Tankless water heaters use a different type of heating method.
Most houses today have traditional water heaters – the kind that stores water inside a tank and keeps it hot at all times, even when you are not using it. Tankless water heaters use a different type of method. Instead of maintaining your tank of hot water on standby to work, tankless units heat up hot water on demand. Cold water comes into the unit when you turn on any hot water faucet in your house. Water then passes over a powerful electric heating element or gas burner and reaches the hot temperature needed for you to shower, wash your hands, do laundry, or clean dishes. Hot water whenever you want it means you do not have to wait for a storage tank to refill itself too! Read on to learn much more about tankless water heaters!
Tankless Water Heaters Have More to Offer!
Having quick access to hot water without storing it inside a tank is cool, but what does it mean for your home and family? Here is everything there is to enjoy about tankless water heaters:
- No stored water cuts back potential water damage. Did you know conventional water heaters are one of the top causes of property damage?
- Tankless heaters are small, about the size of a fuse box actually, and can be mounted right onto your wall.
- They can cut back on your water heating costs by half! Tankless units heat up water only when is required. Since there isn’t hot water storage, thermal heat loss is eliminated.
- Tankless heaters have a long life span, about 20 years or more. This results in greater long-term savings!
Comparison of Different Tankless Hot Water Heaters
On top of a tankless water heater’s various other benefits, these units will also deliver you exceptional flexibility. Your first option is to install a whole-house tankless heater to replace your current storage tank. This is where water is heated at one central location and dispersed through the pipes to each hot water fixture. While this is your most cost-effective option in terms of installation price for your plumbing system, it also has a few drawbacks:
- You have to wait for the water to become hot at the tap, just like a standard water heater. The further away a fixture is from the tankless heater, the longer it’ll take for hot water to travel through these pipes.
- While you do have an endless hot water supply, your house is limited by the unit’s flow rate. This means you might be restricted to one or two hot water activities simultaneously.
Call in the professionals from Mahon Plumbing if you have any questions about hot water heaters!
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