Water Heater Repair in Fort Worth, TX
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Tarrant County storms take the power out, and your water heater with it
Tarrant County has logged 35 winter storms and 253 damaging wind events over the past ten years. Storms like that knock out power, and in 2024, a third of Texas households went at least 24 hours without it.
Most water heaters come back on by themselves once power returns. But a day with no power means a day with no hot water in the meantime, and if a storm brings a hard freeze along with the outage, pipes running to the unit are what you have to watch.
- 37°F
- the average winter night, and colder incoming water means longer heating
- 5 months
- November through March, the months homes here need heat
- 33%
- of Texas households lost power for a day or more in 2024, and a heater with an electric element or electric ignition stops without it
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
A new water heater would cut about $290 a year off hot water for a typical Texas home.
Estimates for a typical Texas home, compared with an older unit built to the federal minimum, from EIA household energy data and Texas fuel prices. Your home will differ.
Repair makes sense when an element, thermostat or gas valve has failed.
Replacement makes sense when the tank itself is leaking.
- Why is my water heater leaking from the bottom?
- The tank has likely rusted through and is holding water where it shouldn't. Once the steel lining fails, water finds its way out through the seam at the bottom, and no repair fixes that, the tank needs replacing. Sometimes what looks like a bottom leak is actually the drain valve or a loose fitting above it, and that part can be tightened or swapped out. A contractor can tell the difference in a few minutes by drying the tank off and watching where the water shows up first.
- Why won't the pilot light on my water heater stay lit?
- Most often the thermocouple has worn out and stopped telling the gas valve the pilot is lit, so the valve shuts the gas off. A weak or dirty pilot flame can cause the same problem, since the thermocouple has to sit right in the flame to work. Wind or a draft down the flue can also blow a pilot out repeatedly, especially in a house that isn't sealed tight. Cold snaps in a Fort Worth winter don't cause this on their own, but a bad thermocouple tends to show its failure right when the water heater is running more, which is often through the colder months here.
- Can a tankless water heater be repaired?
- Yes, in most cases. Tankless units are built to be serviced, and common problems like a clogged flow sensor, a failed igniter, or mineral scale built up on the heat exchanger can usually be cleared or replaced without swapping the whole unit. Error codes on the display usually point straight to the part at fault, which makes diagnosis faster than with a tank. A contractor licensed by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation can pull the code, confirm the part, and price the repair for your unit.