Did you know that a water heater operating with extra clean water can last for 30+ year with no maintenance, while the same exact water heater in operating with hard water can last as little as 6?   It’s absolutely true.   Hard water makes a huge difference in how long your water heater will last, and if you have hard water you have 2 choices in regards to your water heater longevity.   1)  Have a new water heater installed every 6-8 years, or 2) have the heater cleaned & install new magnesium anode rods every 5 years so it lasts the full 30+ years.

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Powered Anode Rods = A water heater that lasts a life time.

What is an anode rod?
An anode keeps your tank from rusting and breaking, while alleviating odor problems because of anaerobic bacteria found in some water that react with regular magnesium or aluminum anodes to produce hydrogen sulfide gas and a rotten-egg odor.

What is a powered anode rod?
Similar as a standard anode rod, but Powered.  It is plugged into an electrical outlet and does no break down, the result is a power anode rod can last a life time.

In water heaters with softened water but no odor issues, it provides a permanent replacement for sacrificial anodes, which are often consumed rapidly in softened water and thus, require frequent replacement.

It is possible to use in any heater, but if you replace a sacrificial anode in a tank without a softener in hard water, we strongly recommend also putting in a sediment flush kit — and actually flushing the heater every six months to a year.  Sediment buildup can bury the bottom of the heater, cutting it off from the anode’s protection.

If your tank is in good condition, this will probably be the last anode you ever have to buy.

Installation concerns.
Have a power vented water heater?
If you have a power vent heater, the power connector can stick up two inches above the top of the tank for some powered anode rod systems and may prevent re-installation of the vent housing.  Make sure you specifically ask your plumber or supplier about this issue before committing to the job.   Once the power anode rod is submerged in water it cannot be returned.

Did you know that all water heaters are very sensitive to the minerals naturally in your water?  Yes it’s true, the minerals in the water; the same calcium, iron, etc that are good for us in small doses are what destroys water heaters.   Almost all water heaters have inner tanks made of thin metal, covered in glass, protected by something called a “self sacrificing” anode rod,  they can be made of aluminum, but most are of magnesium.  Magnesium anode rods are said to be safer from a health point, and they  last longer than aluminum types.  These anode rods start at the top of the tank and go down deep within the water tank.  As the incoming water and minerals enter the tank they attack the Anode Rod(s) and not the glass lined tank of the water heater.  The harder the water is, the faster the anode rods are eaten away.  After the anode rod is gone isn’t only a matter of a year or so before the tank fails and you have water on the floor, if not sooner.

Way s to protect your water heater.
Have it cleaned!  If you have extra clean water don’t bother, but if you have hard water.  You have calcium build up on your faucets and shower heads you might have hard water.  The water heater will collect this same materials in the tank, and as I said earlier, these materials brake down the tank much faster than a tank without that build up.

When is it time to replace a anode rod? No later than the 5 year after the heater’s original installation, and every 5 years after that.

How long can a water heater last with regular anode rod replacements? For ever.   Well almost, we have water heaters in our service plan older than 30 years looking nearly as good as it did the day it was installed,  even one 40 years old.    (In another 30 years I’ll be able to better comment on this)

What’s the best anode rod on the market for my water heater? A professional series “powered” anode rod.

What is a powered anode rod? Powered Anode Rods = a water heater that lasts a life time.   Read more about a powered anode rod here.

Need a new water heater? If you are in the realm of needing a new water heater altogether (You never changed the anode rods or cleaned & it’s 15+ years old)  consider a Stainless Steel tank option for the replacement.  Many companies are now offering Stainless tank options, and double walled modes.  These are hands down the best options out there, rather than having wimpy sheet metal inner tank, sprayed with glass, worried about anode rods, a solid stainless steel tank will last a life time with very little maintenance, replace the anode rod and flush a stainless model out, and you really have a water heater that will last 40+ years.   Most manufactures offer a lifetime warranty with stainless models with a one time transferable feature which is nice for buying and selling reasons.   **Note:  For the most part, water heater manufactures are only offering Stainless steal models for Storage, and Indirect Storage tanks water heaters.

Need a plumber in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, or Pennsylvania?   Give us a call.

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We provide top quality water heater installations, services, free estimates, installations and repairs on all Rheem, Ruud, Bradford white, State, and A.O. Smith electric, gas, propane, Bock, Thermaflow/Everhot oil fired hot water heaters, Navien, Rheem, Noritz, and Takagi tankless water heaters, Ruud, Bock, and lochinvar oil fired water heaters, SuperStor storage tanks, Peerless, Laars, and Crown tankless coils, and repairs on all hot water heater throughout the state of Connecticut including Bridgeport, CT- Bristol, CT- Cheshire, CT- Danbury,CT- Derby,CT- East Hartford,CT- East Haven,CT- Enfield,CT- Fairfield,CT- Hamden,CT- Hartford,CT- Meriden,CT- Orange,CT- Middletown,CT- Milford,CT- New Britain,CT- New Haven,CT- New London,CT- Norwalk,CT- East Norwalk,CT- Norwich,CT- Putnam,CT- Shelton,CT- Southington,CT- Stamford,CT- Stratford,CT- Southport,CT- Torrington,CT- Wallingford,CT- Watertown,CT- West Hartford,CT- West Haven,CT- Westport,CT- Wethersfield,CT- all shore areas, and surrounding Connecticut areas. Contact us today for a professional plumbing experience and a free estimate today. local 203-376-5208

Water odor problems can happen in conventional tank type water heaters when anaerobic bacteria reacts with magnesium or aluminum, the same materials in the large anode rods hanging within the water heater’s tank.

