Tankless hot water heaters?

[Gary P]

anyone have one? reccomendations? cost to operate? Thanks

[mtypython]

seen em on tv supposedly less than an standard tank. this old house had a few episodes with em

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The home improvement radio show on Sundays on radio at 11am on 560 am is big on the Rheem water heater.

[Al-53]

I have been thinking of a tankless myself...as i have propane for my hotwater heater and it is getting expensive....

A friend of mine just built a summer house in Maine..and he went tankless...he did a ton of research and got the Noritz heater...not cheap but the best according to him ....12 year warranty on the exchanger...5 years on other parts and 1 year labor I think...

closest dealer near me is in Worcester...I called them in the fall and got a price of 989.00 for a 6.3 gal a min unit....

do not forget..you get up to a 1500.00 tax credit for 2009-2010 for these....

I have water saving showerheads and faucets and a front loader washer since I have a well to conserve water..so I think the 6.3GPM will do fine..next lowest is a 5.3GPM for around 800.00.....

Al

[smallie_guy]

I had one at a former house, about 4 years ago. Can't remember exact costs because we redid the whole heating system at the time, but the tankless water heater worked fine. It was a small house, no dishwasher and only one shower with three of us living in the house. Inlaws would come to visit and stay from time to time, and it handled even five of us without any problems during those times.

[Gary P]

I will be moving into a 1 bath farm house no dishwasher, with just me and 2 kids on the weekends. I wonder what the cost of electrcity is?

[Joe]

Tankless is a really popular way to go. I work for an oil service/delivery company that also does natural gas. Tankless is the way to go as long as you don't have a terribly high demand. Just you will never run out of hot water. With the kids you should be fine unless you got one that takes an hour shower. I assume the house is gas? My father has been in the plumbing/heating field for over 30 years and we see more tankless coils now than ever.

[bobo]

I met someone today who installed a Rinai. Loves it. Puts out 200,000 btu's an hour, 9 gallons a minute of 140F water. Showers these days flow at about 2 gpm. Says it never runs out. Mounts on an outside wall, side vented, about the size of an wall calendar, and has a 10 or 12 year warranty. Cost him $1200 for the part plus needed a plumber to do the gas, water hookup.

[tacoma]

Let me check with my parents. They had one installed a couple of years ago. I will get the particulars and get back to you.

[Xguru]

It will take you at least 4 years of energy savings to break even with the purchase. About $1,000. Depending on make and size. It's similar to a wood stove choice. A lot of factors involed. Oil? Gas? Demand. The later I would not advise a tankless, as you should have at least 80 gallons ready to go for a family of four including Women who seem to park there butts in there for long periods of time. I'd take that money and spend it on gear or Ford stocks. I have broken down when to use pellets/wood or call for Oil down to British Thermal Units and cost of fossil fuel. Bastards try to get you any way they can so stay ahead of the curve and buy some fishing gear.

[Joe]

Another PITA about tankless is the boiler, depending on demand, would have to cycle frequently. Indirects are a better option overall, they only lose about a 1/2 degree an hour if I remember right. You could go with hot water for 3 days without the burner turning on in the warmer months.