Cold showers, or a puddle in the garage
Tank swap or tankless conversion, with the venting, gas sizing and county permit handled.
Oak Park · Tankless
Tankless water heaters in Oak Park
5.0 on Google (20 reviews) CSLB Lic. #339618 Family shop since 1977
Tankless water heaters in Oak Park, ten minutes from the shop in Westlake Village. A tankless fires at four or five times the rate of a tank. With the gas line and venting done right, it runs twenty years.
Dan picks up when he can and calls back the same day. You get the price before we start. Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm.
- Ten minutes
- Ventura County. Oak Park is unincorporated.
- One year on our labor. Thirty days on drain clearing.
- 91377
“Dan showed up right on time for our appointment. Much better service and pricing. We will definitely use Dan's Plumbing in the future.”
“Very friendly and quick service!”
“Dan is smart and good at figuring things out. He will stay on it until it's right and he knows his stuff.”
Around here
In Oak Park
Ventura County permits and inspects tankless conversions in Oak Park, since there's no city hall, and we plan the job around its inspection schedule. The gas line gets upsized from the meter for a whole-house unit, and the vent and condensate drain are run to suit it. Isolation valves go on so the yearly descale the hard water calls for is a short visit.
Neighborhoods: the Kanan tracts, Lindero Canyon, the streets off Oak Hills Drive, Sutton Valley, the newer tracts up Bowfield.
The job
How it goes
A standard tank draws about 40,000 BTU and a whole-house tankless draws 150,000 to 199,000, which the old half-inch line often can't carry. We upsize it from the meter, and sometimes the gas company upgrades the meter. Condensing units vent in PVC with a condensate drain, and non-condensing units need stainless vent.
We size by how many fixtures run at once and the incoming water temperature, around 55 degrees here in winter. Undersizing is the mistake we see most.
Our hard water scales the heat exchanger, so a tankless needs descaling once a year. The isolation valves we fit make that a half-hour job, on our installs or anyone's.
Call if
What you notice, and what it usually is
Your tank is due for replacement
A tankless lasts about twice as long.
Hot water runs out with a full house
Sized right, a tankless won't run out.
No room in the closet for a bigger tank
A tankless the size of a carry-on hangs on the wall.
A long wait for hot water at the far bathroom
A recirculation loop fixes it, with or without a tankless.
Your tankless runs weak or lukewarm
Scale. A descale usually brings it back.
Tell us what it’s doing and we can usually narrow it down on the phone.
From the blog
Job stories: tankless
Four steps
How a job goes
- 01
You call
Dan picks up when he can and calls back the same day. Tell him what it’s doing.
- 02
We look
We come out, find the cause and show you, with the old part in hand when there is one.
- 03
You get a price
Before anything starts. Repairs are time plus parts. Bigger jobs get a written bid.
- 04
We do the work
Small repairs usually get done the same visit. Bigger jobs get a start date we keep. Permitted where needed, and the house left clean.
Common questions
Tankless in Oak Park: things people ask
How fast can you get to Oak Park?
Often the same day. It's ten minutes up Kanan or Lindero Canyon from Westlake Village.
Who issues permits in Oak Park?
Ventura County, since Oak Park has no city government. We plan around the county's inspection schedule, so the date we give you holds.
Does the hot water ever run out?
Not within its flow rate. Two showers at once is fine if it's sized right. Four is too much for any unit.
Will it cut my gas bill?
Some, since it heats only what you use. People switch for the space, the longer life and never running out.
Can my existing gas line handle it?
Usually not without changes. We size the line from the meter and tell you what has to change before you commit.
What people say
“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.”
“Dan's plumbing were fantastic, they installed the AWTOS water sensor our Insurance company sent us, fixed some clogged exterior drains that were blocked, and installed a new trash disposal unit...all for a very competitive price. Thanks guys, we're glad we called you!”
“They explain what needs to be done to fix the problem, are willing to do the work asap and take care in keeping the work area clean and unmarred.”
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Everything we do in Oak Park.
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Every house in Oak Park is on a slab, so leak detection here starts at the meter.
Water heaters in Oak Park
With no city hall in Oak Park, a water heater replacement here is permitted through Ventura County.
Drain cleaning in Oak Park
Most clogs we clear in Oak Park are grease in the kitchen line and hair in the tubs.
Repiping in Oak Park
Repiping is starting to come up in the earliest Oak Park phases, built in the late seventies and eighties, where the original copper has begun to pinhole. The nineties phases almost never need one yet. New lines run overhead in copper or PEX, so no concrete gets opened. Ventura County handles the permit and inspection.
Pressure regulators in Oak Park
If you're replacing the same fixture twice in an Oak Park house, the pressure regulator is usually why.
Repairs in Oak Park
Because Oak Park is unincorporated, the plumbing repairs that need a permit go through Ventura County.
Sewer camera & repair in Oak Park
A sewer camera inspection in Oak Park follows the lateral from the house to the Triunfo Water and Sanitation District main, and that stretch is yours.
Gas lines in Oak Park
Oak Park gas lines are permitted through Ventura County, since there's no city building department, and the inspector checks the pressure test before the gas goes back on. Most of the work is new black iron runs to a BBQ, fire pit or pool heater, with a shutoff at each appliance. If you smell gas, leave and call SoCalGas first.
Slab leaks in Oak Park
Slab leak repair in Oak Park comes up mostly in the earliest phases, where the original copper under the floor is old enough to start leaking.
Tell Dan what it’s doing.
Most problems get sorted out on a short call. Ten minutes from the shop. Leaking right now? Shut off the main, then call.
Or send the details and Dan will call you back. Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm.