Emergency Water Heater Service
Active leaks and cold houses at night, at weekends and on holidays.
Broward · Palm Beach · Lee County · Statewide
Water Heater Repair and Replacement Services in Florida
No hot water, a closet heater leaking toward the unit below, or hot water that smells like rotten eggs. Call one number and we connect you with an experienced local pro for water heater repair or replacement, from Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach to Fort Myers and Cape Coral.
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Answered 24/7. Tell us what the heater is doing and where it's installed.
- Answered 24/7
- Same-day service often available
- Pricing explained before work begins
- Charges explained before work
- Workmanship terms set by the pro
- Condos, manufactured and single-family homes
No hot water? Start here
A two-minute check that makes the call faster
None of this involves opening a panel or touching a control. It tells the technician what they're walking into, and tells you whether this is a cold-shower problem or a water-on-the-floor problem.
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Tell us what you found. It helps match the right pro to the unit.
- Is it every tap, or just one? If one shower runs cold but the kitchen is hot, the heater is probably fine and the problem sits at that fixture. Cold everywhere points to the heater.
- Is there water around the heater? Pooling on the floor, a full drain pan or a steady drip is a leak, and it outranks a cold shower. If you can reach the valve on the cold-water pipe feeding the heater, closing it stops more water entering the tank. In a condo, tell the association or management office too.
- What kind of unit is it? The label on the side says electric, gas, heat pump or tankless. In Florida it's usually electric.
- Has its breaker tripped? That's useful to report. It usually means a fault the technician needs to trace, so leave the electrical side alone.
- Smell gas? Leave the building and call your gas utility and 911 from outside.
Water heaters only
Water heater repair and replacement services in Florida
We don't do drains, toilets or remodels. Every page on this site, and every call we take, is about one appliance: the tank, tankless or heat pump unit that heats your water.
Leaking Water Heater
Top fittings, relief valve, drain valve or the tank itself? Where the water comes from decides the fix.
Condo Water Heater Replacement
Closet heaters swapped out around elevators, building hours and the association's requirements.
Rotten-Egg Smell in Hot Water
Why the hot side smells of sulfur, why wells make it likelier, and what pros usually do about it.
Electric Water Heater Repair
The bread-and-butter Florida repair, because most heaters in the state run on electricity.
Heat Pump Water Heater Installation
A strong match for warm, humid air, as long as the space and the drainage suit it.
Manufactured Home Water Heaters
Compartment and closet units in manufactured and mobile homes, replaced with the right fit.
In a condo
When the water heater is inside a condo unit
Across Broward, Palm Beach and the Gulf coast, a large share of water heaters sit in a closet inside a condo unit, often with another home directly underneath. When one of those tanks lets go, the problem stops being private quickly. The person calling us is as often the neighbor below or the management office as the owner.
Who usually needs to know
- The association or management office
- The owner, if you're a tenant or the neighbor who noticed
- The unit below, if water may have travelled
Access matters
The technician needs entry to the unit, and many buildings set rules on contractor hours, elevator use, parking and how old equipment leaves. If the owner is away, whoever holds a key should be part of the plan.
Check the association's rules
Many associations have their own requirements on water heater age, replacement timing and installation. They vary from building to building, so check with yours before a replacement is booked.
We don't decide who is responsible for what after a condo leak, and nobody on our phones will guess. Those questions belong with your association and your own insurer. What we can do is get a water heater pro to the unit, working within the building's access rules.
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The pro you're connected with can coordinate timing with management or the owner's key holder.
Where we work
From the Southeast and Southwest coasts to the Panhandle
Most of our calls come from Broward, Palm Beach and Lee counties: Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Deerfield Beach, West Palm Beach, Fort Myers and the cities around them. We cover the rest of Florida too: 278 communities in six regions, each with its own housing and water heater habits.
Core region 41 communities
Southeast Coast
Broward, Palm Beach, Miami-Dade, Martin, St. Lucie and the Keys. Dense coastal condo towers, 55-plus communities and seasonal homes.
Core region 31 communities
Southwest Coast
Lee, Collier, Charlotte, Sarasota and Manatee. Canal homes, Gulf-front condos and a large seasonal population.
46 communities
Tampa Bay
Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Hernando and Citrus. Mid-century coastal homes, postwar tract streets and inland manufactured communities.
82 communities
Central Florida
Orlando's suburbs, the Space Coast, Volusia, Polk, Lake and Marion. Master-planned growth and a very large manufactured-home stock.
50 communities
North Florida
Jacksonville, the First Coast, Gainesville and Tallahassee. A real cool season and more single-family and older homes.
28 communities
Panhandle
Pensacola to Panama City and inland to the Alabama line. Colder winters, older single-family homes and summer-season beach condos.
Why most Florida calls are about electric heaters
Natural gas reaches far fewer homes here than in most states, so the typical Florida water heater is an electric tank. That changes what goes wrong. The usual faults are heating elements that burn out, thermostats that stop responding and high-limit cutoffs that trip.
The symptoms are fairly readable. Water that's warm but never hot, or hot water that runs out early, often points to one of the two elements. No heat at all can mean the upper element, a thermostat or a tripped cutoff. None of these are repairs to attempt yourself; describing the symptom is enough.
Heat pump units suit Florida air
A heat pump water heater pulls heat out of the surrounding air and moves it into the tank. It works best in warm, humid air, which describes most of Florida for most of the year, and it cools and dries the space it sits in.
