We have a gas tank water heater on the south/original part of the
house, and a tankless for the north/addition. Neither is ideal
because of the long pipe runs to some of the usage places.
Everything is spread out to maximize the distance from the water
heater(s) to where it's actually used.
Not ideal. I have no problem with the way the house is layed out, but the really long water pipes is a big issue. If I were to start over, I might consider point-of-use water heaters, but, jeeze, that would be 8 of them; 5 bathrooms, kitchen, laundry, and utility sink in the garage. I suppose a couple could be combined because they are so close together.
Another thing to consider is local codes. There are a couple
places here in the Bay Area where they are prohibiting gas for new
developments. That means no gas stoves/ovens; no gas dryers; no
gas water heaters. That is probably the way of the future, so
probably heat pumps or pure electric.
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You guys all do different weird shit. Went to drain my gas heater tonite (may have put that maintenance off longer than intended)We are quarry country so we have super hard water. Needless to say tanks full of baked in sediment and when I cleared the valve I may have cracked the liner, about every ten seconds I'm getting a drip on the burner, and my pop off is dripping, probably some sediment.
The water heater is the only thing I have that vents hot anymore and my chimney leaks in driving rain. Is rather just bash it in and put a dumbwaiter in the chase. I have the two fresh kids that I bet would have a blast riding that.
Power vent gas looks to almost double the cost.
Tankless is looking almost comparable in price for gas, so I'm curious if any of you guys run them without major water softener and filters.
I'm planning on solar in the next 5 or 6 years when I redo my roof so electric would be the thing I go with on the water heater after the one I'm gonna have to put in now.
I like gas water heaters because I know how to fix them, parts are cheap, same with my clothes dryers. But theyve priced themselves into me looking at my options.
Tankless I dont know how to calculate gpm needs. But what led to this was taking the flow reducer out of my low flow shower head and running out of hot water in 20 minutes. I start my day by scalding myself for about a half hour cause I'm a filthy bastard and need to be cleansed of my sins.We have 2 bathrooms and a girl hitting her teens, so I assume we may be getting into a shower and bath coming on at the same time and the wife knowing what's good for her and washing dishes.She wont let me put a wood stove and still in the bathroom, so wood fired shower options are out.Are residential boilers a thing? All my walls had pocket doors so I have plenty of room for radiant walls, I dont know if boiler heat it even efficient though.
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