Just had a plumber over to the house. He said for my wife and I, a tankless was a waste of money. Too much capacity for just the two of us. Also, come April of 2015, regulations are changing. All tank water heaters will be required to have heat pumps.....making them cost as much as tankless. I'm getting a new tank type heater before April then.
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emergency plumbing input: new water heater- need to replace tomorrow.
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No space in the utility room. Plus to do it right she would need a pre-filter to remove excess iron. I already brought that up and she just wants to stay status quo as she doesnt plan on living there much longer. She is getting tired of maintaining that 4 acres 3 bedroom for just her.
Who is making these new rules?
I have not heard this either.
Appliances and Commercial Equipment Standards
Maybe he believes a tank water heater can't meet the new standards unless it's a heat pump style.
Maybe he believes a tank water heater can't meet the new standards unless it's a heat pump style.
I thought this to be true but not everyone has a heat pump especially one with water temp exchange capability.
Wrap-up:
I met her at Lowes and she bought herself a new water heater. She insisted on having their contractors do it "because I am too busy with my family to bother with it". I tried talking her out of it but she wasnt having it... Now I realize where I got my stubborn streak.
Thanks to all for your input.
I met her at Lowes and she bought herself a new water heater. She insisted on having their contractors do it "because I am too busy with my family to bother with it". I tried talking her out of it but she wasnt having it... Now I realize where I got my stubborn streak.
Thanks to all for your input.
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Wrap-up:
I met her at Lowes and bought her a new water heater. She insisted on having their contractors do it "because I am too busy with my family to bother with it". I tried talking her out of it but she wasnt having it... Now I realize where I got my stubborn streak.
Thanks to all for your input.
Good for her.
I know I am not very informed on this stuff. But reading that page was worse than reading an organic chemistry book.
What little I can discern is if you get an electric heater with a storage capacity of greater than 20 gallons and less than 55 gallons, your efficiency can go DOWN? (If energy factor is efficiency ... if not, I'm lost).
Others please help interpret.
Look at the bright side of having a contractor do it ... something screws up, THEY deal with the ramifications. (I insisted Lowe's install our dishwasher as we already had a water damage claim on the house when the AC drain hose plugged up. My sister got a new kitchen when her dw leaked (long, ugly story)).
you also get more time with the family. Or range time. Or both!
igotdiesel2
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I just googled heat pump water heater. My wallet hurts just by seeing the prices. $1300 for a A.O. Smith 50 gallon tank. WOW!
Some people don't have valves there?
That's just being lazy and/or a cheapstake.
The whole neighborhood was outfitted in the fashionable mid-80s contractor grade. You know, where they'd study the regs to see what they could get away with. There was a cheap gate valve at the input, and you'd have to drain all the plumbing from above at the output.
And if if they are built anything like the rest they are dead shortly thereafter negating any savings.
