Water Heater Repair in Highland, IN
85% of households in Highland 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 Highland 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. On a gas heater the suspects are the pilot, the thermocouple and the gas control valve, in that order.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25040.
What Highland runs on
In a town leaning this far onto gas, the water heater in most homes is a gas one, and gas failures are their own family: a pilot that will not stay lit, a thermocouple that has stopped proving flame, a gas control valve that has given up.
| Fuel | Share of households |
|---|---|
| Gas — mains and bottled | 85% |
| Electricity | 15% |
| Fuel oil and kerosene | 0% |
| Everything else | under 1% |
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25040 (house heating fuel), 2023 release. Universe: 10,315 occupied housing units in the ZIP code areas covering Highland.
Against Indiana as a whole, that is 20 points higher — worth knowing before assuming the state pattern applies here.
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
If you are not sure, look at the top of the tank: a flue pipe going up into the ceiling means gas, and no flue at all means electric. 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 Highland
- 46322
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.
- Fountain City 63% gas
- Lagro 60% gas
- Cedar Lake 94% gas
- Sharpsville 72% gas
- Glenwood 43% 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. Not heaters alone — Highland keeps us busy with every kind of plumbing.
Call (866) 871-2892