The reaction between the two produces hydrogen sulfide gas and a rotten-egg odor.

How to defeat this problem?  Replace you anode rod with a Powered Anode rod system.

Then rest easy because it shouldn’t happen again.

Need a Powered Anode Rod installed in your water heater?

If you’re in Connecticut, the greater New York city area,  Ocean-Monmouth county New Jersey,  North Jersey, or Pittsburgh PA we can help you.

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If you’re in West Houston TX,  Atlanta GA, Virgina Beach VA, Philadelphia PA, SW Indiana, or near San Jose CA, we can recommended a great water heating expert with correct pricing in your area.

We've seen hundreds of flooded basements like this. Don't let it happen to you!

How long will a leaking water heater keeping running?
No one can predict the winning lottery tickets for tonight’s pick 6, or exactly how long your water heater will last.

I can tell you this.  It won’t die over night, and it won’t last another year, some where in between for sure.

Here is the real question you should be asking.
How long should I wait before I replace my leaking water heater? That depends on where the water heater is located.
A) If you have an empty basement with a concrete floor, a leaking basement won’t damage anything if the leak gets worse, concrete sucks up a couple gallons a day and you can most likely wait a couple weeks to even a month or so before replacing the water heater.

The aftermath of a blown water heater.

B) If you have a semi finished basement you will want to replace the water heater quick enough so it doesn’t get worse and effect the finished part of your basement.
C) If you don’t have a basement/ home built on a concrete slab, or you have the water heater in a finished part of the home like in a utility room, or you have completely finished beautiful basement you have NO time to waste.  If the heater blows out you have a destroyed home.  Wood floors will bend and sections will  warp, wood modeling will be damaged, sheet rock sucks water up like a sponge and even a little water up against sheet rock will damage a large section, even mold is a big concern here.  If you have a water heater in a finished section of your home, you should replace the water heater as fast as possible or you are risking a big head ache, destroyed belongings, long clean up, insurance claims, etc.

Give us a call for an affordable replacement today.

We cover all of CT, NJ, and greater NYC

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We can also refer you a water heating expert in Philly, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, MD, VA beach, Detroit, W Houston and more cities.

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We provide top quality water heater installations, services, free estimates, installations and repairs on all Rheem, Ruud, Bradford white, State, and A.O. Smith electric, gas, propane, Bock, Thermaflow/Everhot oil fired hot water heaters, Navien, Rheem, Noritz, and Takagi tankless water heaters, Ruud, Bock, and lochinvar oil fired water heaters, SuperStor storage tanks, Peerless, Laars, and Crown tankless coils, and repairs on all hot water heater throughout the state of Connecticut including Bridgeport, CT- Bristol, CT- Cheshire, CT- Danbury,CT- Derby,CT- East Hartford,CT- East Haven,CT- Enfield,CT- Fairfield,CT- Hamden,CT- Hartford,CT- Meriden,CT- Orange,CT- Middletown,CT- Milford,CT- New Britain,CT- New Haven,CT- New London,CT- Norwalk,CT- East Norwalk,CT- Norwich,CT- Putnam,CT- Shelton,CT- Southington,CT- Stamford,CT- Stratford,CT- Southport,CT- Torrington,CT- Wallingford,CT- Watertown,CT- West Hartford,CT- West Haven,CT- Westport,CT- Wethersfield,CT- all shore areas, and surrounding Connecticut areas. Contact us today for a professional plumbing experience and a free estimate today. local 203-376-5208

Did you know water heaters account for up to 25 percent of  the total utility usage in most homes, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.  They are second only to heating and cooling as a major cost.  While the newest generation of energy-efficient water heaters can make a big dent in this expense, it can get complicated to sort through the many different types of new highly efficient options like tankless, heat pump, solar & geothermal systems.  Even new conventional water heater makers offer “more efficient” options to the old standard gas and standard electric heaters.  With  dozens of different manufacturers‘ for each type of water heater and the very similar competing claims, figuring out what’s the best water heater type, brand, & size for your home or business can be a daunting task.

(please follow some of the links throughout the article, they will lead you to more info about that particular product or type of unit.)

Wasting & Saving $$$. A standard electric water heater is the least efficient water heater in areas of high electric rates like the North East & California.  A tankless coil running off an oil fired boiler is horrible waste of heating oil, oil fired water heaters use much less than tankless coils but are very expensive (2-3K) to replace and only last ten years which is a terrible waste of money.  So what’s the most efficient water heaters?  Which ones last the longest?  What is a good fit for your home?

Do you know what kind of water heater you have now? Do you have a conventional water heater such as an electric water heater, gas water heater, oil fired water heater, power vented water heater, indirect storage tank, aqua booster, or tankless coil?   Compare yours to these links & pics to better help find out what you currently have.  Enjoy our pictures of many water heaters.

Hands down the most efficient water heating systems are the following.
#1) Professional Solar systems can reduce the water heating bill by 80% with good Southern exposure, but not all homes have roofs facing South and they cost $8,000+ to have installed.
#2) Geothermal systems can make a ridiculous difference on the heating and cooling bills but the system can cost $20,000K +.    These 2 options are not practical for most home owners needing a water heater replacement so we will not be spending much time on these systems.  However when building a home, incorporating this expense into the loan does make complete sense.  Adding an extra 8 – 20K will cost you $40- $100 a month extra in a mortgage, but the savings will be 2-3 times that amount which equals instant savings from day one and for every day there after.  That’s a better return on investment than any high preforming mutual fund and as utility prices rise so does your savings.
#3) Tankless water heaters.  (The most popular high efficiency water heaters in the world)  Great for many different installation applications.
#4) Heat pump water heaters. (The newest high efficiency product to the world)  Great for 2 specific installation types.

The most realistic high efficient water heaters replacements for the vast majority of homes are gas Tankless water heaters or electric Heat pump water heaters.

(Part 1) Tankless Water Heaters.

When is a tankless water heater a good fit for a home?
Whenever a person or family wants or needs unlimited hot water, valuable space savings, energy savings, or a product that will last 2-3 times that of conventional water heaters.  Tankless water heaters are for anyone that wants the most environmentally responsible option.
How much will I save?
Truthfully a gas tankless water heater replacing a gas conventional water heater will not drastically reduce your gas bill, say a couple hundred a year max.  A tankless can save you a lot of money when going from a conventional electric, oil fired, tankless coil, power vented water heater, to a tankless.   Tankless products often last 2-3 times longer than conventional water heaters which is where the big long term savings is over any conventional tank type water heater.
When does it make sense to install a tankless water heater?
A) They make a lot of sense when they replace a power vent water heater, because power vent water heaters are expensive and don’t last long, plus you already have a hole drilled through your house the tankless can use & and electrical outlet near by.  B)  If you had an “all oil”or “all electric” home and now have gas service on the side of the house a gas tankless water heater is a great way to go.  C) If you have propane service Tankless water heaters should always be considered especially it’s time to replace a oil fired water heater because oil fired water heaters are extremely expensive (2-3K) and they only last 10+ years!  D) If your current water heater is dying it’s time to explore putting that money towards a high efficient, long lasting product like a quality gas tanklesss water heater.
When you need extra SPACE.
Live in a condo with a conventional 50 gallon water heater or a 75 gallon power vent water heater?  When you live in a condo going from a big tank to a tankless will get you an entire new close worth of space to use.  That can mean the difference from your bicycle being locked up out side or being in your utility closet.  The extra space can justify the extra expense for a tankless in a town house for many owners. (Having a contractor build you a new closet would cost the same or more than a new tankless installation would, and would take 10+ times longer.  Installing a tankless heater would make a lot of sense if your in a condo or town house and you really want extra storage space)
How do tankless water heaters all work?
By heating the water instantaneously hot has is passes over the heat exchanger.
What do tankless heaters cost to have installed?
Most plumbers charge from $750 for an easy installation taking one plumber 1 day to $1,500 for more difficult installations requiring 2+ plumbers for a full or multiple days.
Are any of them a good fit for your home?
Most likely.

You want to know what the best tankless water heater for your home and how much it will cost to be installed?
Unfortunately it’s not that easy for me.  The location of your home makes a big difference in what products you can choose.  You will defiantly need to find a plumber in your local area for his advice.   In Arizona, Texas or Florida (warm weather winters) a tankless unit can be smaller in size & power, they can be installed outside which makes venting it no concern, extra materials are few, installation easy and usually affordable for most mid income families.  In Connecticut,  Boston, Minneapolis (cold winter environments) the tankless must be installed inside in a some what warm place and the unit should have built in freeze sensors & freeze preventing features.  Installing these units within a home leads to more complicated installations, 3-5 times of effort, twice as much additional materials, and the most expensive units.  Homeowners in the South may have prices almost half as what people in the North could pay, but it makes perfect sense, the units are smaller and the installations are nothing alike.

If you currently have natural gas in your home. A gas fired Tankless water heater such as the Etenal, Navien, Noritz and many others offer great energy savings, offer substantial space savings, last 2-3 times as long as conventional tank type heaters, provide endless hot water, qualify for all federal and local rebates.  The professional installation for high end products will likely cost some where between $3,000-$4,500  fully installed depending on brand, size, amount of gas piping, and installation requirements to meet all local building codes.  *Remember depending on what state you’re in, you should be able to get $200- $800 back altogether in state & federal rebates and credits from your local energy providers.

If you currently “only have electric”, no gas, no propane. If you have an all electric home thinking about an electric tankless water heater you’re better off going with a heat pump water heater because electric tankless water heaters are not practical for most families in cold winter environments.   Electric tankless would need to be paired, or tripled up to provide an entire house with 2 baths enough hot water.    Each unit needs (Three) 30 or 50 amp circuit breakers, so 2 or more electric units when running would consume more power than your entire house can provide in most cases.  Large scale electrical jobs can be very expensive and won’t be practical for most homes.  * Heat pump water heaters offer 50% savings over standard conventional electric water heaters, and their installation is much easier and less expensive because expensive electrical work isn’t needed.  **Heat pump water heaters are pretty tall and can not fit in all homes.

In my humble opinion this is a darn good “short list” of new water heaters for you to think about.

First thing to remember I live in Connecticut, our business is primarily in the Tri-state area and New England.  I only deal with the best products because we only install the most powerful units up here.  We simply do not want any call backs or disappointed clients so we only work with informed home and business owners and install the best products.  These are just my opinions, but should be paid close attention to if you live in a cold winter environment, especially in a home with 2+ bathrooms.

My favorite gas tankless water heaters on the market today are.
1)  Eternal
2)  Navien
3)  Rheem

In my opinion if you live in a cold winter environment these are your top three options and why.

1)  Eternal Hybrid-   Large demand.  (Most gallons per minute at lowest temperature rise.)  Most efficient @ 98-99%.  2 sizes. Most expensive.  Industry leading warranty @ 20 year heat exchange & 5 year total unit.
Units cost $1,800- $2,200  Professional  installation $1,000- $1,250.  Additional parts $300 – $500

2) Navien-  Medium demand.  Extremely efficient @ 95-98%  Many sizes.
Reasonably priced.   10 years heat exchanger & 5 years parts.
Units cost from $1,000 -$2,000.  Professional installation $1,000 – $1,500.  Additional parts $300- $700
Remember*  (These units really shouldn’t be installed on a well system, will require protection, and yearly maintenance to protect heat exchanger)

3) Rheem-   Smaller demand.  Least efficient @ 85-88% efficient.  Many sizes.
Lowest price point.  Solid 12 year warranty heat exchanger & 5 years on parts.
Units cost from $700 – $1,400.  Professional installation $750 – $1-500.  Additional parts is $300- $700
Remember* (These really must be installed on outside wall within the home to avoid the very high expense of vent piping)  (These units really shouldn’t be installed on a well system, will require protection, and yearly maintenance to protect heat exchanger)

What’s with the extreme price differences between tankless water heaters?
The price between the different units are vast, small demand exterior mounted tankless water heaters such as Bosch, Rinnai have entry models as little as $500, while  the most powerful/ best warrantied products like Eternal are near $2,000.   (Why does a BMW cost more than a Toyota?)

Do I really need the best tankless water heater on the market?
Probably not, but that all depends on what you want it to accomplish, where you live, how many people are in the house, and your life style, and where the unit needs to be installed. Do you need a product that uses PVC venting?  Do you want a product with the capability of truly un limited hot water for your Jacqui tub and the rest of your entire house at the same time, or just enough hot water for one shower at a time?   Just like anything else in life the best, most expensive products (appliances, cars, electronics, etc) come with the most features, have superior performance, have the best warranties & also cost more than other products.

Tankless water heater Maintenance. Maintenance is another expense you need to calculate in your budget.  Yes the Eternal hybrid tankless is expensive but it requires zero maintenance.  Saving you another 200 a year in heat exchanger flushing servicing.   Normal tankless water heaters on well water can require flushing multiple times per year.

*Important weather consideration to remember.*
Homes in cold winter environments have very cold water entering the home during the winter so these homes need the most powerful units.  Power is determined by the amount of hot water they can produce.   The most important thing to remember while researching tankless water heaters is to check there “temperature rise”, which means,  how much water (in gallons) is produced (per minute) after raising the incoming (cold water) to the desired temperature of (120 degrees).   For example.  In Springfield Mass or Boston the incoming water is around 40 degrees when it enters the home in January.  In order to get the desired 120 degrees we need a product that can create a 80 degree temperature rise.  (Not all products can produce a 80 degree rise)  The more powerful tankless water heaters that can, but you then need to observe how many gallons are produced at that temperature rise.  (You will want as much hot water per minute you can get.)  4-5 gallons of hot water per minute at a 80 degree temperature rise which the Eternal can produce is pretty much as good as you can get without paring two units together, which is possible for high end products like Eternal, Navien, & Noritz.  Keep in mind A modern shower head uses 2.3- 2.5 gallons of water per minute, so a tankless heater producing 4.5-5 gallons a minute should be able to cover 2 showers at the same time, or one shower and everything else (laundry, dishes, brushing teeth, etc) which is necessary for medium to large families.

