A recent concern in the plumbing industry is whether plastic chips from a faulty part on many water heaters are causing damage or, worse, are unhealthful. The American Water Works Association, a trade ...

Q I live in a 1,200-square-foot home with a 40-gallon water heater. The showers only take about a minute to get warm, but the sinks are always ice cold. Is there anything we can do to get hot water ...

Although there are countless models of water heaters, they all tend to suffer from mostly the same problems. Becoming familiar with the most common problems will mean you can repair any water heater ...

Q. We're having trouble with our water heater. We had it installed about six years ago, and about three years ago we started to notice that it wasn't producing hot water the way it used to when it was ...