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Cold showers, or a puddle in the garage
Water heater replacement
Tank swap or tankless conversion, with the venting, gas sizing and county permit handled.
Oak Park · Water heaters
Water heater repair & replacement
in Oak Park
Water heater repair & replacement in Oak Park, ten minutes from the shop in Westlake Village. A tank water heater lasts ten to twelve years in our hard water. When it goes, it's either a repair or a replacement.
Call (805) 330-3111
Request a visit
Dan picks up when he can and calls back the same day. You get the price before we start. Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm.
Licensed
CSLB #339618
Insured
Bonded and insured
Since 1977
49 years, two generations
On Google
5.0 stars
Around here
In Oak Park
With no city hall in Oak Park, a water heater replacement here is permitted through Ventura County. The county runs its own inspection schedule, and we plan the job around it so the date we give you holds. You get a tank with strapping and an expansion tank, or a tankless where the gas line allows, and the old unit leaves with us.
Neighborhoods: the Kanan tracts, Lindero Canyon, the streets off Oak Hills Drive, Sutton Valley, the newer tracts up Bowfield.
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Buying the same fixture twice
Pressure regulators
Replacing the same fixture usually means the pressure's too high. We check it while we're there.
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The job
How it goes
No hot water from a gas heater is usually the thermocouple, pilot assembly or gas valve, and that's a repair if the tank is sound. Water on the garage floor means the tank has rusted through, and the heater is done.
Replacement takes most of a day. We fit new flex connectors and a new gas connection, strap it top and bottom as California requires and check the vent. Houses with a pressure regulator, which is most of them here, get an expansion tank. We haul the old one away and handle the permit.
We install 40 and 50 gallon gas units as standard, and bigger ones where needed. Tankless has its own page.
Call if
What you notice,
and what it usually is
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No hot water
Usually the thermocouple or gas valve. A repair.
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Water on the floor around the base
A rusted-through tank. Time to replace it.
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Hot water runs out fast
Sediment or a broken dip tube.
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Rumbling or popping from the tank
Sediment on the bottom. Past ten years, plan on a new tank.
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Rusty hot water
The tank is corroding. Replacement is close.
Four steps
How a job goes
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You call
Dan picks up when he can and calls back the same day. Tell him what it's doing.
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We look
We come out, find the cause and show you, with the old part in hand when there is one.
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You get a price
Before anything starts. Repairs are time plus parts. Bigger jobs get a written bid.
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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
Water heaters 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 a water heater need a permit?
- Yes, in every city and county we work in. It covers the gas, venting and seismic strapping, and it matters when you sell.
- How long does a replacement take?
- Most of a day, with no hot water for about half of it.
- Tank or tankless?
- A tank is the simpler swap. A tankless is a bigger install, since the gas and venting usually change, but it doesn't run out and lasts about twice as long. We can bid both.
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Google reviews
What people say
5.0 ★★★★★ 8 reviews on Google
★★★★★
“Outstanding work! Did a terrific job of diagnosing the issue over the phone prior to repair. Plumber was on time and on point. Work was done quickly and thoroughly. Figured out the most straightforward way to fix the problem and got it done. Small footprint, quick results, up and running in no time. Would absolutely recommend.”
★★★★★
“The absolute best plumber in Los Angeles!”
Nearby
More in Oak Park
- Plumber in Oak Park Everything we do in Oak Park.
- Leak detection in Oak Park Every house in Oak Park is on a slab, so leak detection here starts at the meter.
- 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.
- Tankless 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.
- 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.
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Water heaters · Oak Park
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Most problems get sorted out on a short call. Ten minutes from the shop. Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm.