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A water heater is one of the appliances you forget about until it stops working. The good news is most water heaters give some warning signs before they fail completely: rumbling sounds, longer recovery times, rust at the base, water that runs cold sooner than it used to. Catching those signs early gives you options. Waiting until it leaks across the basement floor at 6:00 AM does not.
Doro Plumbing services and installs water heaters across the Hartford, WI service area, with our Certified Master Plumber on every job. We work on tank, tankless, gas, electric, propane, and hybrid heat pump systems for homes throughout Washington, Dodge, Ozaukee, Waukesha, and Jefferson counties.
We work on every common type of residential water heater you will find in southeast Wisconsin:
Whatever you have, we can usually service it. If your unit is past the point where service makes sense, we will tell you straight and give you replacement options.
Most service calls fall into a handful of categories. We carry the parts and tools to handle these in a single visit:
Hard water is the leading cause of premature water heater failure across this part of Wisconsin. If you are on municipal water in West Bend, Hartford, Slinger, or Germantown, or on a hard well in surrounding townships, your tank is taking abuse from minerals every time it heats. A water softener pays for itself by extending the life of every appliance in your house, water heater included.
If your water heater is past saving, or you are building or remodeling, we install new units sized correctly for your home and your hot water habits. We will walk you through:
Every install is permitted where required, code-compliant, and properly tested before we leave.
Tankless water heaters have become a strong option for many Wisconsin homes, particularly larger families and homes where the existing tank location is awkward. Benefits include:
Trade-offs include higher upfront cost, more careful sizing for cold groundwater (Wisconsin tap water in winter is cold, which limits flow rate), and the need for annual descaling especially on hard water. We will be honest with you about whether tankless makes sense for your specific situation.
Like any appliance, water heaters last longer when serviced. Annual service includes:
For homes on well water, on hard municipal water, or with high household demand, annual service is one of the cheapest things you can do to extend the life of your investment.
Doro Plumbing · (262) 229-5632 · Hartford, WI
Other services we offer that often go hand-in-hand with this one.
We offer this service across Hartford and the surrounding southeast Wisconsin communities.