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The Ultimate Guide to Flushing Your Water Heater: Key Reasons and Essential Steps

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Your home's water heater is an essential appliance, working tirelessly behind the scenes to provide you with hot water whenever you need it. But just like any other appliance, it requires periodic maintenance to ensure it operates efficiently and has a long lifespan. One crucial maintenance task is flushing your water heater. In this guide, we'll delve into the core reasons for flushing your water heater and provide a step-by-step procedure to do it effectively. Why Flushing Your Water Heater is Essential Improved Energy Efficiency Over time, sediment builds up at the base of the water heat...
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7 Signs It Might Be Time for a New Water Heater

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The water heater is one of the workhorses of your Tampa home. Imagine turning on the shower and only cold water comes out – that's no one's idea of a fun time! That’s why it’s important to know the signs that it’s time for a new water heater, so you’re not caught off guard with a frigid splash when you least expect it. Here are some of the main things to look out for. 1. Your water heater is at least 10 years old. Water heaters don’t last forever – once they are a decade old, they’re usually on borrowed time. If yours is at least a decade old, or you can’t remember when it was last re...
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5 Reasons You May Not Be Getting Enough Hot Water

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It’s easy to take our hot water heaters for granted. It’s not something we think about, until we go to turn on the hot water, and it doesn’t come out. Then it’s a problem. If you’re not getting enough hot water out of your hot water heater, there can be a few different reasons. Here are five reasons it may be happening. 1. Sediment Sediment in your tank can be a sign of a more serious issue, and create problems with the hot water coming out of the tank. Over time, and especially in areas with hard water, minerals can build up at the bottom of the tank, and prevent the water from being heated...
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The Anatomy of Your Water Heater

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The traditional water heater looks like large metal cylinders and is usually located in the basement, a garage, or a closet. While tankless water heaters are becoming more popular in the Tampa region, this blog will focus on the workings of the more common traditional tank water heater. Your water heater performs an important task that you probably don’t often think about. It supplies warm or hot water to all parts of your home for hand washing, showers, dishes and more. How is it that you have hot water at the turn of a knob? We’ll cover the water heater parts that make it happen a...
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Tankless Water Heaters vs. Traditional Tank Water Heater

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If your water heater is getting close to replacement age, you might be wondering which type of water heater is best for your Tampa home. This largely depends on your family's water consumption and individual home's needs. In this plumbing blog post we will analyze the advantages and disadvantages of both tankless and tank type water heaters. The advantages of a tankless water heater Never run out of hot water. The tankless water heater will never run out of hot water. This is ideal for people who have big families because if you live in a big family, you know what it is like to be the last p...
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4 Tankless Water Heater Myths

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Tankless water heaters are an efficient, affordable solution What is your biggest water heating concern? Running out of hot water? Rising Tampa utility costs? Environmental sustainability? A good Tampa plumber, like Cass Plumbing, can address these concerns by helping you select a high-efficiency tankless system. Tankless technology is becoming increasingly popular in the Tampa region because of the versatility, convenience, and efficiency. Tankless water heaters offer reduced energy costs, a long service life, and high volumes of hot water. There are still some common myths thr...
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Should Your Home Go Tankless?

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Are you looking for ways to save on your Tampa utility bills? Water heating accounts for 15 - 20% of your home’s energy usage, making it the second-highest contributor to your utility costs after your heating and cooling system. If you’re in the market for a new water heater, the best choice for energy savings might be to skip the tank and opt for a tankless water heater this time around. Learn more about tankless vs. traditional water heaters to determine if this upgrade is right for your home. HOW DOES A TANKLESS WATER HEATER WORK? Tankless water heaters, also known as on-demand water...
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