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If you smell gas anywhere near the heater, leave the house first and call from outside rather than trying to relight anything.

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When this becomes an emergency

What a pro does

Losing hot water splits into a few clear causes, and a plumber works through them in order rather than assuming the tank is finished. On a gas heater the thermocouple, the gas valve and the venting get checked first. On electric it's the upper and lower elements and the thermostats, and a bad lower element is the classic reason a house gets three lukewarm minutes and then nothing. Sediment is the local wrinkle. Water in the Omaha area is hard, and every gallon that goes through a tank leaves a little mineral behind on the bottom. That layer bakes onto the base above the burner, insulates it from the water, and makes the tank pop and rumble while it works harder for less. A plumber will drain and look at what comes out, since a tank that's been sitting on an inch of scale for a decade is a different conversation from one with a failed part. Age gets weighed too. Replacing a good part in a tank that's already well past its expected life is money spent twice.

Frequently asked questions

It does. Scale builds on the bottom of a gas tank and directly on the elements of an electric one, and in both cases the heater runs longer to deliver the same hot water. Flushing on a regular schedule slows it down but doesn't stop it.
Usually because the recovery rate has dropped. The tank still heats, just slowly, so light use in the morning goes unnoticed and back to back showers at night find the limit. That's a common early sign of scale or a weak element.
It depends on the house. Tankless suits a home where the gas supply and the venting can handle it, and hard water means it'll need descaling on a schedule. Plenty of Omaha basements have the room and the flue for a conventional tank, which keeps the swap simple.
Often, yes. If only the hot side is discolored, the anode rod inside the tank has likely been used up and the steel is starting to corrode. Once rust is showing at the tap, the tank is usually nearer the end than the middle.

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