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Tankless Water Heaters
How Often Should You Flush a Tankless Water Heater?
Rinnai and Navien both say to flush a tankless water heater at least once a year. On hard water, including many private wells across Chester and Cecil...
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Water Heater Repair
Electric Water Heater Not Heating? What to Check First
When an electric water heater stops heating, the breaker and the red reset button cover the quick fixes. If both check out, a heating element or thermostat has...
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Water Heater Repair
Why Your Water Heater Pilot Light Keeps Going Out
A pilot that will not stay lit is usually a failing thermocouple. In a closed-up Delaware house in winter it can also be starved air, a draft, or a safety...
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Water Heater Maintenance
What Temperature Should Your Water Heater Be Set To?
The standard answer is 120 degrees, and for most Delaware homes that is right. But two federal agencies give different advice for good reasons, and the way to...
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Tankless Water Heaters
Tankless vs Tank Water Heaters: Choosing for a Delaware Home
Tankless units last longer and never run out of hot water, but Delaware winters and older Wilmington gas lines change the math. This guide covers which option...
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Water Heater Installation
Heat Pump Water Heaters: Are They Worth It in Delaware?
A heat pump water heater moves heat rather than generating it, which makes it far cheaper to run than a standard electric tank. The catch is where you can put...
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Water Heater Maintenance
The Anode Rod: The Part That Decides How Long Your Tank Lasts
A steel tank full of hot water should rust through in a couple of years. It does not, because one inexpensive component is designed to corrode instead of it.
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Water Heater Installation
What Size Water Heater Does Your Home Actually Need?
Tank capacity is the number everyone asks about, and first-hour rating is the one that actually predicts whether you run out of hot water. They are not the...
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Water Heater Repair
What to Do When Your Water Heater Leaks in Wilmington, DE
A leaking water heater can move from seeping to fifty gallons on the floor without further warning. This guide walks through the exact shutdown sequence for...
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