:
Be careful, consider whether to call a Service Center for the water heater or a plumber for other issues related to the distribution of domestic hot water to utilities.
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Common Water Heater Problems
Water heaters often struggle to start, even if they’re new.Sometimes they don’t respond or lock out even though they’ve worked properly… until now.
Below are the various scenarios, or if you think the system is having problems, see the link to cleaning drinking water pipes.
What is a water heater inspection?
When is it complete?
Our plumbers consider a complete water heater inspection a thorough check of all components, highlighting potential future malfunctions.
Water heater service: Is it more common for gas appliances?
Water Heater Service: Gas vs. Electric
Gas boilers account for the majority of service calls, given their many components.
Therefore, the number of cases requiring a technician’s emergency service is greater; the following are the costs and the most common malfunctions.
What does it typically include?
The inspection may include internal cleaning of the coil (with chemical washing) and external cleaning of the burner and flue gases. An electrical test is also included. This is always based on the specific needs of the customer.Upon completion of the service, the customer will receive a registered and tested water heater.
How is a water heater inspection performed?
The plumber will listen to the reason for the call and, on-site, remove the water heater’s cover plate, identifying any anomalies. He will then check everything, from the gas valve, water unit, coil, flow rate, efficiency, and combustion disposal—in short, everything.☎️ Call us 24/7 at 01144630216.
If there are no micro-leaks and no obvious damage, the coil cleaning process can begin (flushing).
How is the water heater cleaned and maintained?
The technician will clean any parts damaged by combustion, including soot, test and seal any parts requiring repair, and likely replace any damaged parts or those that could create future blockages or problems.In all cases, and for safety reasons, always call a professional plumber.
Why call for assistance?
Cleaning the water heater is essential to prevent limescale from attacking the various internal parts of the water heater. This can build up on the coil tubes, for example, and over time, wear them out, creating small holes—sometimes so small that even a drop of water cannot escape, even though the copper is very thin.
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