Serving Camp Hill, 17011

Water Heater Repair in Camp Hill, PA

Most Camp Hill homes went up between 1940 and 1970, and one in six still heats with oil. That shapes where the water heater sits and what feeds it. If yours has quit, is leaking or rumbling, call and get a plumber out.

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Camp Hill at a glance

What shapes water heater trouble in Camp Hill

63%

of Camp Hill homes were built from 1940 to 1969

Source: US Census Bureau

16%

heat with oil

Source: US Census Bureau

8 gpg

hardness of West Shore plant water in 2025

Source: Pennsylvania American Water

102

nights a year at or below freezing (Capital City Airport)

Source: NOAA NCEI

Mid-century homes

Built in the 1940s, 50s and 60s

The median Camp Hill home was built in 1953. About 63% date from 1940 to 1969 and another 27% from before 1940, while fewer than 1 in 20 were built after 2000. About 78% are owner-occupied and three in four are single detached houses.

In houses this age the water heater is usually in the basement, often next to the furnace or boiler, with shutoff valves and connectors that may be decades old. When a heater is replaced, it's worth replacing those too, and having the venting checked, since some older gas heaters vent into a chimney.

Water

West Shore water from the Yellow Breeches

Camp Hill is in Pennsylvania American Water's Mechanicsburg system, which has one treatment plant on the Yellow Breeches Creek and one on the Conodoguinet Creek. The company's 2025 report lists water from the West Shore plant at 144 mg/L of hardness, about 8 grains per gallon. That is moderately hard, so sediment builds slowly in a tank and an annual flush helps.

On February 21, 2026, the company issued a mandatory conservation order for about 42,000 customer connections, Camp Hill among them, after the West Shore plant went offline because of upstream contamination on the Yellow Breeches. The order was lifted the next day. The borough has also posted the company's project to identify the material of every customer's service line.

Gas and oil

Mostly gas, with a real oil share

About 68% of Camp Hill homes heat with natural gas, 16% with fuel oil and 13% with electricity. UGI lists Camp Hill Borough in its service area, and PennLive reported a UGI gas main replacement project in the borough starting January 20, 2026. If your gas service is shut off for work like that, a gas water heater's pilot may need relighting afterward.

In oil-heated homes, hot water sometimes comes from the boiler rather than a separate tank. Tell us which you have when you call, so the right person comes out.

Before the plumber arrives

Safe steps for Camp Hill homes

Leaking? Close the cold water valve on top of the tank.
Turn off the gas valve or the breaker for the heater.
Gas smell? UGI serves Camp Hill Borough. Leave the house, then call UGI at 800-276-2722 or 911 from outside.