About Us
We're a referral service with a narrow job: when a Florida water heater stops working, starts leaking or starts to smell, we connect the person calling with an experienced local pro who can deal with it.
The number is answered around the clock, every day of the year.
What this site is
FL Water Heater Fix is a referral service. We connect homeowners, condo owners and property managers with independent local plumbing and water heater professionals across Florida. We don't employ technicians and we don't carry out repairs ourselves. The pro who comes to your home runs their own business, sets their own prices and stands behind their own work.
We say that plainly because it matters when you're deciding who to let into your home. It's also printed at the foot of every page.
What happens when you call
A person answers. They'll ask a handful of practical questions: what the heater is doing, roughly how old it is, whether it's electric, gas, heat pump or tankless, and where it's installed. A garage, an interior closet, a condo unit and a manufactured-home compartment are four different jobs, and knowing which one it is helps.
If water is escaping, they'll check that you know where the shutoff valve on the cold-water line is. If you mention a gas smell, they'll tell you to leave the building and call your gas utility and 911 from outside. They won't walk you through repairs over the phone. Electrical and gas work on a water heater belongs with a professional.
Two minutes on the phone is usually enough to get the right pro moving.
How a local pro is matched
Florida isn't one market. A condo tower in Fort Lauderdale, a canal home in Cape Coral, a manufactured home near Lakeland and a 1950s house in Pensacola need different things from the person who turns up. We match on location first, then on the type of unit and the type of home, so the pro who arrives is used to that kind of job.
Once connected, the technician takes over. They look at the heater, explain what they've found and give you the price before any work begins. The pro explains any added charges first, and any workmanship guarantee comes from the pro who does the work.
What we do, and what we don't
We do one thing: water heaters. Repair, replacement, installation, maintenance and the questions that come with them, like whether a heat pump unit suits your garage or why your hot water smells of sulfur. We don't do drain cleaning, remodels or general plumbing, and we don't pretend to.
We also don't give legal, insurance or association advice. After a condo leak, questions about who is responsible belong with your association and your own insurer, and we'll say so rather than guess. We don't quote prices on the phone for work nobody has seen, and we don't promise arrival times we can't control.
Why a Florida-only water heater service
Florida water heaters have their own habits. Most are electric, because natural gas reaches fewer homes here. Many sit in interior closets in condo buildings, where a leak affects the neighbors. Hard water from the limestone aquifer shortens tank life in much of the state. Private wells bring the rotten-egg smell. And a lot of homes sit empty for months at a time. The guides across this site are written around those conditions, not copied from somewhere colder.
Browse the water heater services we cover, or find your community in the areas we serve, from the Southeast and Southwest coasts to the Panhandle.
Not sure it's urgent? Ask anyway. Sometimes the honest answer is that it can wait.
Hot water back, handled by someone local
One call connects you with an independent pro who works in your area and your kind of home.
Pricing explained before work begins.