It isn't right everywhere. The unit needs air around it, so a small interior closet can be a tight fit without louvered doors or ducting. There's a fan you can hear, and condensate that needs somewhere to drain. An installer looks at the space before recommending one.
What's that smell?
Hot water that smells like rotten eggs
It's one of Florida's most common water heater complaints. The smell is hydrogen sulfide. Often it forms inside the tank, where naturally occurring sulfur and sulfate-reducing bacteria in the water can react with the anode rod, the metal rod that corrodes on purpose to protect the steel.
That's why it tends to show up on the hot side only. It's especially common on private wells, and often stronger after water has sat unused.
The usual remedies, in general terms, are a different type of anode, flushing the tank, or treating the water supply itself. Which applies depends on the water and the heater, and a technician confirms the cause on site before recommending anything.
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Mention whether you're on a well or city water. It narrows things down.
Leaving for the season?
Before a home or condo sits empty for months
A lot of Florida homes are empty for part of the year, and a slow leak in an empty condo can run for weeks before anyone notices. A few steps before you leave make that far less likely.
- Shut off the main water supply, or your unit's own valve in a condo.
- Ask a technician how your heater should be left. Some have a vacation setting; for others it depends on the fuel type and how the water is shut off.
- Consider a leak detector or automatic shutoff valve by the heater.
- Leave a key and a contact with someone local, and keep the association's records current.
When you return, turn the water on slowly, run each tap until the air clears and look at the drain pan. A brief sulfur smell on the first hot run after months away is common. If it lingers, that's worth a call.
Heading North for the Season? Call First
Useful before you leave, or when a neighbor calls to say something's wrong.
Repair or replace
How the decision usually gets made
There's no formula, but the same few questions settle most cases, and a good technician walks you through them.
Repair tends to make sense when
- The tank itself is sound and the unit is fairly young
- The fault is a part: an element, thermostat, valve or fitting
- The heater still keeps up with the household
Replacement tends to make sense when
- The tank body is leaking, which can't be patched
- The unit is older and the repair is a big share of a new one
- Hot water hasn't kept up for a while, or you're weighing heat pump or tankless anyway
How old is your heater?
Reading the age off the label
Age is the most useful single fact on a water heater call, and it's printed on the rating plate on the side of the tank. Many manufacturers build the manufacture date into the serial number, usually as a year plus a month or week.
The pattern differs by brand. On one unit a serial starting 1409 might mean the ninth week of 2014; on another the date is coded in letters. If it's hard to read, reading the serial out on the phone is enough for the technician to work it out.
How it works
One call, one local pro, a price before any work
We're a referral service, not a contractor. The pros are independent local businesses, and every page on the site says so at the bottom.
You call
A person answers, day or night. Tell us the symptom, the type of unit and where it's installed.
We match a pro
We connect you with an independent water heater pro who works in your area and in your kind of home.
Price explained first
The technician explains what they found and the price before starting, along with any added charges.
The work gets done
Repair or replacement by that pro, with any workmanship guarantee coming from that pro.
Questions Florida callers ask
Do you only work on water heaters?
Yes. This service covers water heater repair, replacement, installation and maintenance, and nothing else. That includes tank, tankless, heat pump, gas and solar-backed units in houses, condos, manufactured homes and small commercial buildings. If the pro spots an unrelated plumbing issue, they can mention it, but the water heater is the reason we exist.
Which parts of Florida do you cover?
278 communities across 62 counties, grouped into six regions. Most calls come from Broward, Palm Beach and Lee counties, including Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Deerfield Beach, West Palm Beach and Fort Myers, but coverage runs from the Keys to the Panhandle. Each community's page lists the ZIP codes it covers.
Who actually comes to my home?
An independent local plumbing or water heater professional. We take the call, understand the problem and connect you with a pro who works in your area. The work, the pricing and any workmanship guarantee come from that pro, and they explain the price before starting anything.
A water heater in my condo leaked into the unit below. What should I do first?
If you can reach the valve on the cold-water line feeding the heater, close it so no more water enters the tank. Let the association or management office know, and the owner if that isn't you. Then call us to get a technician to the unit. Questions about responsibility and costs belong with your association and your own insurer.
Why does only my hot water smell like rotten eggs?
Often because the smell is created inside the heater. Sulfur and certain bacteria in the water can react with the tank's anode rod and produce hydrogen sulfide, which you notice on the hot side only. It's especially common with well water. A technician confirms the cause on site; typical answers include a different anode, flushing, or treating the supply.
How long do water heaters last in Florida?
There's no fixed number. Tank life depends on water hardness, how well the anode has held up, how hard the unit works and whether it has been flushed. Once a tank is past ten years, it's worth having it looked at before it turns into an emergency, especially in a closet or condo.
Is a heat pump water heater a good fit in Florida?
Often, yes. Heat pump units draw heat from the surrounding air, and warm, humid Florida air suits them well. They also dehumidify the space around them. They need room to breathe, a place for condensate to drain and some tolerance for fan noise, so a garage is usually easier than a small closet. An installer checks the space first.
Can you replace a water heater in a manufactured home?
Yes. The pros we work with replace heaters in manufactured and mobile homes regularly, whether the unit sits in an exterior compartment or a small interior closet. Requirements do apply to water heaters in manufactured housing, and the installer confirms what fits your home before the job is booked.
How much will it cost?
It depends on what's wrong, the type and size of unit, where it's installed and how easy it is to reach. An upper-floor condo closet is a different job from an open garage. The technician gives you the price before any work begins, with any added charges explained first, so you decide with the number in front of you.
Hot water trouble, wherever you are in Florida
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