After we noticed our water heater was leaking last weekend, we ordered the new heater and parts we needed and it was installed on Saturday. We decided to go tankless both for the energy savings as well as providing much more space by our back door. If you notice the piece of carpet on the ground by the door, that was all the space we had before…the rest of it was taken up by the big water heater. The laundry and recycling containers would NOT have fit there before…there was just enough room for the door to open.
Perhaps the best part of the whole project was watching our handyman, Jim, dig deeper and deeper into our existing plumbing while mumbling under his breath, “what were they THINKING???” in reference to the many oddities that are so common in how they built our house. Nothing is ever easy and his language quickly got PG-13 as he discovered things like the loose gas pipe in the attic, or that the old 3 inch exhaust was routed through the only 3 inch gap in the roof trusses and joints in the house…not good when the new exhaust is 5 inches.
However, after 12 hours and eating breakfast, lunch, and dinner at our house, he finally completed it and our hot water is back in full force. And as Jim said, the plumbing in our walls is now “as it should have been in the first place”.
I like the tankless heaters, they are very clean looking!
I agree and it is soooo nice to be able to change the temperature for us, the kids & any company we have so that they can take as hot as showers/baths they want!!