Will I be disappointed with a tankless water heater?
Choosing a under sized/ under powered tankless with 100% certainty will lead to a less than desirable showering experience.  When your nice hot shower runs luke warm or the pressure bounces around due to hot water being pulled away as it’s used else where in the home don’t say I didn’t warn you.  Don’t cheap out on the installation either.  A guy in a pick up truck and a bucket of tools not experienced with tankless installations should not install them.  Don’t let a too good to be true price come back to haunt you for years.   If you live in a cold winter environment you can not cut corners on anything, not the unit, the installation, and you better choose a quality plumbing company that is experienced installing them or you will likely have some problems.

Flooding concerns.
If you live in an area with flooding you might have no choice but to go with a tankless wall hung water heater to get it off the floor to protect it from mother nature.

Power outage concerns for tankless water heaters.
You can get a battery back up system.  Follow link.

End of part 1.

Click here to continue to part 2, heat pump section of this article.

Where can I find a local knowledgeable high efficiency tankless water heater installer? If you’re in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York City, or Connecticut you already did.  ; )     800-524-4280

Please follow this link to learn about (part 2) of this article.  Heat Pump water heaters.

We provide top quality water heater installations, services, free estimates, installations and repairs on all Rheem, Ruud, Bradford white, State, and A.O. Smith electric, gas, propane, Bock, Thermaflow/Everhot oil fired hot water heaters, Navien, Rheem, Noritz, and Takagi tankless water heaters, Ruud, Bock, and lochinvar oil fired water heaters, SuperStor storage tanks, Peerless, Laars, and Crown tankless coils, and repairs on all hot water heater throughout the state of Connecticut including Bridgeport, CT- Bristol, CT- Cheshire, CT- Danbury,CT- Derby,CT- East Hartford,CT- East Haven,CT- Enfield,CT- Fairfield,CT- Hamden,CT- Hartford,CT- Meriden,CT- Orange,CT- Middletown,CT- Milford,CT- New Britain,CT- New Haven,CT- New London,CT- Norwalk,CT- East Norwalk,CT- Norwich,CT- Putnam,CT- Shelton,CT- Southington,CT- Stamford,CT- Stratford,CT- Southport,CT- Torrington,CT- Wallingford,CT- Watertown,CT- West Hartford,CT- West Haven,CT- Westport,CT- Wethersfield,CT- all shore areas, and surrounding Connecticut areas. Contact us today for a professional plumbing experience and a free estimate today. local 203-376-5208

Our RSS feed on other websites can look like this.

If you’re a home owner craving info about water heating products, or a plumber with a website and desire a nice boost from Google, you have come to the right place.   Our RSS feed delivers high quality content about water heaters & the plumbing -heating trade at least once a week- twice every week.

We have 30,863 subscribers as of today. (9/26/11)

Looking for the most popular Plumbing RSS feeds in America?
Popular RSS feeds about Water Heaters?
Trying to give your website a nice boost with Google and need a quality plumbing RSS feed?
One of the top plumbing RSS feed in America is right here with waterheatinginfo.com!

Take a look at our “readers version”  here.  http://www.waterheatinginfo.com/feed/

Why do we have the top plumbing RSS feed in America? Three reasons.
1)  Information.  We have a ton of it.  (215 articles published)
2) Subscribers.  We have over thirty thousand.
3) Google “plumbing RSS feeds”.  We are all over the 1st page.

Over the past 2 years we have published 215 articles about water heaters and have another 70+ in the pipe line.
At least 2-3 times a week we publish a new article which refreshes our RSS feed, keeps Google and our subscribers happy.
How do you build a successful plumbing RSS feed?   Fresh information is the way to build any RSS feed and new fresh weekly information is the only reason a person would choose to join a RSS feed.

What is WaterHeatingInfo.com? We are a 100% normal plumbing company in Connecticut, plus we are developing a Nation Wide water heating installation and repair team with our marketing partnership program, this website, and quality plumbers around the Country.  We are in 12 cities and growing.

We are a full service plumbing company. Certified Navien installers. Experts in all Tankless & Hybrid Heat Pump water heaters. Installers of Aqua Boosters, Indirect Storage tanks, Boiler Mates, Tankless coil, and all other types of water heaters running on all types of energy; Electricity, Natural Gas, Propane and Oil. We can also repair and install Hot Water Storage Tanks associated with Solar & Geothermal water heating systems. Live in Connecticut? Give us a call today. (800)524-4280 -or text message us @- (203)556-6449
Are you are plumber NOT located in Connecticut?  Email us about our unbeatable marketing program. mr.waterheaters@yahoo.com

So how can plumbers find real SEO experts with a background in the plumbing and heating industries?

