One advantage of the tankless with remote is that the temp can be set so that no cold water mix is required and therefore there is far more warm water available overall. We keep the tankless set at 104 deg F which is just right for showering and bathing, plus with the washer set on Hot the water temp is just about what it would wind up being when mixed with cold water on the warm setting. The 6 gallon point of use tank is electric and never actually sees cold water as it is installed in the hot water line from the tankless so it is only making up the difference in temp. Tankless heaters have really improved the last few years and I believe the day will come when hot water tanks are no longer available here in the U.S. as they have already all but disappeared in Europe. All of the plumbing in our home is plastic and with pex now rapidly becoming the norm, copper will probably disappear as well. One nice advantage with pex is that it can freeze solid and not burst as there is a certain degree of expandability built in, and so far no one is stealing pex piping while everyone is gone or a dwelling is vacant. Pex was not available when I re-plumbed this house over 20 years ago but if there is ever any problem I will certainly invest in the necessary crimping tools and go the pex/manifold route.
Dale in the Flatlands. "Why waste time learning when ignorance is instantaneous."
Mountain Master wrote:Deciding factor vis-a-vis tankless versus new tank would of course be
cost of your energy source...here in San Diego I replaced with gas
tank rather than tankless..as electric costs 1.5x gas and would 2x as much
to go to an electric 6 gal kitchen sink heater...
It took only about 1/2 day to replace our tank...sweating the copper fittings
took the longest (besides disposing of the old tank)...it was a very satisfying
project and not that complex...Long story short I would never replace
50 gal tank with tankless as tankless cannot keep up with family of 4
showers//we threw out one in previous house and it was only a few years
old..actually sold on CL..You would need to be handy with propane torch
and soldering copper pipes but that is easy to learn and a very satisfying
DIY skill if you do not know already...I have since put in outdoor shower
and sink for the mudroom...
Rich and Kate
PS-
David..I object to your English lesson which contributed nothing to the
tank thread and was very disrespectful to Dale's post IMHO...
I f you can't say something nice then silence is better...again IMHO
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