Approve the number by noon, shower hot tonight
A standard 40- or 50-gallon swap is a same-day job for us in most cases — and if you're ready to stop scheduling showers around a recovery tank, the tankless conversation starts here too.
The swap, done properly
What "installed" means on our invoice
The cheap version of this job drops a new tank on the old connections and leaves. Ours brings the installation up to snuff while we're there, because the ten extra items are what keep a water heater boring for the next twelve years:
- Sized to the household — a 40 that never keeps up and a 75 that heats water nobody uses are both mistakes; we ask about bathrooms and habits first
- Flue or PVC venting checked and corrected, not inherited
- Drain pan and a working shutoff valve — the two cheapest insurance policies in plumbing
- Expansion tank and relief-valve discharge piped right
- Gas connection leak-tested end to end
- Old unit hauled out on our truck, floor left clean — the word our reviews keep using
Tank or tankless?
For a two-bathroom house with teenagers, tankless earns its premium: endless hot water, wall-mounted, floor space back. For a one-bathroom bungalow, a quality tank is the honest answer — the payback math on tankless never lands. We quote whichever fits, and if it's close, you get both numbers side by side. Tankless units need annual descaling in our water; that's a line on the quote, not a surprise later.
Already leaking?
Shut the cold-water valve above the tank, then the gas or breaker, and call — a leaking tank never gets better overnight. If you're not sure it's the tank, start at water heater repair and we'll sort it in one visit.