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Commercial water heater repair in San Francisco, CA

We hold 1,606 businesses listed for water heater inside 25 miles of the San Francisco metro center, of which 1,582 hold a classification for the trade itself and 24 are licensed broadly enough to take it on and subcontract it. The median one is 12 mi out, and 1,606 publish a license number on the register they came from.

Covered ZIPs in San Francisco: 94002, 94005, 94010, 94014, 94015, 94018, 94019, 94030, 94037, 94038, 94044, 94065 and 149 more. Swap yours in to re-rank by who is closest to your site.

Coverage in San Francisco

What we actually hold for water heater here

Counts of rows in the directory for this trade and this metro, not a national figure dressed up as local.

1,606
Businesses listed

inside 25 miles of San Francisco

1,582 of 1,606
Licensed for the trade itself

the rest hold a general class that covers it

12 mi
Median distance to site

about 8 min drive

1606 of 1606
With a license number

as published by the issuing authority

1606 of 1606
With a phone number

shown only where the source permits it

Counted by running the same matcher the search page uses, with the San Francisco metro center as the origin and the 25 mile radius the list below settled on, then cached for fifteen minutes.

Ranked nearest first

Water heater businesses listed around San Francisco

Ranked on distance from the San Francisco metro center and nothing else. Drive times are estimated from that distance rather than read off it, so a site across town does not read as five minutes away. Enter your own ZIP to measure from your own address instead.

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1

Ace Plumbing & Rooter

San Francisco, CA

Distance
0.5 mi
·
6 min drive
Typical market price for this job
$220-$4,800
roofingpaintingflooring

California Contractors State License Board A| B| C-4| C10| C16| C36 #829071

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Compiled from public state license registers. Verify license status and insurance before hiring.

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4

Kwong Associates

San Francisco, CA

Distance
0.5 mi
·
6 min drive
Typical market price for this job
$220-$4,800
roofingpaintingflooring

California Contractors State License Board B| C10| C36 #913553

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5

M V Construction

San Francisco, CA

Distance
0.5 mi
·
6 min drive
Typical market price for this job
$220-$4,800
roofingpaintingflooring

California Contractors State License Board B| C10| C36 #588276

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6

Madden Plumbing LLC

San Francisco, CA

Distance
0.5 mi
·
6 min drive
Typical market price for this job
$220-$4,800
fire protectionplumbingwater heater

California Contractors State License Board C16| C36 #825418

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8

Trico Construction

San Francisco, CA

Distance
0.5 mi
·
6 min drive
Typical market price for this job
$220-$4,800
roofingpaintingflooring

California Contractors State License Board A| B| C-4| C16| C36 #510127

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What it costs

What water heater costs in San Francisco

We never speak to the businesses listed above, so there is no local median to publish and we will not invent one. Every figure below is our own national band for this job, moved only by how soon you need somebody.

Our estimate for Commercial water heater repair in San Francisco, CA, by what drives the price
How soon you need itTypicalRange
Scheduled visitBooked in advance, no urgency multiplier applied$520$220 to $4,800
Same dayOur band multiplied by 1.12$580$245 to $5,375
Emergency calloutOur band multiplied by 1.35$700$295 to $6,480

Every row is the same band with the urgency multiplier the search page applies, so the table can never contradict the headline number. There is no regional index behind any of it. The figures do not change with your metro, and the copy says so rather than dressing a national band up as a local rate.

What drives water heater demand around San Francisco

Ground floor commercial space here is mostly pre-war, the kitchen behind it is small, and the only way in is the front door on a graded street, so getting a compressor or a water heater in and the old one out is half the job and worth settling on the phone. Fog carries salt across the western half of the city most mornings and leaves rooftop equipment and outdoor disconnects wet through the hours they would otherwise be drying.

Before you book anything

Checks worth doing first, before you call anyone in San Francisco

The median listing here sits 12 mi from the metro center, close enough that owners tend to call before checking the obvious. These are the checks that end the most calls for this fault.

Try a quick fix first

Some issues resolve without a truck roll. Two minutes now can save the callout.

  1. 1

    Check whether the water is cold or just lukewarm. Cold usually means the heater stopped, lukewarm usually means it cannot keep up, and the second one is a sizing conversation rather than a repair.

  2. 2

    Look underneath before anything else. Water on the floor around the base means the tank itself has gone, and no repair brings it back.

  3. 3

    Note the model and capacity off the label. Commercial heaters are ordered rather than carried, and the label decides whether this is a same-day fix.

  4. 4

    If it is gas and the pilot will not stay lit, stop relighting it. A failing thermocouple or gas valve is the fault, and repeated attempts do not help.

Questions owners ask

Water heater in San Francisco: the questions we get

The answers below hold anywhere. Where California rules or permits change one of them, ask the business to put it on the written price before you agree to the visit.

Find local trades
Who is licensed to do this work in California?
The classification that squarely covers it is C-36 plumbing or C-4 boiler, hot water heating and steam fitting. Every listing above shows the classification, the license number and the date we read it off the register, so you can check it against the state rather than against us. Worth knowing: the classifications do not separate commercial work from residential, so nothing here proves a business specializes in premises like yours.
How far out do these businesses sit?
We hold 1,606 inside 25 miles of the San Francisco metro center, 1,582 of them holding a classification for the trade itself and the rest general contractors who can subcontract it, the median one 12 mi out, and 1,606 publish a license number. Distance is straight line from the metro center to the address each business filed with its licensing authority, which is often a home, so we never print it. Enter your own ZIP to measure from your premises instead.

San Francisco, CA

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