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Tank Water Heater Installation

Expert Tank Water Heater Installation in Frisco, TX

Hot water is essential—it’s a must-have for cooking, cleaning, bathing, or even just washing your hands. Being without it is both inconvenient and uncomfortable, especially during the winter months. Earl’s Plumbing understands this importance and treats every hot water heater call as an emergency, even if there is not an active leak present.

We keep a tank water heater ready to install on every truck, as well as the most common repair parts and materials to complete an installation or repair on the same visit. When your family’s comfort is at stake, don’t wait around for subpar service. Trust the team that’s always prepared and ready to get you back to normal as quickly as possible!

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If you’re in Frisco, McKinney, Plano, or any of the surrounding communities, give us a call today.

We Make Replacing Your Water Heater Easy

We know replacing a water heater isn’t something most homeowners want to do. That’s why we provide you with multiple options and all the pertinent details for you to consider. With us, the sky is never falling and we never use high-pressure sales techniques. If you want honest people that provide quality outcomes that far exceed our competitors, make Earl’s Plumbing your first call.

When you choose Earl’s Plumbing for your tank water heater installation, your purchase includes:

  • All materials ($300+ value)
  • New quarter-turn ball shut-off valves
  • New stainless steel water supply lines
  • New thermal expansion tank (as required by city code)
  • New gas flex lines and gas sediment trap
  • Free haul away and disposal of old unit
  • All sales tax included (and no tax on labor)
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Answers to Your Frequently Asked Questions

When it comes to ripping off the band-aid and replacing your water heater, there are a few important things to consider. We’ve answered the most common questions below, but if you don’t see yours, please feel free to call us directly.

At Earl’s Plumbing, we have no problem providing you with a price over the phone. We just ask if you are calling others to compare, that you make sure that you are comparing apples to apples and that you ask all of the right questions.

Our basic water heater installation includes us replacing virtually everything—not just the water heater. In many cases, when you get a lower price on a quote, you’re getting an inferior water heater and nothing besides the installation—that means extra fees for haul away and disposal, additional sales tax, and no new parts, which are crucial for efficiency and often required by code. In other words, unlike these commission companies, we’re not “tank yankers.”

Our price includes all of these services—including tax. On the rare occasion that we run into something out of the ordinary, we give you our commitment that we will never try to sell you something at an inflated price. None of our employees are on commission. Our plumbers and technicians do not have sales quotas and they are not incentivized to add to your final invoice.

Natural Gas Residential Tank Water Heaters 

Rheem 12-year, 50-Gallon Natural Gas Water Heater 

  • TANK – 12-year full replacement warranty from the manufacturer for tank leaks
  • PARTS – 8-year full replacement warranty from the manufacturer for ALL parts
  • LABOR – 6-year limited labor warranty from Earl’s Plumbing   

Rheem 8-year, 50-Gallon Natural Gas Water Heater 

  • TANK – 8-year full replacement warranty from the manufacturer for tank leaks
  • PARTS – 8-year full replacement warranty from the manufacturer for ALL parts
  • LABOR – 4-year limited labor warranty from Earl’s Plumbing   

Bradford & White 6-year, 50-Gallon Natural Gas Water Heater 

  • TANK – 6-year full replacement warranty from the manufacturer for tank leaks
  • PARTS – 6-year full replacement warranty from the manufacturer for ALL parts
  • LABOR – 2-year limited labor warranty from Earl’s Plumbing   

Electric Residential Tank Water Heaters 

Bradford & White 6-year, 50-Gallon Electric Water Heater 

  • TANK – 6-year full replacement warranty from the manufacturer for tank leaks
  • PARTS – 6-year full replacement warranty from the manufacturer for ALL parts
  • LABOR – 1-year limited labor warranty from Earl’s Plumbing   

Rheem 8-year, 50-Gallon Electric Water Heater 

  • TANK – 8-year full replacement warranty from the manufacturer for tank leaks
  • PARTS – 8-year full replacement warranty from the manufacturer for ALL parts
  • LABOR – 2-year limited labor warranty from Earl’s Plumbing

Earl’s Plumbing installs Navien Tankless Water Heaters, the #1 brand of tankless water heaters in North America. In fact, we install almost as many tankless water heaters as we do traditional tank heaters. So, we are experts in providing you with multiple options for both.

This limits the flow of the leak to a manageable rate, allowing the tank heaters to “gulp out” any remaining water inside until help arrives. It also allows the drain pan to collect the remaining water and drain it outside as designed.

A Flood Stop can save you thousands in repairs bills and insurance headaches and is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED for all attic water heater installations. Some homeowners insurance providers even apply discounts for leak detection devices.

