Water Heater Installation in Huntington, UT
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Huntington asks a lot of a water heater
Winter nights here average 19°F from December through February, and homes run their heat from October through May. A water heater in Huntington works through eight cold months a year, and the tank in your basement or utility closet is fighting that cold the whole time.
The county has seen 54 winter storms and 17 damaging wind events over the past ten years, and power can go out with them. Most tank water heaters come back on by themselves once power returns, so a storm outage does not mean starting over. New units also have to meet a federal efficiency minimum that is set by size and draw pattern, so the right minimum for your household depends on the size of the tank going in.
- 19°F
- the average winter night, and colder incoming water means longer heating
- 8 months
- October through May, the months homes here need heat
- 7%
- of Utah households lost power for a day or more in 2024, and a heater with an electric element or electric ignition stops without it
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
A heat pump water heater would save about $320 a year to run in Utah compared with an electric water heater.
Estimates for a typical Utah home, from EIA household energy data and Utah fuel prices. Your home will differ.
- How do I know it's time to replace my water heater?
- The clearest sign is age. Most tank water heaters have a working life of eight to ten years, and once you're past that, a repair on an old unit is often just a delay before the next one. Water pooling at the base usually means the tank itself is failing from the inside, and that's not something a repair fixes. Rusty hot water, a tank that's noisy when it heats, or hot water running out faster than it used to are also signs the tank is on its way out. If your unit is in that age range and starting to act up, it's worth having a contractor look at it before it fails on its own.
- Should I switch to a tankless water heater?
- It depends on what you want out of it. A tankless unit heats water only when you're using it, so you're not keeping a tank of hot water on standby all day. That also means you don't run out of hot water partway through a shower the way you can with a tank. The tradeoff is that a tankless unit needs its own venting and a gas or electric supply sized for the higher demand it places on the system the moment you turn on the tap. A contractor can look at your home's gas line, electrical panel, and where the unit would go, and tell you whether the switch makes sense for your house.
- What changes when you install a tankless water heater?
- The biggest change is that hot water is made on demand instead of stored. There's no tank sitting full of hot water waiting to be used, so there's also no tank to run out or to leak from as it ages. The unit itself is smaller and usually goes on a wall instead of taking up floor space. It needs venting rated for it, and if it runs on gas, the gas line has to be sized to handle the higher flow it draws when it's running. If you're switching from a tank, a contractor will need to check whether your home's existing gas line and venting can support that, or whether they need to be upgraded as part of the install.