Hot Water System Supplier · Randolph County, NC
Hot Water System Supplier in Randolph County
Gunny's Plumbing is a hot water system supplier in Randolph County, and we are a family business. We fix, service, install and replace water heaters for homes and shops around here. Tank or tankless. Gas or electric. We size the heater to your house. We charge a fair price. We live in this county too, so the work has our name on it.
Water Heater Repair in Randolph County
Warm showers that never get hot. Rusty water. A popping tank. A pilot light that keeps going out. Those are the calls our phone rings with most. When a gas heater will not stay lit, we meter the thermocouple first. Most days, that is the part that failed.
We change thermostats, heating elements, thermocouples, gas valves, dip tubes and drain valves. Every visit starts the same way. We test the parts. We look at the flue and the vent pipe. We check the temperature and pressure relief valve. When a part is bad, we hand it to you.
Water leaking from the body of the tank is a different story. The steel has rusted all the way through. No part in the truck fixes a hole. We tell you that before we charge you for anything. Much of the county is on hard well water. That water crusts the elements and eats years off a tank. Our Water Heater Repair work covers all of it.
Water Heater Installation for Homes in Asheboro and Archdale
New houses, room additions, and a first heater in a shop all need a fresh install. We size by bathrooms, by how many people live there, and by tub size. We do not guess at it.
Water Heater Installation means setting the tank and running the water lines. We fit the shutoff and the relief valve, pipe the drain, and test every joint for drips. In a garage, attic or closet, a drain pan and drain line are not extras. They keep a small leak from soaking a ceiling.
North Carolina plumbing rules and county permits tell us how to vent it, strap it and leave clearance. We follow them. Here is something we find in attics more than you would think. The pan drain line was run slightly uphill. It has never carried one drop of water.
Tankless Water Heaters in Randolph County
A tankless heater suits a small utility room, long showers, and houses that keep running out of hot water. But switching over changes a lot. Most jobs need a bigger gas line and their own vent. Add a drain for condensation and power for the control board.
These units hang on the wall, so you get your floor back. That helps in older homes with tight closets. Winter matters here too. Ground water gets cold in January. When it does, the unit heats less water per minute. So we size for the coldest month, not a mild one.
On a well, you almost always need a sediment filter or a softener ahead of the unit. Skip it and the heat exchanger fills with scale. We have opened units only a few winters old, crusted white inside. Talk to us about Tankless Water Heaters before you order one online.
Gas Water Heater Installation
Lots of homes here run on natural gas. Out on country lots near Seagrove and Staley, it is usually a propane tank in the yard. Gas Water Heater Installation covers sizing the gas line and adding a sediment trap and drip leg. We set a shutoff and soap test every joint.
We check the vent for good draft, the right slope, and clearance from anything that can burn. Atmospheric vent, power vent and direct vent each suit a different kind of room. We tell you which one your space calls for, and why.
The part most folks never think about is air. A burner needs air to burn. In a tight basement or a sealed-up closet, the flame goes lazy and yellow. It leaves black soot on the burner cover. When we pull a cover and see that soot, the gas line is usually fine. The room is the problem. We size the air supply as carefully as the pipe.
Water Heater Flush and Maintenance
If your heater rumbles, heats slowly, or has never once been serviced, it is due for a flush. We drain out the sediment, test the relief valve, check the anode rod, and set the thermostat. It takes less time than most people expect.
Sediment lays across the bottom of the tank like a blanket over the burner. Your gas or power bill climbs for it. Anode rods wear out fast on well water. A new one can add years to a tank. Pull the rod from a five-year-old well-water tank and often there is only bare wire.
We set the temperature with burns in mind, because hot tap water causes real burns according to MedlinePlus. Once a year is right for most Randolph County homes, and we write the date down. Book Water Heater Flush and Maintenance with us.
Water Heater Replacement in Randleman, Trinity and Liberty
When a tank leaks, rusts through, or gets too old to be worth fixing, replacing it is the honest answer. We haul the old one out. We look at the floor and framing under it. We swap supply lines that are too small or green with corrosion.
Older homes around here often have out-of-date venting, or no expansion tank at all. With the old heater out of the way, we bring the whole setup up to today's code. It is also your chance to go bigger. A growing family, a new bathroom, a tub that never fills hot.
We can often do it the same day, if the space and the connections cooperate. What stops us most is soft, rotten subfloor under the old tank. Pull the heater, feel the floor give under a boot, and that gets fixed first. Ask about Water Heater Replacement when you call.
Water Heater Expansion Tank Installation
Hot water swells. In a closed system it has nowhere to go. A backflow preventer or a pressure reducing valve on your main line means a closed system. Signs you need an expansion tank: a dripping relief valve, banging pipes, faucets that spit.
We check your incoming pressure first. Then we set the air charge in the tank to match it. Then we mount it with real support. A tank hanging on a copper line is weight pulling on a joint. Sooner or later, that joint splits.
Town water customers in Asheboro and Archdale often have pressure high enough that one is required. The expansion tank takes the strain off the seams of your new heater, every heating cycle. We do Water Heater Expansion Tank Installation on tank and tankless setups.
Tankless Water Heater Repair
Error codes. The cold water sandwich, where hot goes cold then hot again. Short bursts of heat. Or a unit that will not light at all. We read the fault code first. Then we check the flame sensor, the igniter, the flow sensor and the gas pressure.
Descaling washes the mineral buildup out of the heat exchanger. On well water, that buildup is the failure we find most often. Blocked vents, plugged condensate lines and clogged inlet screens cause plenty of shutdowns too. That little screen is small and easy to miss. Some days it is the whole repair.
We keep notes and part numbers from each visit, so the next one goes faster. That saves you time and money. Tankless Water Heater Repair is work we do every week.
For background on water quality and treatment, the EPA drinking-water program offers homeowner resources you can read alongside our recommendations.
Gunny’s works out of Trinity and covers Archdale, Trinity, Randleman, Asheboro, Sophia, Level Cross and the towns around them.
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