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re: Tankless vs. Tank Water Heaters
Posted on 1/18/15 at 1:21 pm to nolanola
Posted on 1/18/15 at 1:21 pm to nolanola
nola, i'm in the same scenario... planning/building soon, and we are going outdoor natural gas tankless.... makes too much sense not to...
trying to make this house as energy efficient as possible for a few reasons....
trying to make this house as energy efficient as possible for a few reasons....
Posted on 1/18/15 at 2:23 pm to chRxis
tankless costs twice as much to purchase. also, i case of breakage of unit, it loses as much water as a tank.
i was going tankless because our tank in attic "broke" but was told the house would have been flooded if it was a tankless also. to replace with another tank was 1400, tankless would have been 3200.
i was going tankless because our tank in attic "broke" but was told the house would have been flooded if it was a tankless also. to replace with another tank was 1400, tankless would have been 3200.
Posted on 1/18/15 at 2:29 pm to chRxis
The farther away it is from the heater the longer it will take. And if it's an areated faucet it will take even longer. my kitchen faucet takes a couple minutes to get hot because it's only putting out maybe a gallon a minute because it's areated. I even have mine on a manifold or home run system where each line is ran to each fixture so it's less water being used. I really like mine I can run the shower and the tub at same time with no problem. I do worry about maintenance cause I've done none and eventually breaking. If you had two heaters on each side of the house you could fix the problem of it taking longer than conventional.
Posted on 1/18/15 at 3:17 pm to chRxis
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trying to make this house as energy efficient as possible for a few reasons....
What other energy efficienct elements are you planning?
This post was edited on 1/18/15 at 3:18 pm
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