The morning surprise, which jolts you into the morning isn't yet another pastel outfit of yours, but an icy rush of water that's meant to be warm. You're in the middle of it, full-body, when you get a proper jolt, realizing that it was meant to be a pleasant 'good morning,' but your body is giving you an enthusiastic 'no' instead. Even if the chill is what you meant to send your body so that it would really get up and want to move, it's not a proper way for a water heater to wake you up, and it means your heater is having problems. A water heater generally has several components that might fail and cause it to stop delivering properly heated water.
The mysteries of water heaters can often be solved with a single piece of information or by adjusting a knob. But have you thought about how old your heater is? Your first answer is probably something like, "I don't know, but it seems to work fine." The irony is that, if your water heater is very old, it's not long for this world, and the efficient operation you're experiencing today is mainly because it's not on the edge of a leak or an energy crisis.
Plus, the tank's age is tied to issues like mineral buildup, which is our subterranean problem. When conditions are right, the sneaky culprits make themselves too comfortable, and the party that ensues is real. Our job is to find these tiny faults and fix them. Before the water heater makes the faction rally a little too obvious with a puddle.
Not every setback requires a full-blown response. Sometimes, it’s about lighting a pilot light. Other times, it’s dealing with an anode rod that was quietly eating away at your water heater. Sound weird? These rods are the unsung heroes battling corrosion with gusto. Water heaters are straightforward, but they can still surprise you with the labyrinth of parts inside them. Since they live in attics and under floors, and since we don’t get to enjoy or even really think about water heaters without them going all gross inside, heater repairs can seem abstract or unnecessary. We think they’re personal, and we want to talk about why.