Yes. Our Care Club covers water heater maintenance alongside your heating, cooling, and plumbing systems — scheduled service visits, member pricing on repairs, and priority dispatch when something goes wrong.

What Membership Includes

  • Scheduled maintenance visits so service actually happens instead of getting deferred another year
  • Member pricing on any repair, including after-hours calls
  • Priority dispatch ahead of non-members — worth the most during the weeks when everyone is calling
  • Documented service history, which many manufacturer warranties require to keep coverage valid
  • Coverage across systems — HVAC and plumbing on one membership rather than separate plans

What the Water Heater Visit Covers

Flushing sediment from the tank bottom, inspecting the anode rod and replacing it when consumed, testing the temperature and pressure relief valve, verifying the temperature setting, checking combustion and venting on gas units, and inspecting connections and the expansion tank for corrosion or seepage.

Why This Pays Off Specifically in Albuquerque

Our hard water shortens tank life more than most markets. Mineral sediment insulates the burner from the water above it, so it runs longer and hotter, stressing the glass lining until the steel beneath corrodes. Flushing addresses that directly. And the anode rod — a sacrificial part designed to corrode instead of your tank — is almost never replaced by homeowners simply because they do not know it is there. A maintenance plan is largely a mechanism for making sure those two things actually get done.

The Economics

A tank replacement is a four-figure expense, and an unplanned one on a Saturday costs more. Extending a heater from eight years to twelve through consistent service is real money, and it comes with the added benefit that you replace on your schedule rather than after a flood.

For Tankless Owners

Annual descaling on a tankless unit is required by many manufacturers to keep the warranty valid, and it is what determines whether you get twenty years or eight in this water.

Consider a water softener to treat the cause. Contact B. Carlson in Albuquerque.