What Do To If Your Water Heater Is Leaking

Fancy a hot shower after a long day at work? It’s a great way to wind down and begin an evening of well-deserved relaxation. But ask yourself what would you do if you ever turned on the water and instead of hot water, it’s barely warm at all? Your first instinct will be to go check on your water heater, right? Imagine that when you get there, it’s surrounded by water. 

If you’ve found yourself in this situation or just want to be prepared, you’ve come to the right place. United Water Restoration Group of Westchester would like to take a few moments of your time today to give you an idea of how you should inspect for the cause of why your water heater is leaking, and how best to address the problem.

 

What Is The Problem?

If you’re trying to figure out why your water heater is leaking, you’ll want to conduct a careful but thorough visual inspection of the water heater from top to bottom. It’s important to work your way down from the top because there’s a chance it’s not your water heater that is leaking, but rather a connecting pipe. 

 

Begin inspecting your water heater visually starting with the water supply lines that feed into the tank. Continue this process working your way down the entirety of the tank looking for any source of a leak.

 

Caution Advisory: When trying to determine why your water heater is leaking, keep in mind that any attempt to disassemble your water heater bears the potential risks of injury to you as well as worsening the water damage in the area, leading to a bigger mess. 

 

Once you find the source of the leak you should be able to determine if you can tackle the problem on your own, or if you’ll need repairs or full replacement from professionals. Depending on the amount of water that’s leaked from the water heater, it’s possible you’ll need to seek water mitigation or damage restoration services too.

 

What Should You Do Now?

There’s a high chance that a leaking water heater has caused some damage to your property, and if that’s the case you’re going to want the best in your corner. United Water Restoration Group of Westchester is standing by to take your call at (914) 249-9013.  

With our selection of tools and our expert staff, we are the clear choice when it comes to mitigating water damage and conducting water damage restoration. Give us a call today!