Think about the amount of wasted water and personal time that you could get back over the course of a week, month, or year!

A recirculation crossover system will reduce hot water wait times for most fixtures in your home, and it’s very affordable. It is a service that we have perfected with our Navien tankless water heater installations, and we can get the same results with tank water heaters too. Let us give you a free estimate today.

Installing a whole house Wi-Fi-enabled leak monitoring device not only alerts you to a potential issue, but it will also shut your water off if something seems irregular.

Some homeowners insurance policies require these types of devices in order to renew your policy. They also provide significantly discounted rates if your home possesses a leak detection or damage mitigation device.

A gas water heater also has a yellow or gray flexible hose leading from a black pipe to the bottom center of the water heater. Electric water heaters have neither of these characteristics and will instead have a piece of flexible conduit leading into the top of the heater. 

In the Collin and Denton County areas of North Texas, we are a natural gas market. About 99% of water heaters here are gas-powered. That includes Frisco, McKinney, Plano, Allen, Little Elm, Prosper, and the surrounding areas.  

That means there are very few electric water heaters and even fewer propane water heaters here. Electric water heaters are a little more common in commercial or business environments or homes that: 

  • Were built in the 1980s or earlier
  • Are under 2,300 sq ft 
  • Have just a single water heater in place

If you are one of the rare few homeowners that don’t have a natural gas water heater, please communicate this to your point of contact early in the process. 

50-gallon water heaters dominate the area market so much that a 40-gallon water heater is actually 15 to 20 percent more expensive than a similarly featured 50-gallon heater, despite the additional materials.

At Earl’s Plumbing, we keep notes on all of the brands that we have replaced or repaired, making special note of brands that we replace due to leak failures and/or full-blown ruptures. To Earl’s Plumbing, quality matters, and we would never offer a product that does not meet our standards.

Brands of Water Heaters That You Might Find in North Texas:

  • A.O. Smith
  • State
  • American
  • US Craftmaster
  • Lochinvar
  • Reliance
  • Whirlpool (Lowe’s private)
  • A.O. Smith (Lowe’s private)
  • Rheem
  • Ruud
  • Richmond
  • American Standard
  • GE (Home Depot private)
  • Rheem (Home Depot private)
  • Kenmore (Sears – OBSOLETE)
  • Bradford & White

Note: Not every brand listed is readily available in North Texas. So, if you are doing your own model research on the manufacturer’s website, save yourself some time. At Earl’s Plumbing, we only offer the best brands and models available for our area and these options allow you to choose what is the best for your home and situation.

Below are some of the major differences between retail and professional-grade water heaters.

  • Tank Manufacturing Process: There are significant quality differences in the tank wall-lining process of retail water heaters. The wall lining helps shield the inside of the metal tank from the negative effects of water, which is an important longevity consideration. The overall quality of components is lower as well, including the self-sacrificing anode rod(s). Like the lining, anode rods are in place to help prolong the life of the tank and differentiate the various models.
  • Plastic vs. Brass Drain Spouts: The most obvious visible difference is the plastic threaded drain spouts that are found on the home improvement big box retail water heaters. These odd plastic contraptions are poorly designed and often leak. In professional-grade brands and models, the drain spouts are constructed of solid brass.
  • Gas Control Valves: A faulty gas control valve replacement is the most expensive repair that can be done on any tank water heater. On retail water heaters, these valves have a poor history and an unusually high failure rate in comparison to any of the brands offered by plumbing wholesalers to professional plumbers.
  • Repair Part Availability: Repair parts for retail store water heater models are not stocked or sold by any of the plumbing wholesale suppliers. That means once a problem is diagnosed, the repair part must be shipped in—leaving you without hot water for another 2-3 days. A pro-grade water heater can be repaired the same day or, worst case, the next day if the part is not already stocked on the truck like they are in the “warehouse on wheels” Earl’s Plumbing trucks.
  • Warranty Issues: If a retail water heater develops a leak under warranty, the process of securing a replacement is extremely difficult and frustrating. In contrast, in the very rare event that one of our water heaters develops a leak under warranty, we have that heater already on our truck or in our shop. We just pop the new one in and manage the paperwork through our supplier—no standing in line at the customer service counter, no phone calls to the manufacturer, and no authorization required!

Next is the geographical area of your home: the overall water quality, water hardness, water pressure, and atmospheric and environmental conditions.

Other factors that could affect the overall lifespan of a water heater for both tank and tankless systems are whether you have a water conditioning & filter system or a water softener system. A water conditioning system that uses template-assisted crystallization (TAC) media can help extend the life of the water heater. However, the more common salt tablet water softener systems can damage some storage tank heaters over time.

