I need to replace a 40-gallon hot water heater in my home. What can you tell me about hot water heaters? What’s new and efficient on today’s market? What’s out there and what should I be looking for? How do I determine if I need greater than 40-gallon capacity? Gas, electric, tankless?

I am considering changing out our 10 year old electric hot water heater with an electric tankless system… I don’t have access to gas/or lp.

The benefits I see are that you only heat the water when you need it, and it doesn’t sit in the tank waiting…

The thing I have trouble wrapping my head around is going from tank electric to tankless electric – it seems like a wash – i.e still using electricity.

Is there a significant savings in going to tankless… even if I select an electric tankless system.

I want to go green and install and install a tankless water heater. I want an electric model as I heard gas is unsafe. Is it true you can save big on your electric bill? Healthier Water? and the hot water never runs out? Sounds to good to be true. I have heard the Titan Tankless Water Heater model is the best one, but it seems so small. Can it really provide water for my entire home? Can anyone comment on this? Thanks for the help!!

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How do I figure out how much CO2 and CO my water heater is producing. I want to figure out the environmental impact of a gas burning water heater.

I’m trying to put an example together that shows if 100 water heaters were changed out for tankless on demand water heaters that would be same as removing X number of cars from the road. Hope that makes sense.
This is for a plumbing company marketing piece.

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I am confused about what can and can not be combined in regards to a tankless water heater. Or just combining the hot water tank and gas heating system I have (baseboard), which does not use a chimney. Can anyone educate me about this combined model. In addition, how much these items cost and which models are efficient and recommended. Also, the cost per month on the gas bill, I definitely don’t want an electric powered unit. Thanks.
It was confusing the way I wrote it. Sorry. I want to know if there is a way to utilize a gas heating system without a chimney. I heard that there was a heating system that was combined with a hot water tank. In addition. that it could run off of electric of gas.

We had a tankless water heater put in. Ever since, we smell gas when a lot of hot water is used. Very strongly sometimes. We’ve had the gas co at the house twice and their meters have read 0 both times for gas or carbon mon in the house. How can we smell it so strongly and yet not have a leak?

We had a tankless water heater put in. Ever since, we smell gas when a lot of hot water is used. Very strongly sometimes. We’ve had the gas co at the house twice and their meters have read 0 both times for gas or carbon mon in the house. How can we smell it so strongly and yet not have a leak?

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We are in the process of building a new home and it is time to pick out the hot water heaters. There is so much information out there and I need some help choosing the right one! Here are some details…

We live on Gulf Coast in MS (so it’s warm almost all year)

master bedroom – 2 sinks, 125 gal whirlpool tub, separate shower
2 other bathrooms with tub and shower, 1 double sink, 1 single sink
1 additional bathroom with double sink, stand up shower only
Kitchen – sink, dishwasher (cant think of anything else that would need hotwater ??)
Laundry roomm – Washing Machine (a larger one – we are a family of 6)

We do not want gas at all in the house so it must be electric, but I was wondering how the solar/electric tankless units work too, and with all of the bathrooms and appliances using so much hot water how many units would we need to purchase.

Thanks so much! I cant wait to get some insight! This is a very important decision that must be made soon!
note: my husband is dead set against gas. He does not want a gas tank buried underground in our backyard and if truly afraid the house could blow up if we have gas. (his ex wife’s house burned down 5 years ago and his son died in the fire, our house burned down 15 months ago. This was due to an electrical storm, but really there is no changing his mind. I agree with you though. ughhh)

I have seen recently that there is a different option to on demand tankless water heaters other than gas and electric. These state they use laser to heat up water. Which is to cheaper to install? Which saves more energy? Which is more eco friendly? Maintenance? And basically overall.

Any recommendations? The Watts RA-28 from costco (link below) seems very reasonable, but I cant tell if it will heat my whole house. Also it seems to be electric not gas. Does that matter?

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11030428&search=tankless&Mo=0&cm_re=1_en-_-Top_Left_Nav-_-Top_search&lang=en-US&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&Sp=S&N=0&whse=BC&Dx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntk=Text_Search&Dr=P_CatalogName:BC&Ne=4000000&D=tankless&Ntt=tankless&No=0&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Nty=1&topnav=&s=1#

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Any recommendations? The Watts RA-28 from costco (link below) seems very reasonable, but I cant tell if it will heat my whole house. Also it seems to be electric not gas. Does that matter?

