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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 07:02 PM Original message |
"Tankless WaterHeaters" ....Green Energy...anyone using them...what are the Pro's and Con's ? |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. Wow! I guess hot water heater prices have really gone up |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. I love mine |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 07:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. We have a two Storey house...Hot water Tank Upstairs and Downstairs and they supply our Heating/Air |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. My mum has one |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 07:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Maybe she needs a larger one. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 08:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Mine is not like that at all. |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 08:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. I second this one |
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trudyco (975 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. Our friends have a mighty mite or something like that. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. a "Mighty Mite?" Okay..thanks..I'll Google it... n/t |
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drmeow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
6. Consumer Reports |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 07:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Thanks for your replies and others...Please keep the replies of your experience coming.. |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Those prices seem way off |
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burrowowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
8. I had tankless in France |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
33. I had it in Italy, but we lived in a little apartment there. |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
9. I've had mine for a year and would never go back to a tank system |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 07:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Do you have a Two Zone Heat System...though... |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 08:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. My hot water and my heat are 2 seperate systems |
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Duckhunter935 (777 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
13. You may need larger gas lines |
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Kip Humphrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
14. Solar. |
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HillbillyBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
15. I have done a good bit of research, that said, depending on the age you may |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 08:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Thanks...alot of info...we have natural gas line... |
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ellenfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
16. my co-worker just got one. it takes 15 minutes to get hot water. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
18. I've got one in my airstream - |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
21. My recommendation... |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 08:35 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. .thank you for your "emergency advice." |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 09:05 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Oh God, I didn't realize you were heating your home with hot water |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 09:10 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Thanks...that's what I'm thinking, too. But they say it's more efficient and they |
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nilram (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
26. Codes have changed? |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Thank Goodness you only have a "slow leak!" Ours was a flood in our garage |
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nilram (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 10:35 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. three years |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
28. mine works okay, |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
29. Just so you know, the wholesale cost of the equipment is |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 09:48 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Thanks...I'm in NC..and still the price seems high. |
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Fiendish Thingy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
30. We had one in our first home and loved it |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
34. tankless is a great solution, but you have to rethink water heating... |
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Rage for Order (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
35. Find a new plumber |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
36. We have tried the tankless here, and where ever we install them |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
37. Gas tankless can make sense. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Follow up: We did some research...called a few people and think Tankless is NOT way to go |
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