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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 the county permit all done properly.
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 around here lasts ten to twelve years, and the hard water does not help. When it goes, it goes one of two ways, and one of them is a repair.
Call (805) 330-3111
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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
On Google
5.0 stars
In Oak Park
What this job looks like
in Oak Park
A water heater replacement in Oak Park is permitted through Ventura County, since Oak Park has no city hall, and the county has its own inspection schedule, and we build the job around it so the date we give you holds. Tank replacements with strapping and an expansion tank, or a tankless conversion where the gas line allows, and the old unit goes with us.
Streets and pockets we work in: 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
If you are replacing the same fixture more than once, high pressure is usually the reason. We check it while we are there anyway.
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The job
How it goes
No hot water on a gas heater is usually the thermocouple, the pilot assembly or the gas valve. Those are repairs, if the tank itself is sound. Water on the garage floor is different. A tank that is leaking from the body has rusted through from the inside, and that heater is finished. We say which you have on the phone if you can tell us what you see, and for certain within a few minutes of arriving.
A replacement is most of a day. We drain and remove the old unit, set the new one, fit new flex connectors and a new gas line connection, strap it to the wall at the top and bottom the way California requires, check the vent for draft and clearance, and fit an expansion tank if the house has a pressure regulator, which most here do. Then we fill it, light it, check for leaks and take the old one away. The permit is pulled in your name and the inspection is booked.
We install 40 and 50 gallon gas units as standard, and larger where the house needs it. If you are weighing a tankless instead, that is a different job with its own page.
Call if
What you notice,
and what it usually is
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No hot water
The thermocouple or gas valve on a gas unit. Usually a repair.
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Water on the floor around the base
The tank has rusted through. This one is a replacement.
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Hot water runs out fast
Sediment in the tank or a broken dip tube. A flush helps a younger tank. An old one is near the end.
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Rumbling or popping from the tank
Sediment boiling on the bottom. Flush it, and if the tank is over ten years old, start planning the replacement.
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Rusty hot water
The anode rod is used up and the tank is corroding. Replacement is close.
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
Water heaters in Oak Park: things people ask
- How fast can you get to Oak Park?
- Usually the same day. Ten minutes up Kanan or Lindero Canyon from Westlake Village. Say what it is doing when you call.
- Who issues permits in Oak Park?
- Ventura County, because Oak Park has no city government. The county has its own schedule for inspections and we build the job around it, so the date we give you is one we can keep.
- Does a water heater need a permit?
- Yes, in every city and county we work in. It covers the gas connection, the venting and the seismic strapping, and the inspection is part of the price. It matters when you sell the house.
- How long does a replacement take?
- Most of a day. You are without hot water for about half of it.
- Tank or tankless?
- A tank is cheaper to buy and simpler to replace. A tankless costs more to install, because the gas line and the venting usually change, and then gives endless hot water and lasts about twice as long. If your tank sits in a tight closet or you keep running out of hot water, it is worth pricing both. We do both and will say which fits the house.
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Google reviews
What people say
5.0 ★★★★★ 5 reviews on Google
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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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Nearby, and related
More in Oak Park,
and this job elsewhere
- Plumber in Oak Park The whole town: what the houses are plumbed with, what people call about, the neighborhoods.
- Leak detection in Oak Park Oak Park is slab on grade throughout, built in phases from the seventies to the nineties, so a leak here is copper under the floor in the older phases and a failed regulator or an irrigation line in the newer ones. We isolate the house from the irrigation and hot from cold at the meter before anything else, and most leaks are narrowed to one line in that first hour.
- Drain cleaning in Oak Park Oak Park drains are the usual valley mix: grease in the kitchen line, hair in the tubs, and on the older phases a main line that roots find at the joints. We clear it from the cleanout, and if it has backed up before we camera it so you know whether it is the clog or the pipe.
- Repiping in Oak Park The earliest Oak Park phases, late seventies and eighties, are reaching the point where original copper starts to pinhole.
- Pressure regulators in Oak Park If you are replacing the same fixture twice in Oak Park, the regulator is usually why.
- Repairs in Oak Park Oak Park is unincorporated, so the small work that needs a permit goes through Ventura County instead of a city hall.
- Tankless in Oak Park Oak Park has no city hall, so a tankless conversion here is permitted and inspected by Ventura County, and the county keeps its own inspection schedule, which we plan the job around. The rest is the gas and the venting. A tank draws about 40,000 BTU and a whole-house tankless wants 150,000 or more, so the line gets upsized from the meter, and the vent and the condensate drain are run for the unit. Isolation valves go on both sides so the yearly descale the hard water calls for is a short visit.
- Sewer camera & repair in Oak Park Oak Park sewers run to Triunfo Water and Sanitation District, and the laterals from the house out to the main belong to the house.
- Gas lines in Oak Park Gas work in Oak Park is permitted through Ventura County, since there is no city building department here, and the inspector checks the pressure test before the line goes back into service. New runs are most of it: a BBQ or outdoor kitchen, a fire pit, a pool heater, a range, a dryer, each sized by its BTU rating and the length of the run, in black iron with a shutoff at the appliance. The other common one is upsizing from the meter for a tankless heater, which the older tracts here almost always need. If you smell gas, leave the house and call SoCalGas first.
- Slab leaks in Oak Park Oak Park is slab on grade throughout, built in phases from the seventies into the nineties, so the copper water lines run in or under the floor.
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Water heaters · Oak Park
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 from the shop. Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm.