Might want to make some local calls and get some prices first, the total price may change your mind about one.
There not going to be a savings pay back.
There not going to be a savings pay back.
So you don't have any problems with keeping up on demand? Luke I said before I don't know much about them.We love ours. We have a Rinnai 8.0gpm (55F rise) high efficiency. $900 for the unit, $80 for the venting kit, some gas pipe, etc., total was around $1200 for me to install it. A plumber is going to charge probably $1000+ to install one in the same situation because I had to run gas pipe, water lines, electric circuit, condensate line, and cut through a block/brick wall for the vent.
I wasn't worried about the payback but with 3 kids that will soon all be teenagers, I imagine it will pay for itself eventually. The bigger thing is *with 3 kids going that will soon all be teenagers*, we won't run out of hot water, plus I didn't have any way to vent a typical gas water heater vertically and didn't have the electrical capacity for an electric water heater.
They aren't for all situations, but work very well if installed properly.
Not at all. I just checked, 49F incoming cold and 118F at the tap with a meat thermometer, so that's a 69F rise. We can take a shower and run the dishwasher at the same time, etc etc and never have to think about running out of hot water. If the upstairs bathroom was done, I'm sure we could run both showers at the same time no problem.So you don't have any problems with keeping up on demand? Luke I said before I don't know much about them.
Hah, already tested it. Our oldest is 11 and sometimes takes a little longer than I think she should. I'm an ex-submariner, so I was used to 2 minute showers where you got wet, turned it off, soaped up, rinsed off and were done. Anyway, I was downstairs air-sealing rim joists and decided to turn the hot off. I did, but the problem is our cold is so cold and the hot is only 118F apparently, that I shut off pretty much the entire shower since the bulk was 'hot' water.OK Jet, so now you have to install a ball valve in your bedroom so you can kill the hot, and listen to them teenagers scream!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAH! :thumbup::thumbup: