What’s the difference between a regular plumber and a hot water plumber?

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The benefits of calling a local hot water plumber.

When it comes to maintaining your home’s plumbing, it’s important to know the distinction between a regular plumber and a specialist hot water plumber.

While a regular plumber is trained to handle a variety of tasks such as fixing leaks, installing fixtures, and managing general plumbing systems, a hot water specialist focuses specifically on hot water systems. These specialists have advanced knowledge in the installation, repair, and maintenance of water heaters, ensuring optimal performance and energy efficiency. Understanding the difference can help you choose the right professional for your plumbing needs.

The expertise of a hot water plumber

Specialist hot water plumbers, like Cheapa Hot Water Northern Beaches, focus specifically on plumbing systems relating to hot water. This includes solar hot water systems, gas and electric water heaters and heat pumps.

Hot water plumbers are experts in installing, maintaining, and repairing hot water heaters and the associated piping, water supply, gas and electricity connections.

We have in-depth knowledge about hot water system’s energy efficiency, performance, and compliance with safety standards.

Due to our extensive product knowledge, we can assist our clients in selecting the most energy-efficient water heater to suit their usage needs and budget.

While regular plumbers are licensed to work on hot water systems, a specialist hot water plumber has extensive expertise in troubleshooting and resolving issues specific to all hot water systems.

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Extensive expertise. Fast help. Trusted advice.

  • Fast assistance: Based in Warriewood, our trucks travel throughout the Northern Beaches carrying thousands of spare parts and replacement water heaters to ensure our local customers are back enjoying trouble free hot water quickly.
  • Qualified and licensed : Our highly qualified and fully licensed hot water service technicians have decades of hot water experience.  Our longevity in the industry means we’ve seen just about every hot water system problem imaginable and call on this expertise to quickly repair your hot water system.
  • Expertise you can rely on : We have been specialising in the repair and installation of hot waters systems for 30+ years.
  • Old fashioned service : We are a local, family owned business offering reliable, old fashioned service you can rely on.
  • Save time and money : We have all the necessary equipment to repair your existing hot water system or install a new one so you don’t have to wait for other trades to arrive with the necessary equipment.
  • Value for money : We are qualified to undertake all the plumbing and electrical work required so you don’t have to waste time and money employing multiple trades.
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The photos above highlight the damage caused due to the wrong parts installed by the customer’s electrician. 

A real life case study and warning to property owners.

We were recently contacted by a Mona Vale customer whose rooftop solar hot water system had started leaking. They noticed this because water stains appeared on the ceiling in the master bedroom. As you would expect, this shouldn’t happen!

A few days prior, they had started experiencing unreliable solar hot water.  They contacted a local electrician, thinking he was the right trade for the job.  He attended the property and “claimed” to have solve the problem. Then, the leak occured and they noticed the stains on the ceiling…

Losing trust in the electrician’s expertise, they sought out a local hot water specialist and found us. We attended the property later that day and discovered the source of the problem – the electrician had replaced the thermostat with the wrong type.  The thermostat wasn’t connected properly so wasn’t monitoring and adjusting the temperature in the tank. The water was boiling, reaching temperatures of 100 degrees celcius!!  This is extremely alarming. The tank was so hot, it had melted the paint from the roof tiles.  We’d never seen anything like it.

We removed the faulty thermostat and installed the correct one. Immediately, the hot water system began functioning correctly.

This is just one example where employing a specialist hot water plumber is paramount.  Had the Mona Vale customer contacted us intitially, not only would they have saved money on the cost of two tradespeople, but  also the considerable cost of having to repair the roof tiles and bedroom ceiling.

** SAVE TIME AND MONEY. EMPLOY A LOCAL HOT WATER SPECIALIST **

Did you know that often the repair and installation of a hot water system requires the qualifications of a licensed plumber and licensed electrician?

At Cheapa Hot Water Northern Beaches, we are licensed and qualified to undertake any plumbing, gas, and electrical work required to complete the installation or repair of your hot water system quickly.

Additionally, because we specialise in hot water systems, we can rectify problems faster offering better value for money based on the hourly rates charged by licensed tradespeople.

Don’t waste time and money employing multiple trades. Call and speak to a hot water specialist now on 0410 693 532.

Don’t risk voiding your hot water heater warranty

Did you know that you risk voiding your water heater warranty if it isn’t installed or repaired by a qualified hot water service technician? All our work is carried out by trained and qualified hot water service tradespeople. At Cheapa Hot Water Northern Beaches, we DO NOT employ sub-contractors or outsource to unskilled workers.

Speak to a specialist hot water plumber

No hot water? Running out of hot water? Want to upgrade to a more energy efficient water heater? For fast assistance and advice, give us a call and you’ll speak directly with a specialist hot water plumber (not a receptionist or call centre).  Based in Warriewood, we offer Northern Beaches residents and businesses a fast and reliable hot water repair and replacement service.