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Water Heater Repair in Paterson, NJ

85% of households in Paterson heat with gas. That is the strongest free clue to what kind of water heater is in your basement, and it decides which faults are even possible.

Answer first

Most households in Paterson heat with gas — 85% of them — which is the strongest free clue to what stands in the basement, though the figure counts house heating rather than the water heater itself. Gas heaters go wrong at the burner end: pilot, thermocouple, control valve, flue.

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25040.

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What Paterson runs on

In a town leaning this far onto gas, the heater is usually a burner with a tank above it. What fails is the ignition chain rather than anything electrical.

Fuel	Share of households
Gas — mains and bottled	85%
Electricity	13%
Fuel oil and kerosene	2%
Everything else	1%

Drawn from table B25040 of the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year estimates, 2023 release — 49,654 occupied housing units across Paterson.

New Jersey statewide runs 8 points higher on gas, so this town is not typical of it.

Strictly, the survey asks what heats the home. Water heating almost always runs on the same supply, but the two can differ in one house without differing in the town.

Which one do you have

Not sure which you have? A metal flue rising off the top is a gas heater. Two small access panels on the side and no flue is an electric one. Work out which kind you have before you call, and the call gets much shorter.

Then the symptom. Nothing at all and not enough are different faults, and treating them as one is how the wrong part gets replaced.

ZIP codes we route in Paterson

07501
07502
07503
07504
07505
07509
07510
07513
07514
07522
07524
07533
07543
07544

Nearby towns, and what they burn

The nearby towns we route all lead on gas as well, so the regional pattern is consistent. It still does not tell you what is in your own house.

Morris Plains 82% gas
Waretown 89% gas
Matawan 84% gas
Howell 85% gas
Sayreville 87% gas

Know the fuel and the symptom? That is most of the call.Gas and electric heaters fail in almost entirely different ways, so saying which you have gets you to the right person faster. We route the call and never charge you for it. Whatever else is wrong in Paterson, mention it while we have you.

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