In our older house, we got endless comments about how tankless is the greatest thing ever and we should get one. In our new house, we have a tankless and we get endless comments about how they’re not worth it and will break and we should get a traditional water heater.
I’m sure quality can vary wildly, but the one I have right now seems to keep water hot for the whole house even when people are taking simultaneous showers. I also imagine there are some really efficient tank heaters out there too.
I think at the end of the day, all we can really agree on is that synapsids were really weird looking animals but probably would be like any large land animal who bonds with anyone who adopts them at an early age and were likely affectionate and loving despite how terrifying they were.
gotta be specific, but my tankless water heater has actually been pretty okay actually.
Context! I live in Texas, which actually has some pretty great renewable use compared to other states. My personal plan isn’t solely wind powered anymore, but it has been in the past, and still partially is right now.
My house is a super cheap remodel. The tankless water heater is completely electric.
My repair costs have been as follows:
complete replacement of the heater cores: 70$.
two out of three failed over the course of a year and a half.
I also paid for the plumber to figure out what the issue was, but i’ll be able to replace them on my own pretty easily whenever this happens again
I also paid plumber and electrician costs to move the water heater so i could actually get at them without pulling the whole thing off the wall (thanks shitty remodel!)
$200 for the plumber to run the cleaner through it, since i have super hard water here
and another half grand to install the valves required to actually be able to do that (thanks shitty remodel!)
I’ll be able to get my own cleaning kit for one to two hundred online in the future.
So like, because i’m new at taking care of one, and because of the shitty remodel, I have paid over a gran in ‘repairs’ on the thing. But, at the same time, the next time it needs replaced heater cores, or to get it’s annual cleaning, it’ll cost me basically nothing.
Energy costs haven’t been much more expensive than a tanked water heater either, but it’s hard to compare considering those tank water heaters also ran in a different location with different AC needs. And I take super long showers, which I was straight up unable to do before moving here. I don’t pay too much more than previously despite that though.
Most importantly! I can take hour long showers without running out of hot water, and being honest, that’s really the biggest deal for me. I don’t always do that, but sometimes I just wanna relax for a while and running out of hot water is a bitch when I do.
I’d honestly recommend a modern tankless water heater, so long as your electric can handle a load specifically sized to your house, even despite the problems i’ve had surrounding my own.
In our older house, we got endless comments about how tankless is the greatest thing ever and we should get one. In our new house, we have a tankless and we get endless comments about how they’re not worth it and will break and we should get a traditional water heater.
That’s the problem with listening to tankies.
I’m sure quality can vary wildly, but the one I have right now seems to keep water hot for the whole house even when people are taking simultaneous showers. I also imagine there are some really efficient tank heaters out there too.
I think at the end of the day, all we can really agree on is that synapsids were really weird looking animals but probably would be like any large land animal who bonds with anyone who adopts them at an early age and were likely affectionate and loving despite how terrifying they were.
gotta be specific, but my tankless water heater has actually been pretty okay actually.
Context! I live in Texas, which actually has some pretty great renewable use compared to other states. My personal plan isn’t solely wind powered anymore, but it has been in the past, and still partially is right now.
My house is a super cheap remodel. The tankless water heater is completely electric.
My repair costs have been as follows: complete replacement of the heater cores: 70$.
I also paid plumber and electrician costs to move the water heater so i could actually get at them without pulling the whole thing off the wall (thanks shitty remodel!)
$200 for the plumber to run the cleaner through it, since i have super hard water here
So like, because i’m new at taking care of one, and because of the shitty remodel, I have paid over a gran in ‘repairs’ on the thing. But, at the same time, the next time it needs replaced heater cores, or to get it’s annual cleaning, it’ll cost me basically nothing.
Energy costs haven’t been much more expensive than a tanked water heater either, but it’s hard to compare considering those tank water heaters also ran in a different location with different AC needs. And I take super long showers, which I was straight up unable to do before moving here. I don’t pay too much more than previously despite that though.
Most importantly! I can take hour long showers without running out of hot water, and being honest, that’s really the biggest deal for me. I don’t always do that, but sometimes I just wanna relax for a while and running out of hot water is a bitch when I do.
I’d honestly recommend a modern tankless water heater, so long as your electric can handle a load specifically sized to your house, even despite the problems i’ve had surrounding my own.
Jeez, I’m hardly in that much for my whole tankless + install
Is your tankless heater electrically powered? How much is the electricity bill? I’m on the fence in getting one because of that whole flip flop