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11030428&search=tankless&Mo=0&cm_re=1_en-_-Top_Left_Nav-_-Top_search&lang=en-US&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&Sp=S&N=0&whse=BC&Dx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntk=Text_Search&Dr=P_CatalogName:BC&Ne=4000000&D=tankless&Ntt=tankless&No=0&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Nty=1&topnav=&s=1#

I am installing gas to my house to convert from electricity. Should I go with a tankless water heater or a tank water heater. The house was built in 1925. It is a one bed 670sft house with a 400sft basement.

Any one got any tips/advice?

I am referring to gas hot water heaters with tanks and not the tankless models.

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I purchased a on demand Rennai 190k BTU on demand water heater this week. I was talking with a plumber friend of mine, and he said not to install it, but to go to a storage type power vented unit instead. He insisted that these on demand units are riddled with problems and issues, and that I should stay with the power vented setup. I have the appropriate 3/4 gas line coming in, along with a large 1′ coming in from the water meter. What should I do? Do I sell the on demand unit, and go to the power vented….. or stick with the on demand?

We are thinking about tankless systems too. Our house is 10 years old and we are currently a family of 3. Any advice?

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Should I get a gas or electric? How many gpm should I get?
What’s cheaper? Cheaper in the long run?
3 people in household = 3 showers a day, sometimes 2 people
may take showers at same time. Laundry – 3X a week.
Or should I stick to the water heaters with tanks?

I live in a trailer, and there are only two people that live here. We do not use water at the same time. So, I was looking at a tankless water heater that heats 1.5 gpm. There is another one that heats 131 gpm (I think it is a typo because it runs in 120). Which one would be efficient enough to do the job. Also, would this be a good way to go?

This would replace a gas heater.

1.5 gpm http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=294803-1136-AE7.2&lpage=none

131 gpm http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=294801-1136-AE3.4&lpage=none
I don’t have insurance so, that does not really matter to me. I do know that the space provided for the water heater with the tank is made for water heaters for trailers because not many models fit in there.
I did not notice the temperature difference. (I wasn’t close reading) Well that will change everything now. Thanks for mentioning it.

I have well water and would like to install my water softener in the basement. This being said a water softener that does not use salt would be perfect. I am also looking into a tankless water heater. Does anyone have any opinon on the matter? Should I use all propane in my new house or electric or a mixture?

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I would like to compare natural gas to propane gas to electric water heaters in a way that is understandable to a lay person. I understand that heating water is one of the highest energy costs in a home but how would I compare the price of a tank to a tankless water heater?

I’m considering getting one for my upstairs aptmt. My two-flat has one 40-gallon water heater, and the upstairs tenants go through it quickly in the winter time. Not to mention I pay for all the heating it’s getting a bit prohibitive. I want to know how easy was the install and whether there was an appreciable difference in fuel consumption. Natural gas is my fuel of choice. Thanks!

I’m considering switching from our 50 gal hot water heater to a tankless. For those of you who have done this, how much did it cost and are you seeing savings on your gas bill? At our current usage, a 50 gal tank takes care of one load of dishs, two loads of laundry and two showers (10-15 minutes long) before we start to loose hot water.

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We have 100 amp service and natural gas. We want to convert to 200 amp all electric, with no natural gas. How much should we expect to pay, to get an electric tankless water heater, a heat pump, an electric central heater to supplement the heat pump, with central air conditioning from the heat pump, and a thermostat that switches between the heat pump and the electric heat according to outside temperature, plus the cost of converting from 100 amp to 200 amp? It can use existing forced-air ducts. This is for a three bedroom 1150 square foot house on a concrete slab, with an attic that’s only used for access and insulation. It’s in a place with average weather, i.e. it freezes a lot in the winter but only goes below 0 F once every few years, and gets hot and humid for a few weeks of the year, and only goes above 100 F about one day per year on average.

Besides the cost of the items mentioned above, can you also recommend brands, and the reasons for those brands?

So I just installed a Titan tankless water heater. I’m not a hippy tree-hugger, mind you. I just HATE sending money to National Fuel. In any event, it got me thinking that if the water used in my boiler system was heated through this mechanism, my fuel use would decrease to virtually zero. While my electricity costs would increase, the increase should be less than the 0.00 monthly gas bill (and that’s the balanced billing rate… yeah, I’m getting screwed, and that’s AFTER insalling 30 brand new double-pane argon filled windows).

Do “flash heating” boilers exist (whereby the water is heated instantly as it passes through a tankless water heater)? If so, do they offer savings over traditional natural gas boilers, enough to warrant the investment? Because I’m not really buying into the whole “your best energy value” thing… what a crock is sh1t that is.

I would love to hear what you have to say.

Thank you.