Water Heater Repair & Installation in Franklin Square, NYGas Houses and Oil Houses

The Census Bureau's latest survey shows 63% of homes heating with utility gas, 28% with fuel oil and 6% with bottled, tank or LP gas. Natural gas houses usually have a gas tank heater on a chimney or flue. In an oil house, the boiler often makes the hot water through a coil or an indirect tank. A home on tank gas needs equipment set up for that fuel, so tell us what your house uses when you call. On natural gas jobs we check the gas piping and venting every time.

The Franklin Square Water District's 2025 report shows total hardness of 36.1 to 42.8 mg/L, which is soft, and nitrate of 1.0 to 2.0 mg/L, well under the limit. The district adds sodium hydroxide to raise the pH and reduce corrosion. Soft water leaves little scale, but sediment still collects, and the anode rod that protects the tank wears over time. Flushing the tank once a year and checking the anode on an older heater extend its life.

The district's report says it requires every resident with an automatic lawn sprinkler system to maintain a backflow device, so water from the sprinkler lines can't flow back into the drinking water. That's separate from your water heater, but it's often in the same basement; if you have a sprinkler system, call the district office at (516) 354-0780 for its requirements.