Softening the water can be great for your hair, skin, water lines, plumbing fixtures, and shower glass. It also helps tankless water heaters from producing scale buildup. But salt tablet softener systems add trace amounts of sodium chloride to the water supply, which can have long-term negative effects on the inside of steel storage tanks. Copper and stainless steel storage tanks are not affected.

But if your tank water heater makes it to 9 years—especially if it is the unit from the initial construction process—then you have done well.

Tank water heaters purchased at or installed by the big box home improvement stores tend to last far less time before a major repair or a leak materializes. Even major brand name, 6-year tank heater models sold at the big box home center retailers only tend to last between 7 to 10 years.

The expected life of a tank water heater is shorter if you have a salt tablet water softener system. These systems have many benefits but they have a long-term negative impact on the longevity of a storage tank water heater.

Just because your heater is still producing hot water and it is not yet leaking does NOT mean it is functioning properly or efficiently. The manufacturer designed and assigned a warranty expectation of 6, 8, or 12 years for a reason.

At Earl’s Plumbing, we strongly recommend being very proactive when it comes to replacing tank water heaters. This is especially true if they are in that 9- to 12-year range or if they are located above a living area. We have seen many homes with catastrophic damage due to water heaters that have leaked or ruptured.

There are two primary reasons a manufacturer can extend its standard warranty coverage on a storage-tank water heater:

  • Interior Tank Lining: Modern hot water tanks are made of steel but are coated with lining. This lining is typically made of glass, enameled porcelain, or another hardened proprietary material. This lining serves as a layer of protection from rust, corrosion, scale buildup, and other contaminants in the water. However, it will eventually start to erode, becoming part of the sediment buildup in the bottom of every tank water heater.
  • Sacrificial Anode Rod: An anode rod is a long metal rod that is coated with a proprietary blend of base metals such as aluminum, magnesium, zinc, or another alloy combination. Every tank water heater has an anode rod inside, and sometimes more than one. Magnesium rods tend to be more expensive, but they are also more effective. The purpose of the anode rod is simple: self-sacrifice. This part is more reactive to the various corrosive elements and minerals in our North Texas water. Essentially, the anode rod attracts and reacts with these benign but corrosive materials, which means it gets eaten away first—before the lining and steel tank.

Another consideration is cost. The most common repair (80%) for any brand or model of a storage-tank water heater is the gas control valve (GCV). The gas control valve (GCV) is the most expensive replacement part on a tank water heater. It is also the most difficult repair, and therefore from a labor standpoint, the most expensive.

The “snap, crackle, pop” or “popcorn sound” that you hear coming from a tank water heater is sediment build-up bouncing off the metal bottom as the water is heated. Water heater sediment is very similar to pea-sized gravel, and for the most part, it is too heavy and large to be flushed out of the small drain opening. If you hear this popping sound, it is more of an annoyance than anything, but it is also a sign that replacement is in your near future.

See What Frisco is Saying About Our Water Heater Services

“I’ve had two occasions when I’ve used Earl’s Plumbing. Justin McNair is an outstanding expert plumber who immediately recognized deficiencies in the installation of our hot water system, which had previously been addressed by three master plumbers. It took him less than 30 minutes to identify the problem and another 30 minutes to make repairs after I had spent months trying to find a plumber capable of identifying and remediating the issues at our home. He was also able to efficiently repair and reroute plumbing using PEX in a short time.  I will never use another plumbing service…”

Louis L

“Earl’s Plumbing crew was super fast with our new tankless water heater installation, and very friendly and informative – answering all our questions and showing/explaining to us our new system. They were also very respectful of keeping our home tidy, wearing shoe coverings when walking through areas of our home to test the water, and laying down runners from the front door to the upstairs attic area where they were working. The pricing was very fair and we are extremely happy to be rid of our 2 old 50G tank water heaters. From quote to install, this process couldn’t have gone more smoothly, and we sincerely appreciate the services provided. We’ll definitely be recommending them to our family, neighbors, and friends!  Thank you Earl’s Plumbing for an excellent experience from start to finish!!!”

Lonnie n Carly S

“Earl’s Plumbing installed a tankless water heater recently and I couldn’t be more please with the customer service in general and the installation. The crew that came out was professional, knowledgeable, and willing to answer any questions. Highly recommended!”

Jason L.
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Choose Frisco’s Comprehensive Water Heater Experts

Replacing your water heater can be a big investment, so you want to make sure you’re getting the most out of it. Our team has an unmatched dedication to helping our customers make the best decision for their household and budget. With comprehensive installation services, high-quality systems, free estimates, and guaranteed work with labor warranties, Earl’s Plumbing is your best choice for water heater replacement in the Frisco area!

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