You should all start by Google searching somethings about the plumbing trade.  If you can’t find your current so called expert take a look in a new direction.

Try Google searching these things…
Effective marketing for plumbers.—(We’re #1, #2  -after paid ads)
Effective advertising for plumbers.–(We’re #1, #2, & #3)
SEO services for plumbers.———–(We’re #1)
good websites for plumbers.———(We’re #2)

And how about things homeowners search for.
Superstor installers—-(We’re the 1st real plumbing link)
Thermaflow installers–(We’re #1, #2)
Everhot installers—–(We’re #1)
Navien installers—–(Behind only Navien, and Ridge tools)
Rheem installers—-(We’re #2, only behind Rheem)
Bock installers——(We’re #1, only behind Bock)
HP50 installers—–(We’re #1, & #2)

The US Dept. of Energy is 2nd to us!

Having your search engine positioning high on the first page of Google naturally is called “organic search results”.  We are on the 1st page for thousands of search terms and we don’t spend one dollar a month paying for it.  The other companies that are telling you how great they are  would likely suggest you pay us for an ads on this site!  Why pay for someone else to tell you that.  Advertising here is going straight to the source of homeowners in need a plumber to repair or install their new water heater. We are changing the way homeowners find plumbers.
We give away free high quality information about oil fired, indirect storage, tankless, heat pump water heater etc, which attracts about ten thousand real people per month.  While those homeowners are doing their research we suggest a local plumber for our readers to contact.  That’s the gist of it, it’s simple, makes sense, and it’s been working well. Very well.

We are on the top of the 1st page for over 4,600 phrases about plumbing, water heaters, marketing for plumbers etc.  We don’t need a fancy website proclaiming we are the best, jammed with fancy pictures & graphics, all we need is solid information written by real knowledgeable plumbers, backed by talented SEO minded professionals.  Google eats up our articles and the rest is history, all pure 100% Real & provable Statistics.  We will influence the National water heater installation and repair business with this website and with our plumbers than have agreed to our program.  We include free websites with some of our programs.  By creating our clients websites with our fundamentals and linking them to WaterHeatingInfo.com we drive people to your website.   What you get here is unattainable anywhere.  The owner of this company (me) (Jay) is by trade a plumber, and learned a lot from some extremely intelligent friends/programmers, community builders, graphic designers, etc.   WaterHeatingInfo.com is something special in the making because real people are at it’s core.   People that care about plumbing industry and are very talented in the internet business.

Let me share a couple stats with you.
Over 28,000 subscribers to our free RSS feed.
500- 1,000 unique daily visitors.
3,000-7,000 page daily page views.
30-100 new subscribers per day.

What those numbers mean.
Well, First of all we are doing something right.   Secondly if you are a plumber we can help you.  Our marketing program works so well because we have the tools and ability to help you with your website, marketing program, and as soon as you get into our marketing plan we start pushing your name and logo in front of people from within  community.  Chances are there are many people from your service area on WaterHeatingInfo.com already, and we have the stats to prove it.  (provided by Google Analytics)

Why should you join us?

Not only do we have the knowledge and ability to build you a great new plumbing website and marketing plan, we own this website.  The most effective place to advertise your new plumbing business is on this website!  Look at the advertisements on the side bar of this site.  It’s companies like Angieslist.com, Servicemagic.com, plumbingnetworks.com, Rheem,  Watts, Sears, and all the other big boys.  Why do you think they are advertising here??  They want the attention of the homeowners reading the pages here and the leads this site generates for them.

A few of the larger companies advertising on waterheatinginfo.com

Harsh reality.
It seems like there are millions of website development companies,  millions SEO companies, and hundreds of thousands of SEM experts these days.  Have any of them created a website that gets tens of thousands of hits a day, where hundreds of real homeowners go to find answers to questions?  No.  The entire point of a website is to have people from your area check it out and hopefully give you a call.  We don’t mean to brag but we are doing something here that no other company is.  We provide the world with information about the water heating busienss, products, installation reviews, and installations services for our home state of CT and the rest of the County in time with the plumbers in our marketing program.

Who do you believe is telling the truth?
Don’t be fooled by the premier “Plumbing Marketer” companies and their fake offices in London, America, Brazil, Cuba, along with all other BS videos and “I made a million dollars last year” fake testimonials on the internet.  Though I do think it’s possible for a plumbing company to make a million dollars with an amazing marketing plan in a good market, it’s not realistic for all markets and it’s not something I would suggest to our clients.  Most of our clients are looking for a few extra water heating installations a month or week and that’s realistically what we can provide for your busienss.  Without the BS, no need for fake testimonies.  If you want to talk to some plumbers in our program we can make that happen.

