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Collett's Water Heater Cleaning & Plumbing Service
- Gilroy, CA 95020 (map)
- (408) 848-8944
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Collett's Water Heater Cleaning & Plumbing Service • Gilroy, CA • $100 per hour
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I offer full plumbing services but specialize in water heater maintenance, repair and installation, utilizing the latest equipment and parts to keep a water heater lasting up to 50 years plus.
You don't have to wait for your water heater to leak from neglect; there is a way to maintain it for many years of quiet operation.
Question and answer
Q. What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A. I'm the only plumber in the South County using the Muck-Vac and providing a complete water heater maintenance service. I've been in business since 1993 and specialize in water heater maintenance service, repair and installation. Go to our website for more detail about our service.
Q. If you were a customer, what do you wish you knew about your trade? Any inside secrets to share?
A. A water heater is a maintainable appliance. Change the anode rod every 5 years and flush it every 6 months and it will last many years than letting it just rust away due to neglect in about 8 to 12 years. Water Softeners corrode the anod in half the time and need 2 anodes to protect them for the same 5 year period. I also offer the powered anode that has a 50 year service life.
Q. What questions should a consumer ask to hire the right service professional?
A. If your installing a new water heater ask for an R-16 or better insulated tank with 2 anode rods for a 10 year warranty and self cleaning. Add a full port ball valve to drain to make maintenance flushing every 6 months more effective. Add a union to T&P line for easy repair if it leaks in the future. Tanks in Santa Clara County need to be Ultra Low NOX to meet new air quality standards.
Q. What important information should buyers have thought through before seeking you out?
A. Age of tank and when it was manufactured and if it's been used with a water softener are important factors to diagnose repair problems. Recirculation systems come with more complex problems needing spring check valves since swing check valve rust in open position allowing colder water to go backwards through piping and mixing with hot water to cause tepid water problems. Water heaters between 93 and 97 got bad dip tube plastic that disentegrates and causes pieces to get into plumbing and cold water to enter top of tank again causing tepid water. Tanks from 2003 and 2007 have bad thermocouples with a fusible link and Whirlpool brand need to be upgraded with new burner to convert left-hand thread TC to right-hand thread. Many of the sealed combution chamber tanks built after 2003 clog with dust and dirt and choke out due to lake of combustion air. I've got experiencing fixing all of these problems since 1993. Call today for a free inspection of you water heater if your in the Gilroy and Morgan Hill area. I do charge a $30 travel fee to go further to Hollister, Salinas and San Jose.
