my husband and i are shopping around for a new water heater. many people say the tankless is the way to go, but the dude at lowe’s said that it wouldn’t work as well because of ground water temperature. is there anyone in this area that has one? and is water temperature a really big issue?
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Ground water temperature is not a problem. Hard water is. The small tubing that tankless heaters have are prone to fast clogging. From what I have read, Rinnai is a good one. Tankless units are not cheap and many Plumbers will install them but not do service work on them.
This guy had an article in yesterday’s paper. From Cincinnati, not too far, climate wise, from Tennessee
I live in upstate SC, right on the other side of the mountain from you. I currently have a 50 gal natural gas tank water heater. I have been researching tankless for about 2 weeks. My problem is I have 4 women in my house (wife +3 girls). By the time they all exfoliate, loofah sponge, cucumber body wash, and pumice stone themselves in the morning, I might as well shower under the garden hose. From what I have read, a tankless can get the temp up in the 120-130 degree range at the 2-2.5 gallon per minute range based on 60 degree incoming ground water. I plan on buying one in the next few weeks, and have decided on the Takagi brand. The link below is geared more toward plumbers, but it is in plain English. This guy doesn’t have a high opinion of the Home Depot/Lowes tankless, although the Bosch units seem to rank pretty high on most sites I have been to. I have talked to a few plumbers in the area, opinions go both ways. One guy said he hasn’t installed many due to the cost of replacing a tank with a tankless. However he said the few he has done, the end users loved them.