Do the big budget Internet marketing companies know the plumbing trade?   Not many.
Do they own an informative plumbing website that has top search engine positioning that drives in traffic thousands of homeowners every week?
No.  I think that would be pretty hard to find.  However we do and that’s pretty easy to prove.  We built this website.

Is WaterHeatingInfo.com a full service marketing company?
Yes.  waterheatinginfo.com is just one website owned and operated by AMNindustries llc- Milford Connecticut, the parent company.   We can create you an entire new website, host it on our servers, write much of the content for you, and link it to WaterHeatingInfo.com.  Linking a new SEO friendly site to waterheatinginfo.com is like jump starting the website with nitro.  We understand how to use blog sites and social media, social networking but above all else we know how to make the phones ring for real busienss.

Should I keep my current SEM agreement?
You’re “normal” SEM experts can be quite helpful, but they can only take you so far.  They will never be able to get you on Google for thousands of search terms like we have here.  When you’re ready to give something new a try give us a call.

Why does Angie’s List, Service Magic, Rheem, Watts, Rianni advertise here?
They want the attention of our audience!    So should you.  We have GEO marketing tools to target the people in your service areas.

Why should you get in our marketing program?
Getting involved with our marketing program will be the best decision you ever made.  We deliver results.

Additional info about SEO effects.
Most SEO service companies are offering nothing more than tricks and tactics to “beat the system”  The Google algorithm, but the Google system cannot be beaten, only temporarily hurdled with most “SEO” services.

So how we dominate Google with over 4,600 keywords?   We can’t give you all the secrets, but we know what Google loves, so Google loves us.   Find it hard to believe?   Email us.  AMNindustries@gmail  Ask for a Google Analytics report, we’ll send you a report of our total month stats,  a report from your state, and your city.  Just tell us what zip code your business is located in or the service area you work in.

Do you need all the fancy internet marketing lingo?  Nope.
Do you need help getting more customers for your plumbing business?  Yes.

Ready to get some help from a small group of people that great at helping plumbers succeed?
AMNindustries@gmail.com

$100 bucks a month, after a 3 month period for $50 dollars, or 5% of the total jobs we send you.  Don’t worry about any money down or upfront, we don’t ask for a dollar until AFTER you complete a job.  We make the phone ring, you do the work.

Jay Sullivan-   Plumber, marketer, blogger, waterheatinginfo.com  owner
Email. mr.waterheaters@yahoo.com Home office.   800 524 4280

Do you need water pipes replaced?   We can help.
(We install boilers and water heaters too.)

If your home is a victim of copper vandalism give us a call.  We can get the repairs done quickly and affordability.

800-524-4280

We have 2 locations in Connecticut;
Orange, and Fairfield to better serve you.   Our Local#   203-301-4732

We know great plumbers in Atlanta GA,  Detroit MI,  Montgomery MD,  Ocean county NJ,  Indiana,  W-Houston,  SE Philadelphia,  for a great plumber in those areas please call 800-524-4280 and we will set you up with an appointment.

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With 10%+  unemployment, 4 dollar a gallon gas prices, food prices rising, and unemployment benefits ending for thousands of Americans every month even some other wise “good people” are turning to criminal means to put food on the table.   Drug addicts have often turned to copper theft to support a drug habit and even some seemingly ordinary homeowners  “upside down” in their mortgages are ripping the copper out of their own houses for extra money, and to stick a middle finger up at the bank that kicked them to the street.

Copper is at or as been consistently near the all time high value at $4 dollars per pound as scrap for the past 2 years.
Copper theft is now the 2nd biggest non violent crime for local police to deal with across America just under identity theft!

Aftermath: Stolen copper from a kitchen.

Homes cannot be sold with financing without the plumbing and heating system in working condition. “As is” home buying deals seem great, until you noticed that the heating system as be ripped apart and copper pipes were ripped out of the walls, and ceiling and the repairs can at times be well over 10 grand.  Obliviously homes cannot be rented or lived in until these repairs are made.

A tsunami of destruction has hit vacant homes across America, as their plumbing and heating systems are torn apart and removed for a few hundred dollars in scrap metal.  These value of these homes plummet tens of thousands of dollars after this kind of vandalizing, and the water damage that goes along with it can cause 100’s of thousands in damage.  The vandalized homes are unlivable, unsellable, UN-mortgageable, it falls further in ruins, the community suffers.

You see copper. Plumbers see a complicated section of piping. Thieves sees $5-$10 bucks.

Whether it is the homes current owners, banks holding the mortgage, or new home buyers someone has to replace the missing copper, brass, water heater, boiler or furnace quickly for an affordable price possible before anyone can think of moving in, or even begins fixing the structure.

Who is a plumber that can replace broken and stole copper pipes affordable? We are these kind of plumbers.
Who has experience working with new home owners, land lords, and banks to replace plumbing and heating systems on homes that are victims of vandalism? We are. We have dealt with these problems for the past few years and are happy to try and help.

