Water Heater Maintenance

Keep your water heater efficient and reliable. Northern Benjamin Franklin Plumbing® provides trusted water heater maintenance in Minneapolis and St. Paul - tune-ups done right.

Water Heater Maintenance
Water Heater Maintenance process

Expert Water Heater Maintenance for Twin Cities Homeowners

Water Heater Maintenance

Protect your hot water and keep your bills down. Northern Benjamin Franklin flushes sediment, checks the anode rod, tests the controls and safety valve, and confirms the unit is venting and burning correctly.

Most water heater failures are gradual and visible in advance. A tune-up is how you find them while they are still cheap.

Call (763) 296-1844 to book a tune-up.

What's Included

  • Inspect the Entire Unit

  • Flush Out Sediment

  • Check the Anode Rod

  • Test Thermostat and Safety Controls

  • Inspect Connections, Valves, and Pipes

  • Check Gas or Electric Hookups

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Urgent Issue?

If your water heater won't fire, a pipe bursts in a cold snap, or you smell gas, call us immediately.

Emergency Service
  • Same-day appointments most days
  • 100% satisfaction guarantee
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Signs You Need This Service

Don't wait for a failure. Watch for these critical warning signs that your plumbing system is struggling.

Rumbling or popping from the tank

Sediment on the bottom. Flushing it is most of what maintenance is for.

Hot water takes longer than it did

Recovery slowing is usually sediment or a failing element, and both are catchable early.

Energy bills creeping up

A sediment-lined tank heats through a layer of rock. You pay for that every cycle.

Discoloured water from the hot tap

Early corrosion. Caught now it is an anode rod; ignored it is a new tank.

It has never been flushed

If you cannot remember it being serviced, it has not been.

The unit is five years or older

Past five years an annual tune-up is what stands between you and an unplanned cold shower.

Free, no-obligation

Get a same-day quote on your water heater maintenance.

Tell us what's going on and a licensed Northern technician will call you back within the hour, weekdays.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What happens during a tune-up? +
We flush sediment from the tank, check the anode rod, test the controls and the temperature and pressure relief valve, and confirm the unit is venting and burning correctly.
How often should it be done? +
Once a year, and it matters more in hard water because sediment accumulates faster.
Does maintenance actually extend the life of the unit? +
It addresses the two things that kill tanks early: sediment on the bottom and a spent anode rod letting the tank corrode. Neither announces itself until it is expensive.
My heater seems fine. Is this worth booking? +
Most water heater failures are gradual and visible in advance if someone looks. A tune-up is how you find them while they are still a repair.

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