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I installed a Takagi about 5 yrs ago. Never run out of hot water and my gas bill is a lot less. The cons are you have to wait a little longer to get hot water. And the chimney vent is expensive Newer ones you can vent them with pvc pipe
Initial cost of tankless is about 10 times that of a tank.
Tankless usually will not heat as hot.
If power goes out, no hot water at all with tankless. (not a factor on a well system, cause you won’t have water anyway)
Tankless= endless hot water
Tankless= less space
Tankless= more efficient
Tankless should last longer
Tankless harder to work on
Most tankless have to be vented some do not
gas tankless way more efficient than electric tank or tankless
A tankless system will provide hot water for as long as you have gas/electricity to power the unit, but has a limit to the number of gallons per minute it can provide.
A tank is not limited to how quickly you can use the water, but is limited by the size of the tank to how many TOTAL gallons it can provide.
If the tankless unit is properly sized for your use, it will save money by not keeping a tankful of water hot when not needed.
I replaced my 80gallon propane water heater with a rinnai tankless about two years ago. So far it has worked fine and we have never run out of hot water. The only downside I can see is that the tankless is much more complex than a standard water heater and most plumbers don’t know how to service them. If it breaks down you will have to be carefull who you get to repair it. Another issue is that when the power goes out you have no hot water at all.
My best guess is that it saves me 20 or 25 bucks a month on propane. If I had it to do over again I would go tankless again. If I lived in an area with lots of power outages I would likely stick with the tank.