Water Heater Repair in Bossier City, LA
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What Bossier City's power outages do to your water heater
Water heaters here mostly deal with electric problems, not wear from heat or cold. Louisiana households went at least a day without power at a high rate in 2024, and with 116 damaging wind events recorded over the last ten years in this area, the grid around Bossier City takes a hit on a regular basis.
An electric water heater does not restart on its own after some outages, and a gas unit with an electronic ignition can lose its pilot light too. You go to the tap expecting hot water and get cold instead, even though nothing broke. Winter nights averaging 38°F from December through February make that outage worse timed, since it tends to hit during the five months a year homes here are also trying to keep the heat on.
- 38°F
- the average winter night, and colder incoming water means longer heating
- 5 months
- November through March, the months homes here need heat
- 49%
- of Louisiana 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 new water heater would cut about $250 a year off hot water for a typical Louisiana home.
Estimates for a typical Louisiana home, compared with an older unit built to the federal minimum, from EIA household energy data and Louisiana fuel prices. Your home will differ.
Repair makes sense when an element, thermostat or gas valve has failed.
Replacement makes sense when the tank itself is leaking.
- Why is my water heater leaking from the bottom?
- Most often the tank itself has rusted through from the inside and is starting to fail. Water heaters corrode from the inside out over years of use, and once the tank wall is breached, no repair fixes it, the tank has to be replaced. A leak from the bottom can also come from a loose drain valve or a fitting that has worked itself loose, and those a contractor can repair without replacing the unit. Shut off the water and power to the tank and have someone look at it before more water gets on the floor.
- Why won't the pilot light on my water heater stay lit?
- The most common cause is a worn thermocouple, the small sensor that tells the gas valve the pilot is burning. When it wears out it stops sensing the flame correctly and shuts the gas off. A dirty pilot orifice or a draft reaching the pilot can also blow it out. A contractor can test the thermocouple and replace it, and that usually solves it. If the pilot relights and holds, the water heater will keep working fine even if the power goes out, since a standing pilot doesn't need electricity to run.
- Can a tankless water heater be repaired?
- Yes, most problems with a tankless water heater are repairable. The igniter, the flow sensor, and the heat exchanger can all fail on their own without the rest of the unit going bad, and each of those can be replaced. Mineral buildup inside the heat exchanger is common too and can often be flushed out rather than replaced. A contractor will need to check the specific unit to know what's failing and whether a part is worth replacing versus what the unit is worth new.