Thread: Tankless water heaters - Charlotte - North Carolina (NC) - City-Data Forum

Quote: Originally Posted by lumbollo Good lord. For that kind of money you should consider a solar hot water heater. Otherwise, I would get one of the $150 jobs at Lowes. What $150 "job" are you referring to? Even a standard 50 gallon gas tank is about $800 no including install. A tankless ranges from $800 to $1500 depending on capacity. I am not doing it primarily for the energy save, though thats a nice benefit. I am doing...

Whyte, I haven't done it yet. I did see them in Lowes/HD for about 700-900 depending on size. I was told a plumber would have to install it??? I have no idea honestly but will probably do it some time in the spring when we redo the master bath. I will post when I do it though

Sorry. My mistake as I read too fast and missed the work "tankless". FWIW---with the cost of unit, installation and enegy costs combined I doubt the savings over conventional amount to more than 1-3% per year.

My parents bought one and it is Bosch

We have a tankless water heater (propane).We were used to a similar system in the UK-called combi boilers-that was used for heating and "as required" hot water. It does take a while for the water to run hot out of the faucet, and the further you are from the tank the longer it takes, but that isn't a problem-having hot water constantly sitting in a tank even when you don't need it is! The water heater was in the...

You will need a larger gas supply line as opposed to most tank water heaters. My water heater is upstairs and so it just did not make sense to cut into so many walls to run a bigger line. If your unit is in the garage or downstairs, it might make more sense for you.

I would love to have one of those... very interested in these post!

Three Way Plumbing quoted me $3250 2 yrs. ago for the Rinnai heater. Garage installation. I really like this company and have used them twice. I didn't end up getting a new heater at all..just waiting for ours to die. But, I'm wanting the tankless next time.

I liked them when I lived in London. I was going to have it installed in my house. I was convinced that there is no economic reason that I should get one. I thought it would be more economical, but it isn't after having researched the topic. Considering costs to install, etc., I decided otherwise.

I just did a lot of research on these, it seems that most people should have them professionally installed. They need larger gas lines and apparently there are ventilation concerns so it needs to be done properly and up to code. Also, I was concerned because many people said that depending on where the unit was, and where their bathrooms/laundry rooms/kitchens were located it could take awhile for the hot water to come through. I think they...