Yes. We install gas, electric, tankless, and heat pump water heaters throughout Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Rio Rancho, and the surrounding communities — including conversions between fuel types when the situation warrants it.

What We Install

  • Gas tank water heaters — atmospheric, power-vented, and direct-vent, sized to your household’s peak demand
  • Electric tank water heaters — including high-efficiency heat pump models
  • Tankless — gas and electric, whole-home and point-of-use
  • Indirect-fired tanks that run off an existing boiler

We work with Rheem, Rinnai, and Navien as primary lines, and we service and replace virtually every other brand.

What a Proper Installation Includes

Sizing based on peak demand and first-hour rating rather than simply matching the old unit. Correct venting and combustion air on gas units — this is a safety item, and it gets done wrong more often than homeowners realize. Proper gas line sizing, since a tankless unit typically needs more capacity than the tank it replaces. A temperature and pressure relief valve with correct discharge routing. A drain pan and, where the unit sits above finished space, a pan drain. Permits where code requires, and warranty registration on your behalf.

The Venting Detail Worth Knowing

If your water heater currently shares a chimney with a furnace and that furnace gets replaced with a high-efficiency condensing model, the water heater can be left improperly vented — an orphaned appliance in an oversized flue. That is a carbon monoxide concern and a common oversight when two contractors handle the two appliances. We check for it because we do both trades.

Hard Water Comes Up Every Time

Albuquerque’s mineral content shortens tank life and scales tankless heat exchangers. We will recommend a water softener where it makes financial sense and set you up with a maintenance schedule either way.

Emergency and Same-Day

A failed water heater is disruptive, and a leaking one is urgent. We offer same-day and emergency replacement, with financing and our Home Comfort Guarantee.

Contact B. Carlson for water heater installation.