Water heating
Your water heater may be using more than you think.
Heating water is one of the largest electricity uses in a Florida home, and almost nobody checks it. An old resistance heater works all day to keep a tank hot that you use for 30 minutes.
The uncomfortable truth
The heavily advertised electric tankless heater is usually a bad idea in Florida: it demands a lot of current, sometimes a new electrical panel, and doesn’t save what it promises. A heat pump water heater actually takes advantage of our climate.
What we check
What we look at in your home
01
Type and age
Resistance, gas, heat pump or solar thermal. And how many years it has been running.
02
Real usage
How much hot water your family uses and when. That decides size and type.
03
Location
A heat pump needs air around it: a garage or utility room in Florida is ideal.
+ When it makes sense
- Resistance heater 10+ years old
- Large family with high hot-water use
- You have a garage or ventilated space
- You are going solar and want to reduce the system you need
— When it doesn’t
- Recent, efficient heater
- Very low hot-water usage
- No ventilated space for a heat pump
How we solve it
From diagnosis to result
We measure its weight on your bill
How much of your usage is hot water, with your numbers.
We compare options
Heat pump, efficient tank, solar thermal. With cost and expected savings, and caveats.
Verified contractor
When there is a match, we connect you and review the proposal.
Learn
Guides on this topic
Heat pump water heaters in Florida: how they work and what they save (2026)
A heat pump water heater uses 2-3 times less electricity than a resistance unit (DOE). Why Florida is its ideal climate, what it costs and when it does not make sense.
7 min read
Tank vs tankless water heater in Florida: the amperage problem
Electric tankless, gas, resistance tank or heat pump: comparison table with efficiency and lifespan per the DOE, and why an electric tankless collides with your panel.
7 min read
Solar water heating in Florida: thermal vs panels + heat pump
A solar thermal water heater can cut 50-80% of your hot water bill (DOE). When it beats photovoltaic panels with a heat pump water heater, and why the answer changed in 2026.
7 min read
Frequently asked questions
What is a heat pump water heater?
Is electric tankless worth it?
What about solar water heating?
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What about your home?
We look at the real numbers of your home and tell you what makes sense, and what doesn’t. You leave the conversation knowing what to do, whether you move forward or not.