Water Heater Repair & Installation in Crystal Lake, IL

Under about eight years old with a sound tank, thermostats, elements, gas valves and thermocouples are all reasonable repairs and we will do them. Past ten with rumbling and rusty hot water, repair money is better spent on the replacement you will be making within a year or two anyway. We will tell you which situation you are in rather than defaulting to the bigger invoice.

Installation quality varies enormously across this city

In the older neighbourhoods we regularly find heaters that were swapped over the decades by whoever was cheapest at the time. Reused flex connectors. No expansion tank on a closed system, which is why the relief valve weeps. A vent connector sized for the previous appliance. A tank sitting directly on a basement floor where code wanted it raised.

In the 1980s to early 2000s subdivisions — Four Colonies, Coventry, Wedgewood, Bright Oaks — the original installs were generally correct, and the issue is simply age. Those tanks went in with the houses and have been drinking extremely hard water ever since. Most of those homes are on their second or third heater, and the ones that are not are overdue.