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Tankless Water Heaters

Why does my hot water take so long?

in Other plumbing topics, Tankless Water Heaters

Heat rises, so if you’re hot water heater is directly under your kitchen for instance, the hot water will only need to travel a short distance, thus the hot water only takes ten – twenty seconds or so to come out of the faucet.  On the other hand (for another example) if you hot water [...]

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Navien complaints & trouble shooting (Part 1)

February 12, 2010 Tankless Water Heaters
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The search term “Navien Complaints” unfortunately has been getting searched here over the past month.
We have created this post to discuss possible issues with your Navien tankless water heater, but before we get into the problems and solutions I want to talk a little more about the Navien tankless water heater in a positive manner, because most [...]

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How to Maintain a tankless water heater.

December 14, 2009 Tankless Water Heaters
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Tankless water heaters are now designed to last 20- 30 years.  This is done by 1 owning a high quality tankless water heater, and 2 preforming a little maintenance on it. Without maintaining your tankless water heater investment you might only get half that time, so be sure to protect your investment by having a [...]

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How Tankless water heaters work.

December 2, 2009 Tankless Water Heaters
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Tankless Systems
In order to understand how a tankless water heater works, it’s important to know how a standard tank heater operates. In a traditional heater system, there’s a large tank that holds and heats water. In order to give you hot water when you need it, the tank continually heats the water to maintain a [...]

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Tankless water heaters: how much are they?

November 10, 2009 Tankless Water Heaters
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Most likely the two most important factors on converting to a tankless water heater is how much they will cost to install, and how much they will save you over time.  
unit + other parts + labor = True cost.
The units themselves go for $700 – $1,100 dollars.   I’m talking high end units such as the Navien 7, and [...]

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Federal and state high efficiency Incentives.

November 9, 2009 Geothermal Heat Pumps
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State incentives:   http://www.dsireusa.org/index.cfm
Regional / National
Rebate Information:
For more information on energy tax credits, visit: energytaxincentives.org
For more information on your local tax credits, rebates and incentives, please visit: www.dsireusa.org and www.aceee.org
Local utilities:    Across America local utilities are joining Federal and State Government to offer incentives in the form of rebates for going solar.  Check with your local utility and [...]

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Tankless Water Heaters

November 9, 2009 Tankless Water Heaters

What they look like, what they are exactly, how they work, & what you need to know if your considering buying one.
*Your at the right place.  We have so much information about them, the information is broken up into different areas.
For more detailed information just read some other posts about tankless water heaters, it’s all in here.
Here is some [...]

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The ups & downs about Tankless water heaters.

November 8, 2009 Tankless Water Heaters

Tankless water heaters, also called instantaneous, continuous flow, inline, flash, on-demand or instant-on water heaters, are also available and gaining in popularity. These water heaters instantly heat water as it flows through the device, and do not retain any water internally except for what is in the heat exchanger coil.
Small Tankless heaters are often installed [...]

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