Water Heater Repair in Heath, OH

Deep wells, softened at the plant

Heath's water comes from four well fields at Hoback Park, on Dorsey Mill Road and Irving Wick Drive. The wells draw from a sand and gravel aquifer about 150 to 200 feet down that runs alongside the South Fork of the Licking River, and the city rates its contamination risk as low because of that depth and a thick clay layer above it. At the plant, the water is softened with alum and lime and then filtered through sand and gravel.

The city says it softens the water to 145 mg/L, about 8.5 grains per gallon, and that this makes home softeners unnecessary. That is easier on a water heater than raw well water, but a tank still collects some sediment over the years, so a heater that rumbles is worth a flush.

Mobile home heaters need the right model

About 11% of Heath homes are mobile or manufactured homes, and parks like Amber Mobile Home Park on Irving Wick Drive East, with 114 lots, have Heath addresses. A water heater in a manufactured home isn't a standard swap. Federal HUD rules require heat-producing appliances in manufactured homes to be listed for that use, and a gas heater's combustion has to be sealed off from the home's indoor air.