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The far end of the house runs cold
Recirculation & long runs
Getting hot water to the far end of a large house without running a loop all night. Usually a matter of pumps, timers and balancing.
Lake Sherwood · Tankless
Tankless water heaters
in Lake Sherwood
Tankless water heaters in Lake Sherwood, ten minutes, over the hill from the shop in Westlake Village. A tankless heater fires at four or five times the rate of the tank it replaces. That is where the job is. Get the gas and the venting right and it runs for twenty years.
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Danny picks up when he can, and calls back the same day. You get the price before we start, and nobody here is on commission. Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm.
Licensed
CSLB #339618
Insured
Bonded and insured
Since 1977
49 years, two generations
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In Lake Sherwood
What this job looks like
in Lake Sherwood
Tankless installs at Lake Sherwood are usually conversions on large houses that already run more than one heater, with a recirculation loop that has to keep working afterward. Gas sizing from the meter is most of the job on a house this size; we test the line under pressure, fit isolation valves so the unit can be descaled yearly, and permit it through Ventura County.
Streets and pockets we work in: Sherwood Country Club, the lake, the Hidden Valley edge, the older lakeside streets.
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The job
How it goes
A conversion starts at the gas meter. A standard tank draws about 40,000 BTU. A whole-house tankless draws 150,000 to 199,000, and the half-inch gas line that fed the old tank very often cannot carry that. So the line gets upsized from the meter, and sometimes the meter itself has to be upgraded, which the gas company does. Then the venting. A condensing unit vents in PVC and needs a condensate drain; a non-condensing unit needs stainless steel vent. The unit needs a power outlet. Cold water in, hot water out, isolation valves on both so it can be serviced.
Sizing is by how many fixtures run at once and by how cold the water comes in. Groundwater here runs around 55 degrees in winter, which is the number that decides the unit, and undersizing is the mistake we see most on cheap installs. A house that wants two showers and a washer at once needs the bigger unit, and a large house with a far bathroom usually wants a recirculation loop as well.
Hard water is the other thing to plan for. The heat exchanger scales up, and a tankless in this valley wants descaling once a year. The isolation valves we fit are what make that a half-hour job. We do that service on units we installed and on ones we did not.
Call if
What you notice,
and what it usually is
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The tank is due and you are tired of replacing tanks
A tankless lasts about twice as long. Conversion is the moment to do it.
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Hot water runs out with a full house
A tankless heats as it goes. Sized right, it does not run out.
03
The heater lives in a closet with no room for a bigger tank
A tankless hangs on the wall the size of a carry-on bag.
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A long wait for hot water at the far bathroom
A recirculation loop, with or without a tankless. We do both.
05
Your tankless has lost power or runs lukewarm
Scale on the heat exchanger. A descale usually brings it back.
How it goes
Four steps, and you have the price at step three
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You call
Danny picks up when he can, and calls back the same day. Tell him what it is doing and where.
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We look
We come out, find the cause and show you. In plain words, with the part in our hand where there is one.
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You get a price
Before anything starts. Repairs are our time plus parts, and the bigger jobs get a written bid. Nobody here is on commission.
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We do the work
Small repairs are usually done the same visit. Bigger jobs get a start date and a number of days, and we hold to it. Done to code, permitted where it needs it, the house left the way we found it.
Common questions
Tankless in Lake Sherwood: things people ask
- Do you go through the gate at Sherwood?
- Yes. We call ahead with the truck and the name so the gate is expecting us. If you have an estate manager, they can set it up with us directly.
- How fast can you get to Lake Sherwood?
- Ten minutes over the hill from Westlake Village, so same day is usually realistic. For planned work on a large house we come out first and walk it.
- Is it really endless hot water?
- Yes, up to the unit's flow rate. Two showers at once on a properly sized unit is fine. Four at once is not, on any unit. We size it for how your house is used.
- Will it cut my gas bill?
- Some. A tank keeps forty gallons hot all day whether you use it or not; a tankless heats only what you draw. The saving is real and it is not what pays for the install. Space, lifespan and never running out are the reasons people do it.
- Can my existing gas line handle it?
- Usually not without changes. That is most of the difference between a cheap quote and a correct one. We size the line from the meter to the unit and tell you what has to change before you commit.
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What people say
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“Dan is consistent. Professional, on time, only does what is needed, experienced, easy to work with, clean, and smart.”
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“Dan's Plumbing did excellent job for us replacing our broken water pressure regulator. Quick response, good price, great quality of work. Will hire them again.”
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Tankless · Lake Sherwood
Tell Danny what
it’s doing
Describe the symptom and you will usually have an answer in two minutes. You get the price before any work starts. Ten minutes, over the hill from the shop. Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm.