Same-Day Installation: Hot Water Tank Replacement in Port Moody
A new hot water tank from Eaton's Heating is often installed the same day you approve the estimate, with the old tank drained and hauled away. We install Bradford White, John Wood, and Rheem tanks, sized for the household rather than swapped like for like. Same-day service available, because a house without hot water is not a house that can wait. Every replacement starts with a free estimate. We have been replacing hot water tanks across Port Moody for more than 20 years.
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Eaton's Heating replaces hot water tanks in every kind of Port Moody home, from the townhome closets at Klahanie and Suter Brook to the hillside houses on Heritage Mountain with a suite downstairs. What changes from one to the next is the size of tank the household needs, and that is the first thing we sort out. Port Moody has a lot of homes where the hot water serves more people than the original tank was chosen for. The hillside houses on Heritage Mountain and in Heritage Woods often have a basement suite, so one tank runs two kitchens and two showers, and a good share of the 1960s houses in Glenayre and College Park have been renovated with a second suite downstairs. Our hot water tank replacements start by asking how many bathrooms and how many households the tank serves, and the answer decides whether the 40-gallon tank that came with the house goes back in or a 50-gallon or 60-gallon tank takes its place. A tank that has started leaking usually gets replaced rather than fixed, and that is the moment to get the size right for the next 12 years.
The other side of that is the townhome. In Klahanie, Suter Brook, and Newport Village the tank sits in the same ground-floor closet or garage corner as the furnace, and the space is fixed. A replacement there is a like-for-like fit, matched to the venting the builder installed. In those homes that is usually a power vent, a small fan on top of the tank that pushes the exhaust out through a plastic pipe in the wall. The older detached homes mostly run atmospheric-vent tanks, where the exhaust rises on its own through a metal flue, and those are replaced with the same type. We install both, and the free estimate confirms which one your home takes before anything is ordered.
Bradford White, John Wood, and Rheem are the three tanks we install. Each comes in atmospheric-vent and power-vent versions and in 40, 50, and 60-gallon sizes, so the choice is about fit and capacity rather than brand loyalty. We recommend the one that suits the space and the household. Eaton's Heating is TSBC licensed (LGA0200006), a Home Performance Contractor Network member, and holds a 4.9 rating across 400-plus Google reviews.
Not every no-hot-water call is a replacement. A tank that is dry underneath but has stopped heating usually has a failed gas control valve or a failed thermocouple, the sensor that holds the pilot on. Both are repairs quoted before the work starts. If the pilot is out and relights, the thermocouple is the likely part. If the tank is leaking from the bottom or from a seam, it is a replacement, and we say so rather than sell a repair that will not hold. Our Port Moody HVAC services cover the tank, the furnace beside it, and the boiler in homes that have one, so a tank replacement is also a good time to ask about anything else in the mechanical room.
Water expands when it is heated, and in a home with a pressure reducing valve on the incoming water line, which many Port Moody homes have, that expansion has nowhere to go. The pressure reducing valve is the brass fitting near the water meter that drops the street pressure to a safe level for the house. It also stops water from flowing backward into the street, so every time the tank heats up, the pressure in the pipes climbs. Left alone, that pushes water out of the tank's relief valve, wears the tank's fittings, and shortens the tank's life.
An expansion tank fixes it. It is a small sealed tank mounted on the cold water line above the water heater, with a cushion of air inside that absorbs the extra volume as the water heats. Where a home has a pressure reducing valve and no working expansion tank, we recommend one and include it in the estimate. If one is already installed, we check that it still holds its air charge, because one that has filled with water no longer works. It is a small part that adds years to the life of the tank. The hot water heaters we install are meant to last, and this is part of how.
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Same-day service available. Once you approve the estimate, we pick up the tank and install it, often the same day. The work itself takes a few hours from start to hot water. A tank that is leaking should be shut off at the cold water valve and the gas valve while you wait, which stops the flow and keeps the floor as dry as it can be.
All three are tanks we trust and install regularly. Bradford White is the one we reach for most, for its build and its track record on service calls. John Wood is a Canadian brand with the same vent options and sizes. Rheem is often the right fit in townhomes where a compact power-vent unit is needed. The free estimate settles which one suits your space and household.
A 40-gallon tank suits a household of two or three with one or two bathrooms. A 50-gallon tank suits a family of four or five, or a home with three bathrooms. A 60-gallon tank is the right call in a Heritage Mountain or Heritage Woods home with a suite, where two households draw hot water at the same time in the morning. Going one size up costs a little more once and ends the cold-shower arguments for the life of the tank.
Sometimes. A tankless unit heats water on demand and never runs out, which suits a large family or a home with a suite. It also frees the floor space the tank occupies. It costs more to install, and in a townhome closet the venting and gas line for a tankless unit are not always available. If you are weighing the two, our tankless water heater page explains what is involved, and the free estimate covers both options in your home.
A standard 40 or 50-gallon replacement in either vent type runs $2,200 to $2,600 installed, covering the tank, the installation, the gas and vent connections, draining and removing the old tank, and disposal. Anything specific to your home is covered in the estimate. A 60-gallon tank or an unusual installation is quoted at the estimate.
It is worth planning for. A tank that old is past the point where most fail, and a failure means a flood in the utility room and a scramble for hot water. If yours is in a finished basement, a ground-floor closet with flooring you care about, or a suite, replacing it before it fails is the calmer route. If it is on a concrete floor near a drain, running it until it goes is a reasonable choice. Either way, the estimate is free.
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