What to Know About Tankless Water Heaters

Wouldn’t it be awesome to relax in a nice, hot bubble bath or shower without being interrupting by a blast of cold water because someone else in the house is using the hot water? Or, wouldn’t it be better to not have to wait on hot water at all? Keep reading for information on tankless water heaters and how you can start getting hot water on demand.

Functions of a Tankless Water Heater

A tankless water heater provides you and your household with hot water on demand without having to use any storage tanks. When you are ready to use hot water, you turn on the tank and cold water is released into a pipe that goes through the tankless water heater. Electricity or gas, whichever type of heater you have, works to heat the water and your hot water is quickly delivered. Even a tankless water heater eliminates the wait for a full storage tank of hot water, the flowing rate of hot water from a tankless water heater can be limited as well.

A tankless water heater gives you the ability to access around 3 to 4 gallons of hot water on demand every minute. Typically, tankless water heaters that operate by gas give more hot water per minute than a tankless water heater that operates by electricity. However, this does not meant that one tankless water heater, rather gas or electrical, is able to provide hot water for a heavily occupied home at one time. In other words, if you live in a household where hot water is running constantly at the same time, like one person is in the shower and the other is washing dishes both using hot water, it is recommended to have more than one water heater.

Disadvantages of Tankless Water Heaters

• The selling price is higher than it is to purchase a storage water heater.
• A gas tankless water heater has the potential to waste energy because the pilot light stays on constantly.

Advantages of Tankless Water Heaters

• Up to 35% of energy savings if you use less than 40 gallons of hot water each day; up to 15% of energy savings if more than 40 gallons is used per day.
• Lasts longer than storage water heaters and have easy repairable parts.
• Includes lower energy costs and operating costs.
• You get hot water on demand and eliminate the wait time for hot water.

Remember, if you are in need of a tankless water heater, be mindful of the size of the heater than you need and the amount that you are looking to spend. Although there are a couple of disadvantages to having a tankless water heater, the many advantages are reason enough for your master bathroom remodeling to include the installation of a tankless water heater.