Is a tankless water heater worth it?
It works fine, but my wife and I are having a baby and I want to replace it with a tankless water heater so when we have more children our tank won't run out of hot water.
I was quoted about $2000-$3000.
Is it worth it? I don't know if I should replace it with a regular tank water heater or what!
Answers:
Worth it yes yes yes. We had a Renai installed. It cost about $3000 (installed) . But we saved a lot on natural gas. Cut our water heating portion by about 80% I figure.
We never run out of hot water plus there have been times where I have run the dishwasher, washing machine and shower at the same time and have not had any problem maintaining hot water. Another plus is you don't have this bulky hot water heater using up space in your house and you are not getting 23 years worth of sludge from the tank. You also have the option of putting water temp controls in the bathrooms. So in the kids bathrooms you can set it so that they cannot scald themselves.
You have to watch out for hard water though it can hurt the system.
There are some new models on the market that are cheaper but I have heard some not so good things on them as far as reliability and performance.
If you plan to stay in the house for a while you will definitely get your investment back.
Other answers:
Only idf you plan to take short showers and are not planning to fill the bath tub.
It is a good solution for echonomic saving
Only idf you plan to take short showers and are not planning to fill the bath tub.
It is a good solution for echonomic saving
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