What does is cost to replace broken or stolen water pipes? Depends on how much needs to be replace, and the kind of access to the pipes. If we have to crawl in a 200 year old crawl space filled with water the repair is going to cost more than if it’s in a well lit basement in a ten year old home.

Give Us A Call Today – Free Estimates

800-524-4280

We’re  pleased to announce this is the two hundredth and second article on WaterHeatingInfo.com
(Just missed the 200th anniversary)

Just to recap what we have accomplished over the last 201 articles /2 years.
If you’re a homeowner and spent the time looking over all of our articles you would know all about Heat Pump Water Heaters, heat pump add-ons and other high efficiency water heaters such as;  Solar water heaters, Tankless, and leaned about some high(er) efficiency boiler options, combi boiler tankless units, and how to find some great tankless water heater repair men.

You have read plenty of info about traditional water heaters,  why they leak,  how long they last when they start leaking, and about more efficient water heater ideas.   We posted a few hundred pictures in our photo gallery, and even taught you how to drain a water heater basement, and how to drain it if it get clogged, and how to figure out what type you have.  We have explained what oil fired water heaters are, why they are expensive, and what it takes to install them correctly, and have shown you before and after pics of the installation.  We have told you about the high efficiency replacements if you want to get away from oil, and roughly what the cost would be to have one installed in your home.

For plumbers we have explained why websites are important,  told you the importance of  RSS feeds, where to find a great plumbing RSS feed, shared the most important key words for a plumbing website, and what  SEO means “without the internet lingo”.  We have also shown you an effective place to advertise a plumbing biz,  talked about effective marketing for plumbers, and told you about our marketing program.  I even dumped on the yellow books and explained why internet marketing is more important and more effective than yellow books.  Even stuck a link up for a place to find a new plumbing job, or how to get extra water heater installations for your plumbing business.

Why have we done this To change the world for both plumbers and homeowners.   The next evolutionary step in the internet will be nitch Informational/ Community websites “about particular subjects”  just like this site about water heaters.  We are proud to connect homeowners to local plumbers everyday.
With our help plumbers don’t need yellow pages,or SEO con-men to get the attention of homeowners,  and homeowners don’t need Angieslist or Servicemagic to find a great plumber.

So how it works. First and fore most we are Nothing without Google, because Google sends us 91% of all our visitors.   Homeowners Google something about water heaters like (how to drain a water heater in a basement) and find us at the top of the 1st page.  When  homeowners visit waterheatinginfo they either have a problem with their current water heaters, or are researching new water heating products.  By attracting homeowners to an informational website we have the opportunity to prove we are real experts, and the opportunity to get a call from a homeowner in need.   Extra phone calls  helps our water heater installations business in  CT, and calls  for the plumbers in our marketing plan.

Want some raw numbers?
We have had over 150,000 visitors.
We have  nearly 27,000 subscribers to our RSS feed.
We have 4,600 key words on the top 2 pages of Google.
We get at least one email every week to promote a new water heating product.
We get at least 5-10 phone calls a day from homeowners with problems, and we help them all the best we can.
We get at least 1 plumber a month to join our marketing program.
We have grown our installation team into 7 new cities.  (ATL,  Phillie,  S-NJ,  Detroit,  Houston, VA beach, DC/Maryland)
We are about to grow into new areas. (Queens NYC, Broward county FL)
We have grown our offices to a second location in Washington DC.
We added a  Twitter, and Facebook account
We added message boards for plumbers, homeowners, and industry pros a place to connect.

What does the future hold?
We are launching 2 useful apps for smart phones.
We are upgrading our servers.
We are expanding our offices.

Are you a homeowner in New Haven, Fairfield Connecticut looking for a great plumber?
We provide affordable water heater repair and installation services.

Are you a plumber in Litchfield, Hartford, Tolland, Windham, Middlesex, or New London Looking for some more jobs?   We can. We will.
We want you to join our team.   Meaning we want to call you when we get jobs from your area.  Why do we want to help you?
We are passing on at least 1-2 water heater installations up ever week.  No joke.

Are you a plumber in Los Angeles, Seattle, Long Island, or NYC? We can definitely get you more work because a few hundred people a week are on this site, all we have to do is show them your number to call.   Put your biz name, service area, and a little info about your operation and we can get the ball rolling.  AMNindustries@gmail.com

On behalf of all the people that put countless hours in this website, thanks for reading.
Who are the people bringing you WaterHeatingInfo.com?
Jay S.  Blogger, Plumber.
Mike R.  Programmer, Tech.
Karina K. Phones, Editor
Alex K.  Editor.
Ashley B.  Marketing- Sales.
Marc G.  Graphic design.
David A.  Smart phone application development
Ed T.   Server- Security  (The God Father)
Guest writers.  (Bruce S, Jamie G,  Alan M.  to name a few)
Richard C.  -DC company rep, Sales & Marketing   (the rookie)

Send all marketing- advertising questions to AMNindustries@gmail
All water heating questions to mr.waterheaters@yahoo