Gas Hot Water Repairs & Replacement in Manly NSW

Three main areas make up our work on hot water systems. The first is repairs, including emergency callouts, pilot and ignition problems, thermocouples, gas valves, leaking tanks and TPR or tempering valve replacement. The second is servicing, where we check the anode, clean the burner and test the TPR valve, and the third is replacement and new installation of storage or continuous flow units, including the gas line and flue upgrades that often go with them, on natural gas and LPG.

When you ring with no hot water you speak to someone who understands the problem and can give you an honest answer about when a gasfitter can be there. We would rather tell you the truth about timing than make a promise we cannot keep, and we keep you informed if anything changes.

Think of our coverage as the local town plus a generous ring of suburbs and semi-rural land around it. For a new gas hot water system or a big repair, that ring stretches further still.

Think of a leaking cylinder that has to go the same week. The cost covers the replacement unit, draining and disposing of the old tank, reconnecting gas and water, a new TPR valve and tempering valve where required, and the compliance certificate. Everything is itemised in a free written quote so you know what you are approving.

Gas appliances are built to fail safe, so a pilot that will not stay lit means the unit has decided it cannot confirm a flame and has cut the gas. The decision can be triggered by a genuine lost flame or by a sensor that can no longer prove the flame is there. Either way the cause needs to be identified, not simply overridden by relighting.

A strata committee asked us whether the work on a shared hot water plant would be certified. The answer was straightforward because our gasfitters are licensed and each job closes with a compliance certificate for the building’s records. The business carries public liability insurance for common property work as well.

Your existing unit does not have to be replaced like for like when the time does come, but it also does not have to be replaced today just because it is old. If a repair is sensible we carry it out. If not, we walk you through the gas hot water options without rushing you.

Commissioning is a required part of every installation, not an optional extra. After the unit is connected the gasfitter pressure tests the gas line, checks the burner and ignition, sets the tempering valve to a maximum of 50 degrees Celsius at the bathroom taps, and completes the compliance certificate. Those checks are built into the few hours a standard swap takes.

The TPR valve is the safety device that releases pressure and overheated water before a storage cylinder can be damaged, which is why testing it sits at the heart of every service we carry out. The same visit takes in a burner clean, gas pressure and ignition tests, a check that the flue draws properly, a tempering valve reading of no more than 50 degrees Celsius, a sediment flush and an anode check. We finish by testing for leaks and carbon monoxide and noting anything approaching the end of its life.

Your new hot water unit is covered by the manufacturer, and the way we fitted it is covered by us. The manufacturer’s warranty applies to defects in the system and is usually tiered, with the main cylinder or heat exchanger protected for a longer term than parts like the gas valve or thermocouple. Our guarantee sits alongside that, so anything that fails because of our installation is corrected without argument.

There is no need to panic when the hot water drops out. The pilot may simply have been blown out by a gust of wind, the LPG bottle may be empty or someone may have bumped the isolation valve, and none of those mean anything is broken. Have a quick look at those three things and call a licensed gasfitter if the problem is not that simple.

Both systems have genuine strengths, so the question is which strengths matter in your home. Continuous flow wins on space, on never running out and on avoiding the standing losses of a tank that stays hot all night. Storage wins on simplicity, on heavy simultaneous use and on being the easier like-for-like replacement when a cylinder already exists. A licensed gasfitter can check your gas supply and flow requirements and point you to the right one.